I use R. Check out quantmod, FOSS Trading (my blog), and Rmetrics. Hopefully that gives you an idea of what you can accomplish with R.
I can't compare these tools to JSystemTrader or JBookTrader, since I have no experience with either of those packages. All I can say is the two...
You're most welcome. I didn't think you were belittling it, but I did want to know if you thought it should do something that it doesn't...
What kind of "trick" do you expect? It's not "special" in the sense that it does something other software doesn't, but it's the only...
It's not a mature set of tools, but I'd encourage you to check out the following R packages: quantmod, xts, TTR, IBrokers, PerformanceAnalytics,...
You could also check out rinside. EDIT: wow, you must be contagious... :p nothing like suggesting something you had already considered.
There's nothing wrong with that. You assumed answers to the questions I asked, and those assumptions may be totally reasonable. I'm less...
Why do you think he would compile an application while trading or use his PC as anything other than a dedicated trading station? He, nor anyone...
It's really hard for me to say because I don't know the potential needs of the software you're using. As I said before, I would want to know if...
This isn't categorically true; it depends on the process that's running. If the process is I/O intensive, a faster HDD will matter more than CPU...
Are you sure this was due to a hardware problem and not a software problem? New hardware may be an expensive solution to a problem that could be...
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