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Sharp price swings can hit while you are at work and cannot watch your screen.

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Sharp price swings can hit while you are at work and cannot watch your screen.

By Alan Solarsh · 5 November 2026

Sharp price swings can hit while you are at work and cannot watch your screen. A robot that keeps trading through wild moves can cause losses you never planned for.

Give your robot a rule to pause when conditions look unusual. Unusual can mean sharp swings or a wide gap between the buy and sell price. Treat a pause as part of the plan, not as a failure.

Pros: A pause rule can help protect your account while you are at work. It also means you do not need to step in yourself.

Cons: A pause rule cannot predict where the price goes next. It may also keep you out of some moves that would have helped.

I use the COT Data tool to see what big traders hold in the US dollar.

If you want to learn how to do this, this is the tool I use: https://forexrobots.co.za/cot-data/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=cmo&utm_campaign=edu-2026-11-05

Forex trading carries risk.

If you want to learn how to do this, this is the tool I use: https://forexrobots.co.za/cot-data/

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