Scarce Capital HFT
Finance and crypto
algorithmic trading
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
20 positive, 33 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 16 critical, out of 70 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 7 for, 8 againstPerformance: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting Haskell choice
From 2 comments
+1 for using Haskell.
rags_123 on HNI am curious about this project because I love this subject. However, it is impossible to build an open source HFT system especially because it will be open source. The other…
nazka on HN
Useful points on system design
From 1 comment
This is a nice little research project, and I hope you learn a lot from it. Having written algorithmic trading systems I think you are missing on a couple of central points: 1.…
kasey_junk on HN
Objections
Open source trading code lets rivals front-run it
From 1 comment
I am curious about this project because I love this subject. However, it is impossible to build an open source HFT system especially because it will be open source. The other…
nazka on HN
HFT is harmful to markets
From 1 comment
Are you trying to get hired by the financial industry, or is there some other reason for doing this? As you may well be aware, HFT is a scourge on the world's economy, and it's a…
white_devil on HN
Speed needs co-location and FPGA hardware
From 2 comments
I am curious about this project because I love this subject. However, it is impossible to build an open source HFT system especially because it will be open source. The other…
nazka on HNI'm curious about the "best trading platform" claim - what is going to make it better than any other? Especially as the real High Frequency Traders are busy spending fortunes on…
cmdkeen on HN
Requests
Use Python or Haskell instead of R
From 2 comments
Have you considered python for the research/algo side of things? I work in a hedge fund in London at the moment and there's a massive shift away from R towards python in the…
boothead on HNyou're doing it wrong: haskell is too slow.
conformal on HN
Questions
What makes it better than other platforms?
From 1 comment
I'm curious about the "best trading platform" claim - what is going to make it better than any other? Especially as the real High Frequency Traders are busy spending fortunes on…
cmdkeen on HN
Alternatives named
Zipline (Quantopian)
From 1 comment
Have you considered python for the research/algo side of things? I work in a hedge fund in London at the moment and there's a massive shift away from R towards python in the…
boothead on HN
Marketcetera
From 1 comment
Not having to register and login is one immediate differentiator. Marketcetera is a big, big code base - I think our ambitions are more focused.
zygomega on HN
IBrokers R package
From 1 comment
Check out IBrokers: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/IBrokers/index.html It'll get you up and running with IB in no time.
cr1t1calh1t on HN