trading software for Android??

Quote from cstfx:

I know the phone screen size is limiting. I am thinking more in line of the Android "ipad" killer due sometime later this year. While I doubt you could get the full functionality of IB's TWS on a portable device, I would think there could be something more functional than what was developed for the iPhone. And since the developers of the Android operating system don't have the same biases towards Java and Flash, I would think you could have a much better portable platform for your trading.
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Yes, the potential is there. It's just not that trivial to convert an existing Java application if it is GUI-heavy like IB's TWS to run on Android. They'll most likely start from scratch and incrementally add features over time.

Interestingly though, you could have something like OptionsXpress Xtend platform running on an Android-powered iPad form-factor device with probably less effort:

http://www.optionsxpress.com/promos/seize_the_trade.aspx?said=Home_OxXtend_TR

Xtend is built on Adobe AIR technology which is basically Flex/Actionscript running in a Flash player. Upcoming releases of AIR will allow building for and deploying to Android devices.

Lots of potential. Things should be looking good for Android in this department in the next 6-18 months. Brokers will have to decide whether to support both iPhones and Android devices (or even Windows Mobile) or just one of those.
 
almost all applications available for the iPhone for trading exist in some form for the Android

cross search, as there are quite a few

options trading firms have these available

esignal has these available too

I remember participating in programming and designing these applications over 25years ago on hand held cellular devices that communicated to their host supported applications over radio waves.

In fact there were custom hand held devices that preceded esignal and other quote dissemination devices, but the ability to interact remotely with one's broker were very limited....
 
Quote from limitdown:

almost all applications available for the iPhone for trading exist in some form for the Android

cross search, as there are quite a few

options trading firms have these available

esignal has these available too
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I've just seen that thinkorswim released one a couple of weeks ago but it doesn't appear to be on their website.

There's none for Interactive Brokers yet. Just a poll.
 
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Quote from 0008:

Any software similar to AMIBroker, TS or Ninja available for Android? If so, do they require high-end phone to run ?
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No. Not feasible. At least not all of the features e.g. auto-trading etc.

What features are you looking for? I'm working on a proposal to develop some charting software for Android phones.
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Tablets have advanced a lot since this thread was started. Any new trading software developments for Android?

The main feature I'm looking is backtesting capability. Thanks.
 
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