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FYI: This isn't an HFT bot but is a decent, recent Python + ncurses trading client framework for Bitcoin on MtGox. http://prof7bit.github.io/goxtool/ http://pro

FYI: This isn't an HFT bot but is a decent, recent Python + ncurses trading client framework for Bitcoin on MtGox. http://prof7bit.github.io/goxtool/ http://prof7bit.github.io/goxtool/ Even if you aren't interested in Bitcoin, it might be useful as a real-ish and cheap place to test with low barriers to entry. I've found that backtesting on historical data is usually not realistic enough since most people fail to consider liquidity. I'm interested because I like to trade, would like to learn more, and I have had some small success. But I have trouble sticking to my plan. I let emotion get the best of me and wind up losing my gains.

zygomega 14y ago
Isn't MtGox over as a bitcoin trading platform? I agree more generally that bitcoin could be a useful market to test out. And your story fits exactly with a hands-off automated approach to trading. We wont ever be charting a price series in the production environment because computers don't get charts.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y ago
  >Isn't MtGox over as a bitcoin trading platform? I wish. I keep waiting for some more interesting news from Coinlab [1][2], but so far, Mtgox are still the largest exchange by volume. Here is a chart showing volume by (selected) exchanges. http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/currency/USD.html http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/currency/USD.html The recent events seem to only have got them more customers (though it remains to be seen how many of them will stick). In any case, some of the other exchanges have API's that are similar to mtgox. [1] https://mtgox.com/press_release_20130228.html https://mtgox.com/press_release_20130228.html [2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/04/24/coinlab-attracts-500000-in-venture-capital-for-bitcoin-projects/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/04/24/coinlab-at...

zygomega 14y ago

Isn't MtGox over as a bitcoin trading platform? I agree more generally that bitcoin could be a useful market to test out. And your story fits exactly with a hands-off automated approach to trading. We wont ever be charting a price series in the production environment because computers don't get charts.

fnordfnordfnord 14y ago
>Isn't MtGox over as a bitcoin trading platform? I wish. I keep waiting for some more interesting news from Coinlab [1][2], but so far, Mtgox are still the largest exchange by volume. Here is a chart showing volume by (selected) exchanges. http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/currency/USD.html http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/currency/USD.html The recent events seem to only have got them more customers (though it remains to be seen how many of them will stick). In any case, some of the other exchanges have API's that are similar to mtgox. [1] https://mtgox.com/press_release_20130228.html https://mtgox.com/press_release_20130228.html [2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/04/24/coinlab-attracts-500000-in-venture-capital-for-bitcoin-projects/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/04/24/coinlab-at...