Recent content by Synesthesis

Why would you need anonomity in trading? Speed is horrible .. not to mention that your exit node can (and sometimes will) log your traffic.

Sle, can you elaborate further on the usage of functional programming in your process? What functional language are you on, and do you use any libraries? How do you manage interoperability with your existing system (database, trading, administration, visualization); and is this different...

Seems to me like a good solution if you can get it working with minimum effort that way. You might take a look into other database types, but it might not be worth the hassle. To me the relational aspect of sql doesn't make much sense when working with tick data. It also makes databases both...

If you want a IDE environment like Matlab and are willing to spend money, I can also advise you to look into Mathematica. I find its symbolic math, programming and graphics (plotting) possibilities way better than Matlab. Matlab is however known to be a little quicker on numbers, you can google...

Even the best cloud servers have outages in car-crashing-into-a-power-pole scenario's. You put way too many trust into Microsoft/Amazon/etc. if you believe such a thing. This is the same as with your VPS host, or your home computer. They do however power you to build a more reliable...

Most of the configuration work can be done offline. Initially it costs time to figure out what changes you have to make. Some changes are only made once after a fresh install of your operating system. Some changes are made every reboot, some changes are even made during running the system. I...

Approaching a distributed cloud environment the same way as you approach one enormous big server is kind of missing the point? There is not a thing to gain when you're hosting at a cloud service provider (such as Amazon, Azure, ..) and using only one instance. Reliability and speed are not...