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Thanks ironchef.

Thanks much everyone, seems like lots of python fans....

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Thanks ironchef, I don't have any specific target yet. I honestly don't know what options are. But I will try different things. Mainly, I put lots of time on my job, so can't spend a lot of time day trading. The objective it automated trading (it also might stop me from some dumb choices). I...

Hello, anybody know if python libraries includes stuff like the matlab toolboxes: statistics and machine learning signal processing image processing wavelets differential equations optimization parallel computing Thanks...

Well I debated between R, Python, and Matlab. I have a license for Matlab for my day job, and I really like it and am used to it. What environment do you use for Python (like, what programming environment)? Maybe I should take a closer look.

Well actually I'm pretty happy with what I do (neuroscience professor), but got my first academic job at 48 - kind of my second career. I am just tired of not having money to do much, so thought I'd try trading. It's quite interesting and it will be slow at first I know but from reading ET it...

Thanks very much Tom, I'll buy the book, but in the meantime bought Financial Modelling: Theory, Implementation and Practice with MATLAB Source (The Wiley Finance Series). I plan to buy Principles of Financial Engineering, Third Edition (Academic Press Advanced Finance), a continuation of the...

From the Amazon reviews, this looks like a great book, but it is 11 years old. I wonder if anybody has an opinion about whether the approaches described therein are still up to date, and whether there is a newer, but as good, book that is written around using numerical methods in finance using...

Simples, what do you mean by "long term?" And how long did it take you to get 3 million in the bank? Thanks.

Dealmaker, thanks! I have a lot to learn, but I'm glad to learn that in particular! Jim

Thanks dealmaker. I gave them a call, and their historical data is only $10,000. But when I talked to the guy, he told me about a place to get data that is more geared for people like me, called Metastock.com, and I'll give them a call. Or were you interested in staking my investing efforts...

Thanks again Eric. Yes, I'll have to stick with the free stuff right now, or I will have lost considerable money on this project before I get started. I think you are supposed to lose money after you get started trading :-). Thanks very much for the great info, very educational for this novice...

Lee, thanks a lot for the reply. I got an inkling of how much data it is when I looked at the sites just21 posted. But 10gb/day...wow. I'm hoping for free, which Quandl has. I have discovered CSI which has 5 years of stock market daily data including current daily data for about 30 a month. Or...

Thanks much. I'm guessing the first one is not free. I'll check the other one.

Hello. I wish to try developing some trading algorithms in Matlab (because I am familiar with it and like it). I presume I need a source to download data. I don't plan to make real trades at this point. I would need to access download for complete NYSE, NASDAQ, currencies, commodities, and...