NEWBIE: Have Theory, Tested & Working

[btowntrader54]

How on earth can I go about designing an ATS? I know nothing of coding except macros in Excel. I have what looks to be a very solid system designed based on backtesting. Any guidance on where to learn, what programs to use, which broker to use, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

 

[andrewbee]

There are many routes you can go down. NinjaTrader (a program you lease and use with the broker of your choice ) and TradeStation (both software and broker) allow ATSes to be built, tested and run.

If you really want to get your hands dirty, Interactive Brokers TWS product has an API. I would not recommend anyone with no programming experience use this though.

 

[frostengine]

To learn how to program using interactive brokers API i would recommend:

http://www.stockbotprogramming.com

if you want a system already mostly developed I would recommend Jsystemtrader.. you still need some programing experience to use it.. but its something a non programmer can easily pick up quickly.. link for jsystemtrader is:

http://code.google.com/p/jsystemtrader/

Or you can always use a system you have to pay for.. there are several that work with IB out there