Recent content by hlwlkkax

I agree with GAT, but I obviously want to run my code, test it and debug it. My understanding is that if I use IB I have to do it live right? The problem is this will be a side project(until I start making serious cash), so I'm not sure how I can test it other than taking days off work.

All of this are great answers, i will look into them and I'm sure I will post more questions. From experience is it better to trade directly with IB's API or should I go through a trade platform (e.g. ninjatrader, metatrader, etc...?)

Background: 1. I have years of programming and machine learning under my belt. I prefer coding in python but can make the change to C if necessary. 2. I have years of historical data(down to millisecond) via my school's subscription to WRDS. 3. I wrote an "trading algorithms" using python and...