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Thanks for sharing bearmountain. It seems like a lot of your positions were TS specific. TS not executing as per the strategy's defined logic. It also seems that some of the other issues: " hardware issues, trading platform issues, connectivity issues" could be addressed by a dedicated...

Could you please give examples of things that cost you money while trading "unattended"? What would you differently now to address those issues? What do you mean by "position mismatch"? Thanks for sharing.

Of course a "serious algo shop" would have a night desk because they can afford it. So my question is; what does the serious independent trader without the resources for a dedicated night desk do to mitigate the risks of unattended trading?

Given this viewpoint, how do you explain the numerous quant funds and shops that trade on a 24/7 automated basis. yes, I know some of them have night desks with staff monitoring the ATS, but many others do not have a dedicated night trader/desk. Of course anything can go wrong at any time...

Hello, Could people share their experiences with unattended automated trading (24/7). Are people actually trading 24/7 in unattended fashion? What are the risks here? What fail-safes are incorporated into the ATS to prevent losses or mishaps? What fail-safes are incorporated into...

Could experienced users recommend me ultra reliable providers for dedicated servers to run an unattended ATS - preferably in the Chicago area due to exchange proximity. I need 100% uptime, low latency, reliable & secure servers, etc. How do others handle securing data, proprietary...

Thanks dcraig for all the insights and ideas. If I do proceed with the project, I'll let you know what happens. If others have ideas, please share with me, Thank you.

FIX is not an option for this trading platform

Thanks dcraig for sharing your insights. The API I refer to can be used for both historical and real time data and also for order placement. My initial plan is to use the API for both data feed and order placement; while also having a secondary data feed (IQFeed) for backup and/or for...

If one is limited to JAVA programming skills (i.e. no C# skills) how can one develop an ATS for an API that is Microsoft.NET based. Someone suggested using a JAVA-to-COM bridge? Is this feasible? Will this impact performance? Any ideas? Thank you.

My apologies for the ambiguity. The "assistance" I will provide is in providing specifications for the project. I need a developer/programmer to execute/implement the specs. I thought that was obvious, but hopefully all ambiguity is now clear.

I am looking to hire someone for their skills, so why the question about my skills?

Thank you byteme!

Can you share some more details on your position. Thank you.

I am curious as to people's opinions about building a realtime Automated Trading System (ATS) plus Backtester in Java. I have historically felt (rightly or wrongly) that Java is a resource (memory) hog and applications built in Java are slow. I am not an IT guru...so this is just my layman's...

Any ideas here???

I am looking for a programmer/developer/consultant who can assist me in building an automated trading system to trade via a broker's API/FIX. If you are experienced in the area and are interested please send me a PM. Thanks.

BEST post I've seen on ET in a long long time. Kudos & Thanks!

Politicians! The scourge of the earth! I cannot see how history will look positively on the Obama administration.

Hello, Can any professional futures trader, CTA, CPO or hedge fund manager recommend a good software platform to generate daily reports on the performance and risk of a futures portfolio. The software should be able to provide basic metrics: Margin-to-Equity ratio, daily performance...