Automated Trading

Learn to automate your trades using different tools and platforms: Python, R, Interactive Brokers, Alpaca, Zerodha, Blueshift and many others.

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Trading API: What it is, Types, Uses, API for Trading, and More!

Trading markets with API can help in a lot of ways. But, the real question is how to use the APIs for trading and which are the trending APIs to begin your trading journey with? In this blog, you will find out the answers to these questions and more!...
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What is Automated Trading?

Automated Trading can help you automate your trades. Automation is the present and it is finding widespread application in the world of trading and finance....
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Backtesting: How to Backtest, Analysis, Strategy, and More

Backtesting is an important tool to check the effectiveness of your trading strategy. Learn more about how to create backtesting trading strategies, and about vectorised and event-driven backtesting....
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Stock Market Data: Obtaining Data, Visualization & Analysis in Python

Stock market data - Explained with this powerful tutorial with Python codes. Learn where to get stock market data and download stock market data as a csv file, how to fetch stock fundamental data, and how to plot, visualise and how to use python for stock analysis....
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Automated Trading

Algorithmic Trading Vs Discretionary Trading

This post differentiate the concepts of two types of important trading strategies in stock market: Algorithmic Trading Vs Discretionary Trading...
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Interactive Brokers With R: Ibrokers Trading API

Learn IBrokers R package to automate your trading with Interactive Brokers. The article contains examples of important functions from the IBrokers package....
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Market Impact Cost

In this post we defined market impact cost, factors driving it, and learned why the cost assume significance for portfolio managers....
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Connecting FXCM Over FIX – A Detailed Tutorial

In this article, we are going to take a step further and talk about some operations involved in connecting FXCM over fix....
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Trading with Python in Indian Markets Using Zerodha Kite Connect API

Programmatic trading is on the rise in India. In this article, learn how to do Programmatic trading in Indian markets with Python using Zerodha Kite Connect API....
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Using Pivot Point to predict movement in trade markets

An in-depth look into Pivot Point technique and using this in conjunction with candlestick charts for predicting market movement...
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Using IBridgePy to implement Python in Interactive Brokers API

Know how to implement Python in Interactive Brokers C++ API using IBridgePy and run algorithmic trading strategies in live market....
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IBPy Tutorial To Implement Python In Interactive Brokers API

Tutorial to use IBPy for implementing Python in Interactive Brokers API. Automate trading on IB TWS for quants and Python coders....
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Automated Trading On Oanda Platform By Dr. Yves Hilpisch

This post covers basics of algorithmic trading like data retrieval and backtesting in python, using Oanda platform for implementation....
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Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Trading Protocol

FIX is the defacto standard for message communication for almost two decades of electronic trading. Today, it is used by a variety of market participants, firms, and vendors....
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