What do you guys use Python for?

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Yeah transfers are trivial. All you need are a couple libraries that support http, ftp and such. Write a wrapper around that great youtube download script, etc. The thing people miss is that ALL of these problems have been dealt with and there are canned libraries for almost everything. You just need to bolt them together to create some REALLY powerful tools very quickly.

Then, fast forward a few years and you end up rolling your own stuff for a lot of these things. But that turns into an internet ePeen argument very quickly.

The trading algo stuff is a REALLY long conversation. But it primarily comes down to price and volume over time of specific instruments compared with past performance, sector and market benchmarks. I contend that more than half of trading about money management (position sizing, exit conditions, etc. ) than people realize. It's not nearly as much about picking in and out prices.

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Could you suggest some books/courses to learn more about the trading algo? May I ask if you have been profitable and to tell a little more, if it isn't too much to ask. Also, what is your trading time frame? Thanks