In search of a good trading API other than TT

Hi folks:
I have an algorithm that is a little more complicated than average so cannot use standard Windows trading clients that have simple GUIs for Algorithms... so have been coding to the TT-API in .Net for over a year. I am ready to prime-time but am finding the Trading Technologies' TT-API lacking in some areas, especially in their testing environment.

All I need to do is get a price-feed, and have the ability to place simple orders, Market / Limit / Stop. No spreads etc. Mostly futures.

I am more than willing to port my code if the target platform is rock-solid.

I heard Gain Capital has an API. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Thanks
-Ed

 

http://www.cqg.com/products/cqg-apis

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/features/#tws.api

You could write to the industry standard fix api so you can change brokers easily. Trade one lots if the testing environment is lacking.

 

Have you looked at real Tick? We offer that.

 

THANK YOU!. I just called them (I guess they got acquired by EZE Software). Looking into it. Thanks for the pointer. I also found Rithmic... if anyone has feedback on them

 

Let me know if I can help with Real tick.

We also offer a number of others including TT, CTS and Rithmic. CQG no longer offer their API for retail clients.

 

Tradovate offers an API, here is the link - https://github.com/tradovate/api.

If you are interested in getting setup in our development environment please email support@tradovate.com

 

You can run ttsim for testing.

 

Nope. Not supported. TT-Sim is for X-Trader, not the API. Even their sample code fails using TT-Sim. 'Been on many phone calls with them on this issue. Not supported.

 

Trade one lots to test.

 

Have you considered Interactive Brokers?