This is free to down load worth a look if you are starting your own coding in Java. Uses TWS API for data and implements most of the features of that API. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV2FXyWMe9M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV2FXyWMe9M Historical data on any TWS supported time frame. 30sec-Daily download from TWS and stored. Trade position time frame is defined by UI. Charts using JFreeCharts updatable every 5secs, featuring 8/20MA(config), Vwap, Pivots & Hiekin-Ashi bars. Support for any derived indicator. Save and Print in png format. Roll-up from traded timeframe, see dropdown on chart tab. Back testing Strategies support. Ability to reassign strategies. Assign indicators to strategies via UI Manual order creation and transmission to TWS. Portfolio Summary/Detail reports with batting and simple sharp ratio calculations. Click thru to charts. Export reports in csv format. Support for Strategies written in java. Next release will feature Drools for strategies i.e user friendly business language to write and maintain rules. Separated strategies for entry and management of positions. Strategies fired on completion of a base candle or on 5sec updates. Import symbols in csv format for daily setup and back testing. Configurable trade parameter supported i.e. STPLMT amts, roll up/down on whole/half number e.t.c all via UI and generic table support for future parms. Time-zone support for local vs market time-zone. James
James, amazing job, clean and straight to the point, I would appreciate if you could share code and slides, gaps is my favorite method of trading. Thanks