I have a lot of scripts in C#, but I cannot program at all. As I am "good" in Excel, I build everything in Excel for testing. Goes very fast, easy to make small changes, easy for first fast testing. If you are good in Excel you can build incredible things. When I have a final version in Excel, I copie standard indicators from NT8. These indicators should have certain specifics (like how many lines on the chart, and the "body" that is generated for any indicator I build). I then change the "engine" of the script, which is the mathematical part, and compile it. Takes some time but as I don't automate my system, I have all I need. If I fail, I let a programmer do the job, but remove the mathematical part completely and replace it with something simple that have no connection at all with my"engine". So the programmer has no clue about the essential part of the script and cannot steal it. Wanted to learn programming, but as my system is performing good for many years, I have no need to program anymore as evertyhing runs fine. Only if I would like to build something new, programming skills might be handy. But I think that my system will work "forever" as it works already so many years in all kind of markets. My personal experience is that not the programmer is the most important part, the person who builds the system is. I never knew a programmer who is so good that he can build a very profitable system for you. You have to do the essential part. The only thing a programmer does is translate your idea in code.
I pay 50$ per hours for an excellent programmer who is expert in NT8. He started to do jobs for me in 2014 and if I need something to be changed I know where to go. He also works as third party developper.
I found him on Upwork. Anybody who contacts him can have that fee. As the last time he worked for me is already a few years ago, the fee might be 75$ now. He lives in a normal West European country. So no Russian, no Ukrainian and no offshore.
How does one research the market without knowing how to program? What exactly does this person do? Lay in a hammock? btw, if anyone uses the word "coding" they have shown their cards
2rosy Glad you asked this question as we have build a tool exactly like that at spikeet.com You can run and pull data scans with no-code and a simple UI, we also have built in templates you can utilize:
I would probably have to pay someone to work with the IBKR API for me. Just thinking about trying to work with the thing gives me anxiety.
research is clicking UI boxes to see scan results? if anyone has the data I will reproduce all those scans in a day for the world free of charge (no UI). Or anyone who wants to spend a few minutes dump your data into https://questdb.io/ and there you go