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Check out the nexTrade open source software project that is trying to
develop an open trading platform. Vapor ware at the moment, but if you are
familiar with how Linux was developed, then you have an idea how nexTrade is
going to be developed.
Look at www.nextrade.org
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Kaminsky <allank@xxxxxxxx>
To: Joel Reymont <joelr@xxxxxxxxxx>; Omega <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, April 17, 1999 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: TradeLab, TradeWare and MatLab
>At 07:45 PM 4/17/99 -0400, Joel Reymont wrote:
>>Somebody on the list asked a question before
>>regarding why people don't try to use other software
>>designed to analyze timeseries in their trading. It also seems
>>to me that the consensus on the list is that systems should be
>>coded in VB. TradeLab supposedly has VB systems and
>>I assume MB's product will as well. So why not just use MatLab
>>which comes with DLLs and such and use it? Granted, last time
>>I looked it was gonna cost me about $2,400 for MatLab and
>>the same for another module but...
>>
>> Joel
>
>Matlab is a great solution (although you'll need a Matlab compiler to
>create the DLL's you need). One problem is cost, which you've identified.
>The basic engine is $1795 and all the toolboxes are extra. My installation
>is upwards of $10K. The other problem is that it's serious geekware.
>
>What's really needed is a flexible platform that allows adding in
>heavy-duty tools that are end-user friendly, in some sense. In other words,
>reasonable intelligence that doesn't necessarily include advanced degrees
>in math / science / engineering. And I'm obviously not referring to some
>new version of RSI.
>
>Allan
>
>Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
>geek , n. Slang.
>1. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting
>acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
>2. any strange or eccentric person.
>
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