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[J_Smith]

To just add extra functionality on top of a brokerage like TWS and a feed like esignal is definetly down the same alley, the same code (api integration, indicators, time series, etc). The only difference is youl add some code to trade automatically. In your case instead of adding the auto-trading code (which youl need anyways to properly scale into/out of positions), unless you wanna be at your desk clicking a button each time. You would just add more GUI components, basically creating something like tradingview.com but more customized. Infact using their charts and indicators would be a good timesaving idea.

Another thing about software, is that you need to know how to code to know what you can expect the result to be.

Point taken - of course anything can be automated correctly with the right code, done the right way, but if you go down that route with information that is not widely known, you run the risk of others obtaining the information, unless of course you do it yourself and keep it to yourself.

I have never seen a HFT algo posted on a website, even though everyone talks about them - too much money involved so they will never be freely available to the public.

The other option, which I like, is to have the best order entry setup to assist you with getting in and out of trades, and not lose money due to a silly thing like not having a special button to buy one ES and sell one NQ at the same time, with an offset in ticks on the bid or ask.

I do use the configurable buttons on TWS booktrader and charttrader, but you are limited to what you can do, and how you can lay them out - which is very important to me.

Will check out tradingview and see what it is about?

J_S

 

[jarjar]

Point taken - of course anything can be automated correctly with the right code, done the right way, but if you go down that route with information that is not widely known, you run the risk of others obtaining the information, unless of course you do it yourself and keep it to yourself.

I have never seen a HFT algo posted on a website, even though everyone talks about them - too much money involved so they will never be freely available to the public.

The other option, which I like, is to have the best order entry setup to assist you with getting in and out of trades, and not lose money due to a silly thing like not having a special button to buy one ES and sell one NQ at the same time, with an offset in ticks on the bid or ask.

I do use the configurable buttons on TWS booktrader and charttrader, but you are limited to what you can do, and how you can lay them out - which is very important to me.

Will check out tradingview and see what it is about?

J_S

Checkout tradingview.com the HTML5 Api, you need to register with them and sign a NDA or something to say your not gonna sell anything you make using their charts.

Then connecting IQFeed/TWS to those charts would be the next step.

So now you have streaming realtime charts. The tradingview charts are really powerful allowing you to do pairs trading, overlays, etc.

So this is all doable I think, and it would be an amazing GUI for trading, just the time to implement it == money to pay to developers. I think 1 on the frontend 1 on the back is enough, 2 devs.

About the algorithms. Sure their are brilliant of minds, with infinite possibilities. I think the market is just so open, if you focus on a stock /w options you like or a future you'l find something that wins. I'm sure.

 

[J_Smith]

Had a look at tradingview site - not what I am looking for at all.

TWS has everything one needs - except a good order entry screen that can be fully customized.

J_S

 

[jarjar]

Had a look at tradingview site - not what I am looking for at all.

TWS has everything one needs - except a good order entry screen that can be fully customized.

J_S

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tradingview is purely for the charts. Everything else youl have to do yourself. There is no sane way to pull out the TWS GUI parts from their Java app, its all obfuscated, and java by its nature is naturally obfuscated from simply writing in java . So obfuscation ^ 2. That complex view you've show can be easily done. The most time consuming part is the stock chart itself + the indicators + drawing them + overlays + pairs/triples/etc + etc