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Re: [RT] Re: Trading Platform


  • To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [RT] Re: Trading Platform
  • From: "Michael Ferguson" <wl7bdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 05:53:31 -0800
  • In-reply-to: <20001128114609.29288.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

PureBytes Links

Trading Reference Links

Suggest you check out http://www.ensignsoftware.com/dtnload.htm

You can download a free copy and investigate the programming language.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brian" <polar@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <systems-only@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 01:15
Subject: [RT] Re: Trading Platform


> I was hoping to get some replies from people using software other than
> tradestation so I'll try posting again.  I myself use excaliber, a
> fortran based program Futures Truth used to sell.  But the charting is
> abysmal which forces me to use behold for visual aids.  For more
> complete portfolio runs I load all the daily equities into a few perl
> scripts.  I then use bloomberg for live data and for system updates.
> This works but forces me to use several applications.  I have used and
> shied away from tradestation due to its lack of batch portfolio runs and
> several other problems.  It appears to me that one of the current math
> software packages, ( matlab, mathematica, gauss, splus, etc) would be a
> better platform to build from as they can handle the calculations
> easily, offer multidimensional graphing ( for correlation analysis,
> system report analysis, etc ).  But from what I have seen most of these
> packages do not have add-ons for financial time series testing.  I know
> such software can be built such software, and while I can code systems
> and am fine at modifying existing modules, I am not a software developer
> and do not want to build such a platform from scratch.  I am interested
> in hearing from people who have experience, good or bad, with these
> other platforms.
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
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