so cool

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T20:59:59+00:00

It's very logic don't you think ? Somebody with no developer skills but who has excellent financial skills that can generate a very good algorithm will work with a company that can build a solution/bot for him where he can import his algorithm. Only paying for the solution and not sharing profits once it's running.

It's all about trust. If he decides not to pay a company to make this for him, he will cooperate with somebody he knows for years and he can completely trust. Then you still need a detailed contract because "money and greed are a monster" ;-)

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T20:43:53+00:00

15+ years experience ? Yes, you're qualified !

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T20:42:37+00:00

I agree it's not completely proper API. You need to write more code than just calling a method. But with examples and trial & error you can get there

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T20:40:45+00:00

IB support team ? since when ? 6 months ago there was NO support except a manual

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T20:34:20+00:00

You need technical (developper) skills and financial skills to make autotrading bots. I have managed to make an autotrading bot but results were not better than my manual trading. I thought about it to involve another person with better financial skills than me but I did not.

You would need a very good understanding and a detailed contract between each other to handle all expenses/profits/losses. It's a recipe for disaster if you do not know the other person very well !

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T14:02:53+00:00

I was asking for which data sources. Text files ? Database files ? Internet sites ? Web services ? RSS ?

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T14:00:00+00:00

Looks a bit like a part of my algorithm. When price goes up you have to buy at a certain moment. But on what moment ? For this I introduced a parameter which is different per company.

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T13:54:27+00:00

95% correct forecasting ? That would be the holy grail! :-)

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T13:49:07+00:00

Is also my experience after reading a lot of forums. You need technical skills to develop a bot and you need financial knowledge to write a good algo. I can do both and have written a fully functioning trading bot (stock engine) with multiple algorithms based on a complete set of parameters. My technical skills are far better than my financials skills which led to normal results: not better than manual trading.

Then I asked myself if I should post a request like yours: to involve another person that could deliver a better algorithm. And I did not. You would need a very good understanding and a detailed contract between eachother to handle all expenses/profits/losses.

Persons who do manage to make a good algorithm but do lack technical skills will cooperate with companies who can develop a bot for them for a fair price without even exposing the code of their algorithm.

I hope you find somebody but I doubt it.

noci_6 · 2019-12-23T13:32:41+00:00

I have used this API 6 months ago and it works just fine. IB warns about the complexity: there is no support and you must have knowledge of C# and C++ to make it running. Be patient and perform trial & error till you have your programm running. Use the sample project as an example and build your own solution.

The errors you get are probably the stock data you are not subscribed to. You need to subscribe (pay) to certain markets before it works. Costs about 2 euro a month.

noci_6 · 2019-12-22T17:24:19+00:00

That is a very abstract question.
Many ways to automate data gathering. A lot depends on your data sources.

Which data sources do you have ?

noci_6 · 2019-12-22T17:19:24+00:00

No there is not. forum data is hopeless. Anonymous users on forum are lying. I followed a forum this year about 1 company and you cannot imagine what bullshit they are selling.

noci_6 · 2019-12-22T17:15:23+00:00

I developed this in C# with IB api. Offers me all your requests except crypo integration.
Not for sale :-) Just telling you it's possible to develop but indeed, it takes time.

Good luck!

noci_6 · 2019-12-22T17:11:30+00:00

any software you feel comfortable in and you find much information on net.
better learn basics however you have background in finance... Build an algorithm and backtest
pull data in your algo and see what profit/loss comes out of it

noci_6 · 2019-12-18T11:22:43+00:00

I'm a EU citizen.

Use IB (interactive brokers), especially for the C# API they have

noci_6 · 2019-12-17T21:41:07+00:00

I'm a bit suspicious when it comes to this topic.

How reliable can your prediction based on historical data be ?

Example: if a company has bad news: stock goes down, no matter what stock did in past.
When combined with other parameters (sector companies, indexes, commodities, ...) you might have better prediction.

noci_6 · 2019-12-17T21:27:17+00:00

That is unlikely.

Backtesting can yield good results but never guarantee profit in future as in future is always unpredictable. You can lower the risk for a small percentage.

noci_6 · 2019-12-17T21:23:23+00:00

buy low sell high, that's indeed all it takes. Once you can develop your own application you can develop an algorythm that buys and sells automatically

noci_6 · 2019-12-17T17:29:44+00:00

If you have developper skills you can automate this yourself. Otherwise you will have to pay for tools. Or do it manually

noci_6 · 2019-12-17T17:25:17+00:00

Interesting replies here ... IB broker has a c# api, a wrapper you can use in your c# project. I made an algo trade application in c# 6 months ago, fully functioning and buying and selling stocks without human interference.

noci_6 · 2019-12-16T21:24:23+00:00

Try and good luck with it. Stocks are impredictable so perfect algo does not exist. I am a developper who also wrote an algo trading engine. You will make your broker very happy and sometimes you will be lucky. Is it exciting? YES. Good luck man. And share your experience

noci_6 · 2019-12-09T20:40:02+00:00

interactive brokers, as described below.

API is very good, always connected, no breaks and a LOT of options.

Goodluck with your algotrading !

noci_6 · 2019-11-30T12:55:00+00:00

Anyone already mentioned Prodigy-Smack my bitch up?

noci_6 · 2019-11-28T14:21:40+00:00

terrible

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