I programmed an expert advisor and it produces some AMAZING results and I want to sell it. I'm just a recent high school graduate and have no real money to invest so I was hoping I could raise some by selling my system. I was wondering if there is any way to protect my expert advisor from being distributed freely ... like if one person buys it and puts it up on the internet. Is there a way to make it such that ONLY one person can use the expert advisor or something of the sort. Thanks! *Of course creating a website and all that is no problem for me =P it's just theft that worries me... either that or I need to figure out how to make money
- #2
- Jun 20, 2009 8:50pm Jun 20, 2009 8:50pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Sep 2005 | 2,784 Posts
You can
a) create a dll and put it inside the dll, in this way the code-stealing would be very difficult to achieve.
b) everytime you sell it to somebody you give them a special code, and when the ea is put at working it contact a database on a your server and query the db with the code, if the copy is a legit one the ea start trading, else not.
Then you can also sell it saying for example "1 year subscription", after 1 year you erase the various accounts from the db, all the eas distributed become useless, and you have your only working ea to trade the money comed from the 1year subscription.
Make sense?
a) create a dll and put it inside the dll, in this way the code-stealing would be very difficult to achieve.
b) everytime you sell it to somebody you give them a special code, and when the ea is put at working it contact a database on a your server and query the db with the code, if the copy is a legit one the ea start trading, else not.
Then you can also sell it saying for example "1 year subscription", after 1 year you erase the various accounts from the db, all the eas distributed become useless, and you have your only working ea to trade the money comed from the 1year subscription.
Make sense?
- #11
- Jun 20, 2009 11:45pm Jun 20, 2009 11:45pm
- Joined Jul 2007 | Status: 33 y/o Investor/Trader/Programmer | 5,016 Posts
- #14
- Jun 21, 2009 3:02pm Jun 21, 2009 3:02pm
- Joined May 2005 | Status: Trader | 1,494 Posts
either that or I need to figure out how to make money
yeah - u click and grow rich people are gonna take over the markets...
In trading, there is no bullshit. You either make money or you don't.
- #15
- Jun 21, 2009 4:11pm Jun 21, 2009 4:11pm
Why dont u just trade the damn thing
yeah - u click and grow rich people are gonna take over the markets...
- #16
- Jun 21, 2009 4:34pm Jun 21, 2009 4:34pm
- Joined Jul 2007 | Status: 33 y/o Investor/Trader/Programmer | 5,016 Posts
- #17
- Jun 21, 2009 8:23pm Jun 21, 2009 8:23pm
What's stopping you from selling signals? I started when I was 17 years old with a $200 account. I'm 18 now. Don't hope, do.
- #18
- Jun 21, 2009 10:09pm Jun 21, 2009 10:09pm
I programmed an expert advisor and it produces some AMAZING results and I want to sell it. I'm just a recent high school graduate and have no real money to invest so I was hoping I could raise some by selling my system. I was wondering if there is any way to protect my expert advisor from being distributed freely ... like if one person buys it and puts it up on the internet. Is there a way to make it such that ONLY one person can use the expert advisor or something of the sort....