Forex Programming
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Why not do it yourself? It is very easy.
Here is an excellent library for Forex-trading with Oanda: https://github.com/hootnot/oanda-api-v20
This is for example all the code you need to download the first 5000 price-candles:
The first three lines ensures you get access. The next list a few parameters. Then the next line catches the info, before the last shows it on the screen.
If you do not know how to code, you will pick it up very fast by looking at the examples
Here is an excellent library for Forex-trading with Oanda: https://github.com/hootnot/oanda-api-v20
This is for example all the code you need to download the first 5000 price-candles:
Code:
accountID = your_account
token = your_token
client = oandapyV20.API(access_token=token)
params = {'count': 5000,'granularity': 'S5', 'from':'1971-01-01'}
r = v20instruments.InstrumentsCandles(instrument='USD_NOK', params=params)
client.request(r)
r.response['candles']The first three lines ensures you get access. The next list a few parameters. Then the next line catches the info, before the last shows it on the screen.
If you do not know how to code, you will pick it up very fast by looking at the examples
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Depends on his project's threshold for beginner errors. Both if he himself programs it obviously, or if he gets a programmer unexperienced in the domain then that will cost some time on 'obvious' errors regarding uncommunicated specifics.
Regardless, not everyone wants to be programmers (nor should they need to). Of course, if he has a brain sufficiently wired for logical thinking and never tried it, then he might find it a breeze. But chances are he has already considered that.
Depends on his project's threshold for beginner errors. Both if he himself programs it obviously, or if he gets a programmer unexperienced in the domain then that will cost some time on 'obvious' errors regarding uncommunicated specifics.
Regardless, not everyone wants to be programmers (nor should they need to). Of course, if he has a brain sufficiently wired for logical thinking and never tried it, then he might find it a breeze. But chances are he has already considered that.
It is simple. And everyone can program via various API's provided by brokers. The question is do you have an idea, edge, algo in mind? If you do, getting code for it is simple. But most of people don't, yet that doesn't make FX programming more difficult.
Seems that you're mixing two.
You're absolutely right that "program me bot that makes money" or whatever won't work. But I felt it's more productive to assume he knows what he's talking about despite the scarce details.
As for using broker APIs, it depends. Real time and error handling issues can get in the way. An extended way of explaining it is that your program and the broker's API (and a lot of nodes behind that) form a distributed system, which are notoriously error prone.
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um completely agree with you , after reading the thread it sounds a part of self advertisement. sounds not good at all and relevant.