Recent content by ChainsawDR

Thanks for sharing laissez faire. Agree that paying more upfront might be the better path (I went for a cheaper option that promised 12 days for a first milestone and it’s only now being delivered after 50 days - lesson learned!). For clarity, I’m definitely going to invest in learning the...

I think that’s sound advice mcnoob, thank you. For me, I don’t think I’d be able to rest without taking it further - eyeballing data, testing rules, iterating, learning how to do that next step. I’ve been on this path for ~18 months (reading lots, listening to podcasts on every commute, doing...

One of the main reasons for posting here is that reviewing off the shelf software online is proving troublesome to find software that’ll meet the must have requirements, Eg Multicharts: “can’t use the same code for backtesting and live trading”. Seems like that’s asking for trouble unless it’s...

I’m definitely open to using different platforms for different aspects (sorry if that didn’t come across). Using the same data source for both is sensible/logical. Does anyone have recommendations on software (that would sync well with Iqfeed & IB, and operate on 1 sec? The Iqfeed data is being...

Hi, Hoping to ask for some advice on an automated trading system setup please. I’m trying to decide whether to use an off the shelf backtesting and live trading service (such as Ninja Trader) vs a mix of open source systems (such as PyAlgoTrade and IBridgePy) and was hoping for some advice from...