Where to begin developing?

[AdrianHagh81]

I concur with the above.

However a small subset of discretionary traders do have some truly mechanical entry
and exit rules.

try linking your algos to social sentiments for extra filters.

 

[2rosy]

It really isn't worth it.

absolutely agree. Individual traders never pay up; their cost thinking is 10 to 100 times less than reality

 

[ExperiencedJoe]

Do you have an autotrade system running ?

No, market closed on sunday.

 

[AdrianHagh81]

No, market closed on sunday.

I mean if your autotrading, why in that other thread you were ranting about day trading not possible.

 

[ExperiencedJoe]

The average "guy with a good idea" isn't willing to pay anything for programming.

They don't have to pay. I offer a free, all you can eat deal plus extra containers for taking out. If that isn't enough, they also get regular free delivery of additional takeouts.

 

[ExperiencedJoe]

I mean if your autotrading, why in that other thread you were ranting about day trading not possible.

Not possible for those who claim it possible but could not show themselves possible. I believe everything is possible so long as they show it's possible. If there's nothing to see, then nothing is possible.

There has to be some basic measure of what is possible. Otherwise, every joe blow will go on the internet and say stuff.

 

[Sergio77]

Just do what works for you. Easylanguage is a good start for those who are not programmers.

 

[2rosy]

here's an alpha version of a system and frontend for IB. Can be extended http://bit.ly/1wVhwCi

 

[bln]

Quantopian is worth to check out, it is a nice web based platform for developing and testing strategies and ATS. They may also have integration with brokers for live trading. They use the Python language.

https://www.quantopian.com

In the past I have used Tradestation, Amibroker, Ninjatrader. Check out which has live autotrading support. It's more a taste of language syntax you personally prefer to work in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_analysis_software

 

[xandman]

https://www.cooltrade.org/ might be a good fit. No programming required.