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    looking for good *programmatic* real-time options data feed

    www.iqfeed.net: 500 symbols www.dtniq.com: uses iqfeed api but supplies 1300 symbols They'll charge you a few hundred dollars for access to the api. I'd like to hear if anyone has used tenfore: www.tenfore.co.uk eSignal has some form of api, I hear, but they'll charge you by the...
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    Finding programmers for Grey or Black Boxes

    No, the name is Ray. From another part of the globe. And I beg to differ on your snide remark regarding spam.
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    Finding programmers for Grey or Black Boxes

    Depending upon your criteria, it sounds pretty straightforward. I have most of the infrastructure and data feeds already in place. It should be a simply matter of programming in your criteria and out pops the selection list. I use SmartQuant QuantDeveloper with IB and IQFeed as a basis...
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    Have the skills, but lost and all alone.

    Sounds like me! It will require some work, but if you are comfortable with C#, you might want to try QuantDeveloper by SmartQuant. It is two things: a back-testing / trading environment, as well as a library of trading modules that you can sew together using C#. It does come with a...
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    FIX vs. ActiveX

    I'm not exactly sure about what all is needed for this FIX thing you're discussing, but you might want to take a look at SmartQuant QuantDeveloper. You may read a lot out there regarding trading tools begin built using C++. I think that doing development in C# would be the modern approach...
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    Best supported software with backtester

    I had to think about it for a while my self. When you compare it to the development kit cost of Strategy Runner, I think you get a whole lot more out of the deal. In addition, if you were to calculate what your time would cost you in development time and in lost trades to put together a...
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    Best supported software with backtester

    The $3000 development fee is a bit steep though, or did I read the wrong thing? I also note that they don't connect to IB. Any idea why?
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    Best supported software with backtester

    Yep, as I mentioned, QD isn't for the faint of heart. It takes some poking around and visits to the forums and viewing the API's and lots of guessing to figure things out. Documentation is work in progress, hence everything is still Beta. A good starting point is to take a look at the...
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    Best supported software with backtester

    If you are more a software developer, and can deal with C#, QuantDeveloper is a very interesting tool. It is still in Beta though. It isn't for the faint of heart, but once you've figured out how it works, it is quite powerful. QuantDeveloper can run with live as well as historical data...
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    secondary data feeds

    I've been using IQFeed for that last little while. They have a nice simple winsock connection for obtaining fundamental data as well as historical data. Now if they only had international markets. So the question I pose is this: what providers out there provide international exchanges for eod...
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    secondary data feeds

    I've been using IQFeed for that last little while. They have a nice simple winsock connection for obtaining fundamental data as well as historical data. Now if they only had international markets. So the question I pose is this: what providers out there provide international exchanges for...
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