Best C# or C++ platform - backtesting and shorting?
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Do you do any serious coding in either?
https://www.bitdegree.org/tutorials/c-sharp-vs-c-plus-plus/
"...However, specialists believe that the differences in the C# vs. C++ performance are minimal and exaggerated.
The speed of programming languages is not always the priority. If you can reach your goals much faster in C#, you do not need to spend more time trying to figure out the principles of C++. ..."
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Of course, if you are already skilled in C++, use it.
I know that most here are using servers one block from the exchange, and are trading in microseconds, and are writing their own trading strategies, and thus should use assembly/C++/C for all their stuff.
The rest of us should go with what's easier, and quicker to code/debug/update, as long as it's fast enough for the individual needs and trading strategies. K.I.S.S.
Do you do any serious coding in either?
https://www.bitdegree.org/tutorials/c-sharp-vs-c-plus-plus/
"...However, specialists believe that the differences in the C# vs. C++ performance are minimal and exaggerated.
The speed of programming languages is not always the priority. If you can reach your goals much faster in C#, you do not need to spend more time trying to figure out the principles of C++. ..."
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Of course, if you are already skilled in C++, use it.
I know that most here are using servers one block from the exchange, and are trading in microseconds, and are writing their own trading strategies, and thus should use assembly/C++/C for all their stuff.
The rest of us should go with what's easier, and quicker to code/debug/update, as long as it's fast enough for the individual needs and trading strategies. K.I.S.S.
I have professional experience with both C# and C++. For the easier option, python is better. Python has tons of data analytics tools and performance can also be boosted by using some techniques.
I agree. Python is fast enough, unless you're doing something unique (or could possibly be doing something unique in the future) where the algo would need to make a large number of loops through custom code (not using the python pre-built libraries etc.).
(Another consideration for new coders is that it's easier to right bad code with python vs c#. So some suggest, as I recall reading somewhere, that a new coder should learn c# before python--if choosing between those two.)
Apologize about jumping in with a slightly different scenario: I would like to backtest bonds/bond spreads and get questions answered which normal platforms usually don’t give - like best hold time, best time window of the day, best mean reversion ticks from a value for a spread that resets every day
any ideas on a platform for that which will allow to load my minute or bid/ask data since getting this accurate data for bond spreads seems next to impossible. I was thinking of some custom python coding piggy backing on backtrader
any thoughts/alternates would be very helpful since I don’t want to go in a wrong direction
(I have Sierra charts and have tried multiple times with little success)
Would welcome anyone with knowledge of ICS spreads to message me as well
any ideas on a platform for that which will allow to load my minute or bid/ask data since getting this accurate data for bond spreads seems next to impossible. I was thinking of some custom python coding piggy backing on backtrader
any thoughts/alternates would be very helpful since I don’t want to go in a wrong direction
(I have Sierra charts and have tried multiple times with little success)
Would welcome anyone with knowledge of ICS spreads to message me as well