Hello, I have uploaded a new PDF file HowToJSystemTrader.pdf, in the Files directory of this group http://groups.google.com/group/JavaTraders Goals of this How-to for JSystemTrader. The goals of this How-to for JSystemTrader is to help you to install and to compile JST in Eclipse, then to help you to backtest with JST. You dont need to be a IB customer to install, to compile and to backtest with JST. To do all the things show in this How to, you dont need to be a IB customer. What is JSystemTrader? The answer comes from a PDF, UserManual.pdf, writed by the author of the software. UserManual.pdf file is located in the docs repository of JSystemTrader.zip 1. Summary. JSystemTrader is a fully automated trading system (ATS) that can trade various types of market securities during the trading day without user monitoring. All aspects of trading, such as obtaining historical and real time quotes, analyzing price patterns, making trading decisions, placing orders, monitoring order executions, and controlling the risk are automated according to the user preferences. The central idea behind JSystemTrader is to completely remove the emotions from trading, so that the trading system can systematically and consistently follow a predefined set of rules. JSystemTrader is intended for software developers. It is not an "off-the shelf" product that can be installed and run. Instead, JSystemTrader provides a framework for developing automated trading systems and requires a certain amount of programming knowledge and experience. The users can modify any part of the source code, implement their own trading strategies, and extend and customize the system in any way. JSystemTrader is free open source software distributed under a BSD license. If you are not a software developer, or if you don't have much experience programming in Java, JSystemTrader is probably not for you. Where to find JSystemTrader? The official site of JsystemTrader is: http://www.myjavaserver.com/~nonlinear/JSystemTrader/JSystemTrader.htm Please tell me what you think about this How-to. Regards, Tintin92