freeware trading software seeker

[chaos]

hi all,

i'm a trading software newbie and want figure out the best way to test my sysytem ideas on historical end-of-day data.

as i see it, i need to:

a) get my hands on a program that will allow me this. (i want to be able to tell it to monitor end-of-day prices, and then buy and sell when certain price events occur. for instance, i might want to tell it to buy if the closing price rises three days in a row and, at the same time, put in place a stop loss at x amount below the pruchase price.)

b) get accurate data to research my ideas (my primary interest is in currencies)

and i don't want to pay anything for it! actually, i'm willing to pay if i have to, but i'm hoping there are freeware programs out there that will do the trick.

any suggestions or help with this would be greatly appreciated.

chaos
it's a mad mad mad mad trading world

 

[prox]

Wealth lab has a trial .. might be able to do currencies.

 

[cheeks]

http://amibroker.com/index.html


very inexpensive for what you get.

I just wish someone one come out with a code that made any sense to me. I am a trader, not a programmer.

 

[Monsoon]

Quote from cheeks:


I just wish someone one come out with a code that made any sense to me. I am a trader, not a programmer.

i hear ya.

 

[Monsoon]

are you trading futures?
if so britefutures.com has ascii data for end of day for almost all commods

 

[chaos]

Hi, thanks for the replies. I'll check out wealthlab and amibroker.

I notice there are quite a few off-the-shelf automatic trading solutions for equities, but this area doesn't seem to be as well developed for forex traders.

i wonder if that's because the demand isn't there? or does it have something to do with the way the spot forex market works?

 

[chaos]

are you trading futures?
if so britefutures.com has ascii data for end of day for almost all commods


thanks monsoon - however, i'm trading spot forex. appreciate your reply, though.

 

[Shankar]

Monsoon, thanks for the very good link I checked the site. Do they have historical data too?

 

[Monsoon]

Quote from Shankar:

Monsoon, thanks for the very good link I checked the site. Do they have historical data too?

they might.. but i know they keep the ascii data on the current contracts .. get them with the button below the charts...