...and why their customers are retail, rather than hedge funds.
Programming for idiots
- Thread starter slug
- Start date
Are you using, promoting, or just came across and decided to pass the site on? If you are a user, can you offer your findings and would you recommend it?
The system I am currently trying out (about two weeks now) is designed more for the intraday trader. It is very easy to pick up but definitely have to work through quite a few of my own errors (remember, I'm an idiot) prior to getting to back test anything. If I see the word "bool" one more time, I am going to lose it (lol). Anyway, I have been pleasantly surprised up to this point and have seen some nice results (back tested only). We'll see how that translates into live trading.
Based on the recent comments, people are very skeptical of anything short of an experienced programmer to come up with anything meaningful.
I don't know if there is a way to bypass having a full time programmer on staff but I certainly don't see any reason not to try it out.
The system I am currently trying out (about two weeks now) is designed more for the intraday trader. It is very easy to pick up but definitely have to work through quite a few of my own errors (remember, I'm an idiot) prior to getting to back test anything. If I see the word "bool" one more time, I am going to lose it (lol). Anyway, I have been pleasantly surprised up to this point and have seen some nice results (back tested only). We'll see how that translates into live trading.
Based on the recent comments, people are very skeptical of anything short of an experienced programmer to come up with anything meaningful.
I don't know if there is a way to bypass having a full time programmer on staff but I certainly don't see any reason not to try it out.
TickIt has quite some success with this (now with TT). I have never used it, but apparently it works for what it is intended for.
I dont know of any other trading related software with the 'visual paradigm', that isnt a complete waste of bytes or vapor. There is one for parametric 3D design, with quite a large user-base. I only played around with it for a little while, but it works surprisingly well. You can also drop in C# codeblocks easily, if you need something custom or need use external libs. I somehow liked it, it encourages you to write small, reusable pieces of code, and its more clearly laid out how the whole thing works, as opposed to having 50 files inside the visualstudio project explorer.
this is better than a wizard and unlike TT's xtrader it's broker neutral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cDRj2VR_osI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cDRj2VR_osI
Perhaps an example where it, uh, makes money, would sell it better 
TT will offer a broker neutral solution by year end.
https://www.tradingtechnologies.com/multibroker/
https://www.tradingtechnologies.com/multibroker/
How many manuals do you have open when you're coding?Because most of you would not pay what a decent programmer asks for.
My rate for long term work (i.e. contracts for MONTHS at a time - not "3 days" but "3 months full time 8 hours per day" starts at 100USD per hour. This includes ALL planning and talking to the customer that he has to pay. Generally I do not take any work that is not at least 3 months without surcharge. Mostly when taking to people that want programming in the trading area from places like here, the budget is blown before the initial meeting is over.
Now, you may cry about that is high. Well, just taking off of a 5 month contract, before that it was 18 months even for an even higher rate.
Decent professional programmers don't really care
Dude you bumped a zombie thread
forgive me i'm a newbe