I’ve actually heard that from tech industry vets. I also forgot to mention, that before I hired out that project, I knew exactly what I needed to execute. The coder recommended Java for the IB connector. I’ve spent countless hours, prototyping, researching, and testing. Those days are over. I don’t miss it
As much as I hate Java, it really is a good tool for solving a lot of problems, including maybe 90% of trading-related code.
Getting Started with TradeStation WebAPI Only $21/month? http://developer.tradestation.com/getting-started-with-tradestation-webapi/
Tradestation and Easy Language are good tools to use for systematic trading. Tradestation's System Performance Report is something of an industry standard. It is used/shown in many trading books. By opening up a small account you can use the platform for free. Charges for the data feeds are reasonable. This is a good platform if you want to test intraday systems, as there are minute and other short duration quotes/bars in additional to daily ones. Easy Language code can be found in the monthly issues of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities (TASC) magazine (at many B&N bookstores).
I'm working on this one in Python... https://github.com/ScottfreeLLC/AlphaPy It uses machine learning and shit...