trading system development

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does anyone have a suggestion for where i'd find information on the development of a reliable computer system on which to run a trading bot.

Obviously if one intends to build a system that will run on its own its important to be assured that your system won't fail. So a system needs a good fallover mechanism, right?

Has anyone got suggestions for books/web resources which will aid me in building such as system?

Paul.
 
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does anyone have a suggestion for where i'd find information on the development of a reliable computer system on which to run a trading bot.

Obviously if one intends to build a system that will run on its own its important to be assured that your system won't fail. So a system needs a good fallover mechanism, right?

Has anyone got suggestions for books/web resources which will aid me in building such as system?

Paul.
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You may wish to consider outsourcing this.

I personally would be more concerned with connectivity reliability and redundancy with low latencies etc.

Some options you might want to research:

http://www.limebrokerage.com/index.php?title=Lime_Brokerage_LLC
http://www.velocityfutures.com/Fix_platform.html
http://www.tradewallstreet.com/accounts_platinum_automated.htm

Whether you decide to co-locate your own built server with one of these guys or rent one of theirs, you might get some ideas re: recommended hardware for your specific requirements by having a chat with them and leverage their extensive experience in the area.
 
You can try Linux.

I'm using Ubuntu Linux as platfom for my forex trading system development. I run six PC as a cluster in my house for computing intensive task. Currently my system can get 0.7-0.9 pip profit per trade and generates hundreds of trades a day. With my experience, a PC running Linux can be up for months with out a single reboot.
 
If what you need is just a stable server side for the automated trading system, Linux can do the work well, but if you need graphic and charting, Linux is not a good choice, because most commercial charting softwares out there don't support Linux.

For me, the major reason to use Linux is the cluster computing capability. I need a in house cluster of PCs to perform some computing intensive tasks for my automated trading system development.
 
1. If you are able to test a trading system correctly, you would have the ability to actually setup an in-house automation system.

2. The fact that you are asking a question like above shows that you are not ready to put a system in live conditions.

3. My suggestion is to stay away and read through the larger thread in this topic.
 
I do charting on Linux with a private charting software written by myself in C++ and GTKMM. Currently the software is quite simple but it is enough for my personal use already. With a private charting software I can apply what ever weird ideas in my mind into visual chart and this helps me a lot in my system development.

A snapshot of my charting software is attached to this message.
 

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