offshore development.
Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 10:59 am
I don't "code" anymore. I have been a programmer and always attempted to be a trader in my career. I have ended up fixing and re-designing Robertson Stevens prop trading system (on Unix c++). I have done odd contract jobs to raise money when my trading got me into a slump. That of course sadly happened often enough. I worked for Schwab, Morgan Stanley, Tibco Finance (we also designed trading systems for banks).
At this point I have no patience and the desire the hammer out code from scratch, I am burnt out as programmer I guess.
The best I can do is maintain (tweak) and test a trading system.
Since I begun trading full time I have an offshore team develop my systems. Their cost and speed rivals anyone I know in the business. All one needs is a good definition of their problem and design of a solution.
(off-shore teams only code it is best to write a very detailed design specs for them...)
Of course I have TS and I am learning their goofy environment but in the light of the money management I concur how these commercial systems are inadequate at best.
For $500-$4000 you can develop any trading system for a single user PC environment. This includes all rights to the source, and market and resale.
At this point I have no patience and the desire the hammer out code from scratch, I am burnt out as programmer I guess.
The best I can do is maintain (tweak) and test a trading system.
Since I begun trading full time I have an offshore team develop my systems. Their cost and speed rivals anyone I know in the business. All one needs is a good definition of their problem and design of a solution.
(off-shore teams only code it is best to write a very detailed design specs for them...)
Of course I have TS and I am learning their goofy environment but in the light of the money management I concur how these commercial systems are inadequate at best.
For $500-$4000 you can develop any trading system for a single user PC environment. This includes all rights to the source, and market and resale.