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What scalperboy described above seems like a serious issue with Oanda platform. Bound orders or not- there is a well-defined and expected behavior for limit orders, and if a trading platform does not/cannot implement such a basic thing - I would think about switching to another platform.

You can find answers here: https://www.python.org/

It depends on your level of experience with programming in general and Java. I would go to amazon.com and read the reviews for java 8 books.

Gloria, according that the link above : sub-30second data is available for 6 months, everything else for at least a year. You could ask via their API Support chat.

I guess the API is used to get historical data downloaded to a file or database for analysis..

1. API is the most convenient way to get historical data. There are a number of limitations that can be overcome with clever programming that make it... not very straightforward... to collect data for longer time periods. 2. NO. You can only get 1-min data for 2 days IN A SINGLE API REQUEST, but...

If your external application can expose RESTful Web Services (text over HTTP) - you can use windows socket API dll's to invoke those web services. I've done something like this in the past- if you are interested - send me a private message.

If you don't need API/programmatic access - why not just use ThinkOrSwim from TD Ameritrade? It is probably the best charting software available to retail traders.

You need scalability if you need to execute a lot of trades (lets say at least 100's an hour), or monitor/trade many instruments in parallel. Python does not provide a good way to build multi-threaded or near-real-time "back-end" (non-web) applications. Also, because of the lack of strong typing...

MetaTrader uses it's own language - MQL, which is similar to C, but takes care of memory management. Other than that - you could write your algos in Python or another language, and integrate with MetaTrader via DLL or web services... R is a good choice for prototyping , use it if you have a...

Here is another good one. A nice feature is that works around IB's historical data size limitations, so that you can download data for long periods. http://www.tradinggeeks.net/downloads/ib-data-downloader/

You can check this out: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/tws/usersguidebook/configuretws/hotkeys.htm

Why would anyone use ANYTHING but a laptop these days, unless you need 8 screen or something... ?

You can open an account with Interactive Brokers or TradeStation, or a similar broker, and download options IV via one of the APIs or ActiveX into Excel.

Is this what you are looking for? https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/charting/studies/studies-library/R-S/StochasticSlow.html

You can use this tool, I've been using it for quite a while... It's in Java, so it runs on my Mac and Windows workstations. Give you access to historical data for a bunch of different types of contracts... http://www.tradinggeeks.net/downloads/ib-data-downloader/ You can probably email...

I have to admit - Linux is a good OS for technically-savvy people, not ready for mainstream. However, using Windows compared to MacOS is like driving a steam-powered 1890s carriage vs. a modern car... It's just an outdated and user-hostile operating system.

here are a couple of links.. have instructions to calculate some indicators, and sample excel spreadsheet.. http://www.tradinggeeks.net/2014/05/technical-analysis-in-excel-part-i/ http://www.tradinggeeks.net/2014/05/technical-analysis-in-excel-part-ii/

I would recommend to stay away from trading commodities using ETF's over long periods (more than a few weeks), unless the market you are trading has an inverted futures price curve. In the normal market, where longer dated futures are more expensive than near-month futures ETFs typically have...

Yes, breaking BB band by itself is by no means a buy or sell signal. It is, however, a signal that attracts attention to investigate the market, especially when a BB band gets broken decisively on a weekly chart. I do agree, that making money on intra-day charts, especially on so short as...