R is only recently getting involved in the financial world. Most of R development has been in academia focusing on biostatistics, clinical trials and such. Th

R is only recently getting involved in the financial world. Most of R development has been in academia focusing on biostatistics, clinical trials and such. There is an R in Finance conference every year. Also there are a lot of good packages for securities, investing, and risk management. https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Finance.html https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Finance.html