Recent content by greaterreturn

Hey, maybe you're right about "black box" I found this definition online and it doesn't really fit TickZOOM. What's a better term? I used to call it the "order server" but it doesn't quit fit. Let me specify and you can help with a name for it. TickZOOM has an "Execution Server" which gets...

It can run in both modes. I often run it in "real time" mode which means it's running with live on my local PC with a Chart that I can watch. And it also has overrides so I can go "flat" if I don't like what the strategy is doing, etc. But once you're happy with the strategy, if you want it to...

Well, that depends on what you want to do. On both counts people like the fact it's open source. But there's tons of open source trading tools. Where TickZOOM really shines is when processing tick data. Neither one of those can do a decent job because they overload PC memory or take to doggone...

Yeah. Details are at tickzoom.org but just to save people time, it only runs off of tick data and charting and all features are driven by your trading rule models. So this is a platform for people who want to to historical testing and automate their trading using tick data. It does have a black...