Question: Linking Tradestation to my Trading software?

I am an equity prop trader. What widely used prop trading platforms are easily linked to Tradestation?(if any) I am trying to automate my strategy and the easiest way to do so would be find out if the Tradestation software I use for charts can be linked up with my current trading software to send the orders for execution. I currently use Tradespeed software and am having a tough time getting a straight answer from them whether or not this linkage is possible. I have a feeling its not possible or they don't want to deal with helping me. What other platforms out there will link with tradestation to accomplish this. Anvil?(Assent), Greybox?(Hold Brothers)? etc,, Thanks

 

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What do you mean by you're a prop trader, when you are talking about either Holds and Assent?

Aren't you "thinking" of going prop.?

I maybe wrong, but just talk to the IT guys at "your" firm... if you have a solid "in-house" track record with those firms, they should be able to help you.

-Former-Andover (Assent) trader

 

www.tradebullet.com may do it.

 

I've also traded for assent about 5 years ago. I still trade prop just for a different company now. I use Tradestation software for charts only. Where I currently trade I cannot route orders from tradestation through my executtion software. I was wondering if any of the other prop companies out there have execution software that has the linkage capability. If so I will make a move to one of them with just a phone call to make going automated much easier since I am now very familiar which tradestation and tradestations backtesting features.

 

See Nick Nazarov at Benchmarq Trading in NYC.
They built a reliable bridge from Tradestation or Tradestation 2000i and it works.
http://www.benchmarqtrading.com/

Otherwise, I have posed this to other prop firms in the past and got nothing more than a "huh ?" or "see our tech guys".

 

thanks. Sounds like you get the same answers that I have been receiving.

 

The problem with a lot of the prop firms is that quite frankly they are run by a bunch of guys who act much like gangstas or hoodlums. Hi tech stuff ? - not spoken there. They've got just such a gambling mentality...it permeates everything they do...and it's quite contrary to a systematic approach.

 

The bridge at Benchmarq does not work: they tried to do it and scrapped the plan.

 

Huh ? I was told it was operational...and that was 18 months ago. Was this for TS2000i, TS8 or both ?
Technically, it's not that difficult, as there is a SMTP (email) "backdoor" built into Tradestation that can send messages to any socket-based SMTP server. All the trading platform needs to do is to implement one and parse the messages for orders.