I concur with the above. However a small subset of discretionary traders do have some truly mechanical entry and exit rules. try linking your algos to social sentiments for extra filters.
absolutely agree. Individual traders never pay up; their cost thinking is 10 to 100 times less than reality
I mean if your autotrading, why in that other thread you were ranting about day trading not possible.
They don't have to pay. I offer a free, all you can eat deal plus extra containers for taking out. If that isn't enough, they also get regular free delivery of additional takeouts.
Not possible for those who claim it possible but could not show themselves possible. I believe everything is possible so long as they show it's possible. If there's nothing to see, then nothing is possible. There has to be some basic measure of what is possible. Otherwise, every joe blow will go on the internet and say stuff.
Quantopian is worth to check out, it is a nice web based platform for developing and testing strategies and ATS. They may also have integration with brokers for live trading. They use the Python language. https://www.quantopian.com In the past I have used Tradestation, Amibroker, Ninjatrader. Check out which has live autotrading support. It's more a taste of language syntax you personally prefer to work in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_analysis_software