Creating software to predict stock markets

[Handle123]

You are predicting that the "green" follows green and that the "red" follows red.

The OP, is in "gathering" stage since he asking what language to do the program and he is "fairly good" at TA, he does not say if he is at expert level of reading charts. Speaks of 40-50 indicators and custom indicators does not have a clue what is involved in predicting the future cause you can't predict if you will be hungry in five minutes. Most "predicting" software usually can't even get to being right 50% of the time. I see too often in past of developers going to predict tops/bottoms, charting often gives best indication of extremes, volume can help as well, and maybe two -four indicators comes close, but nothing is close to 100%.

There are pretty of green following green, slap a 42 ema up-if price is above, trend is up.

 

[DallasCowboysFan]

Be careful if you are successful with it. Martin Armstrong accomplished what you are trying to do back in the 80's. The government wanted to know how he did it and sent him to prison when he would not comply. That is the short version. There is an interesting movie on youtube about him.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Armstrong

 

[d08]

Be careful if you are successful with it. Martin Armstrong accomplished what you are trying to do back in the 80's. The government wanted to know how he did it and sent him to prison when he would not comply. That is the short version. There is an interesting movie on youtube about him.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Armstrong

He's really good at predicting what happened in 2008...in 2013. Don't believe everything you're told.

 

[viktor_k67]

Hello,

I am new to this thread, and i am fairly good with tech analysis. I am in the process of developing a software, currently in requirement gathering stage. I am taking conservative approach.

My intention is to store US stock data for 1 to 2 years. I will be storing 100-1000 stocks, probably in 15 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 1 day, and 1 week time intervals. From database perspective, we are looking under 50,000 rows. As for columns, there would be additional fields that could capture Technical indicator details ( 40 to 50 technical indicators ). Some of these indicators are custom TA indicators.

I would like to hear what programming language would you use? I also would need suggestions on databases i could use. Ideally i would want to create into software, which could be shared with others - either in app form, or executable form.

I appreciate your responses.

Thanks,
Nara

If you want to do analysis on the fly in real-time, the lowest level language would be recomended: C or C++. If you do not work in real time, then you may even use Java, VB net, C sharp and etc.

For 1-2 year history you do need powerfuld database, MySQL or Microsoft SQL should be more than enough.

For distribution to other platforms like Mcrosoft, iOS, iPhone, Android your choices would be limited to C++

 

[nonlinear5]

For distribution to other platforms like Mcrosoft, iOS, iPhone, Android your choices would be limited to C++

Java technology has moved on. For example, the JavaFX technology allows you to write java code and deploy it to pretty much any imaginable platform:

-- any desktop (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris)
-- web browser (IE, FireFox, Chrome, Safari) to run as a RIA web app
-- mobile devices (Android, iOS, Rasberry PI)
-- embedded devices (armv6/armv7 such as ATMs, security systems, storage appliances, imaging devices, etc.)

If you want to do analysis on the fly in real-time, the lowest level language would be recomended: C or C++. If you do not work in real time, then you may even use Java, VB net, C sharp and etc.

That was applicable in the 1990s. Not anymore. I run a Java app which handles and processes about 10 million market data messages every daily trading session just fine. Unless you compete in the HFT space where you count nanoseconds, you don't have to think about the speed of modern Java/C# runtimes.

 

[Sig]

Be careful if you are successful with it. Martin Armstrong accomplished what you are trying to do back in the 80's. The government wanted to know how he did it and sent him to prison when he would not comply. That is the short version. There is an interesting movie on youtube about him.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Armstrong

Wow, way to spin commingling and the stealing customer's funds into a vast government conspiracy! The guy's a common ex-felon, its sad really that he's conned you into thinking he's some kind of martyr for the paranoid cause.

 

[ubermenschtrader]

Be careful if you are successful with it. Martin Armstrong accomplished what you are trying to do back in the 80's. The government wanted to know how he did it and sent him to prison when he would not comply. That is the short version. There is an interesting movie on youtube about him.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Armstrong

and you believe that? He also wants 5k for his upcoming seminar, if you attend he will give you a pet rock at the end.

 

[userque]

Start with Python.

 

[userque]

Be careful if you are successful with it. Martin Armstrong accomplished what you are trying to do back in the 80's. The government wanted to know how he did it and sent him to prison when he would not comply. That is the short version. There is an interesting movie on youtube about him.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Armstrong

I believe the US gov't was more interested in how he forecasted economic troubles within particular countries.

 

[Sergio77]

I would like to hear what programming language would you use? I also would need suggestions on databases i could use. Ideally i would want to create into software, which could be shared with others - either in app form, or executable form.Nara

You can start here. But keep in mind this software market is crowded area. There are also some good data-mining applications for traders. Price Action Lab is a popular one for calculating probabilities of stocks.