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Does Interactive Brokers (IB) have a Web friendly API?

The requirement I am given is to implement a web ppplication which utilizes Interactive Brokers's API to fetch data. I went through the IB API web page and came across two viable methods: TWS and IB ...
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2answers
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How much capital do I need to create a competitive automated trading strategy?

I'm a relatively small investor, and I'm interested in building my own fully-automated quantitative trading strategy. I also read about dark pools, and how difficult it is to get good prices on ...
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What is the difference between a trade and a cross - particularly regarding TSX crossing facilities?

There are four interesting crossing facilities in TSX: http://www.tmx.com/en/trading/products_services/cross_facilities.html These seem to be different ways to execute a trade (and in terms of market ...
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References for developing an automated trading system?

I am looking for references on the architecture of automated trading systems and the trading algorithms behind them. I am more interested in system development than analysis. A couple of books I ...
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1answer
661 views

A generic limit order book: What are the most important queries it should be able to answer?

Assume a class LimitOrderBook which represents a limit order book in a trading system. To be able to represent the limit order book a data handler reads a feed ...
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419 views

Quant Finance Education, Certification resources [closed]

I would like to pursue a career in the finance industry. Specifically looking to work in the technology side with regards to algorithmic trading and developing software based on quantitative ...
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283 views

Trade station and infrastructure [closed]

I'm very curious to hear about the infrastructure and trading station behind the traders who trade professionally. (i.e., workstation, monitors, operating system, software for trading, etc.)
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On my way to becoming a Quant [closed]

I'm currently studying for my undergrad in CS, and considering to do a grad in both CS and Math. I would like to see what you guys would recommend to prepare myself for a field as a Quant. I am ...
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Main backtesting & trading solutions: QuantFactory, Deltix, etc.

What are the most used/mature/promising commercial solutions today which handle backtesting/ automated trading needs? I'm talking about vertical product suites like QuantFactory or Deltix which ...