
Quote from HzzB:
VTTrader -
It was very funny to read your posting.
I'm a professional software developer with too many years of experience in IT area, so my 2 cents (I assume you target FX market):
- If you need to have your job done, you have to hire the professionals and pay them a lot of $$/hr. Otherwise you'll end up with 10 grade amateur student and eventually clear up you trading account. It is not the best forum to look for IT people.
- CMS Forex VT Trader is not a platform+broker to make money with. But IMO it is pretty good to play with their demo. So, do it yourself. This platform has very straightforward scrip language oriented for non professionals, data export, the number of indicators and pre-programmed trading systems. But again, I would NEVER use it for real trades!
- Free historic data for backtesting can be found at GAIN Capital. API should be taken form your broker only.
Good Luck
Hi VTTrader, one on ET should never assume that many of our 'trigger-happy' posters do the following:Quote from VTTrader:
Holy snacks, nononsense!
Why so hostile? For one thing, you've misunderstood what I'm asking for--most definitely NOT a 'black box' or a 'money maker', but a backtester. This is a very common feature of many trading applications; it's merely that I want some functionality not found all that often. CQG offers an iterative backtester, but their's doesn't have quite the features I want, is all.
Nor do I recall saying anything about 'money making pipedreams'. Again, I have no idea why you are so hostile, since I've never talked to you before, but my partner is a longtime (26 years) professional floor and office trader who is simply interested in testing some ideas on different financial instruments. I don't think he indulges in 'pipedreams' since he is both risk-averse (which is why he wants the backtester) and extremely methodical, as evidenced by his well-padded bank account.
So, again, I'm not sure why you adopted the attitude you did, but it's way, way off the mark, as are your assumptions about what I'm asking for.

Hee hee hee... As expected... standard response. ET's very own judge, jury and executioner (and BLMNCOM!). Yiavol.Quote from nononsense:
equalizer,
knowing you from fluttering around at ET's in a most "random" manner, let met help you how to read a post:
VTTrader, most naive as apparent from his search for help with Automated Trading "coding", kind of smells dough from two endeavors: backtesting + entering orders automatically.
As I have often expressed in the past, in building an automated system, the backtesting part (whatever that means) has to evolve hand in hand with the strategy and order management part. These are inseparable. Especially for those who don't grasp this, hiring the services of a "coder" will lead you nowhere.
No further comment on your pepped up senseless and frustrated 95+% loser's bullshit.
hope this helps
PS: you wouldn't per chance have done some work on turbulence? Just curious...![]()

Quote from Quiet1:
every developer knows users have no idea what they really want and more importantly no language with which to express what they want if they did....
KA-CHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you,
Q1
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Quote from Equalizer:
as it would appear that you need all the help you can get, and I would gather - from the way you present psychodynamically - that you appear to need that help in many aspects of life. The fact that you read SOOOO much into my post would indicate that.
Ha ha, yeah I thought maybe it was giving too much away to use "present" and the "p" word in the same sentence. Lucky I didn't use "differential diagnosis"Quote from neophyte321:
Nice, mind if I use that? psychodynamically. very cool.
I'd bet doctor phil would gain some neilson ratings throwing that word around. Hell he could base his entire show around it.
"Pyschodynamically Speaking With Dr. Phil"
I agree, if nonense was offering "help", I don't want to be on the receiving end when he tries to "hurt".
