releasing NEW cross-platform JAVA charting app. for IB

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releasing NEW cross-platform JAVA charting app. for IB

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hi all,

I am releasing my JAVA charting application for Interactive Brokers to the public. I started coding it in 2002 to assist in my trading needs and I've been using it personally every day since then to trade futures intraday.

There's a screenshot showing my basic setup during the day (it's wide since I trade on a 1600x1200
resolution display but it's a small PNG with just 55 KBytes):

http://www.tradingsoftwarelab.com/jtwscharts/

I use the Motif look and feel but it can be compiled with a different look and feel.

I am providing the entire source code in exchange for a fee to anyone interested, and I am looking
for feedback before I can set the purchase fee and finalize the details of my offer.
The purchase will be subject to a Disclaimer/Agreement.
If you are interested please email me in private in order to keep this mailing list noise-free.

You need to have installed the Java SE JDK.

Data features: can read globex .iom files, can save price vs. volume data to a file, can save price data to a file,
can playback globex .iom file or saved data file, time alarms for the most common scheduled market/economic
reports during the trading day, sound alert implementation for uptick and downtick, custom TWS data requests.

Charting features: constant volume bar chart, time (minutes, seconds) bar chart, tick volume chart (fixed number of trades
per bar/candle), adjustable price scale (fixed number of pixels per tick vs. draw on available area),
bars/OHLC/HLC/candles (coloring can be based on momentum indicator or higher highs/lower lows),
adjust bar spacing and width, price formats are decimal vs. 1/32 (bonds) vs. 1/64 (t-notes), white background
vs. black background, pre-defined chart layouts, quickly save a screenshot to disk, draw chart left to
right vs. last bar on right, plot bid/ask size near last price, draw market depth near last price,
time scale, floor pivots, previous day hi/low/settle, day's high/low, Gann price levels - octaves,
market profile (based on time, volume or trades / previous day market profile based on globex .iom file vs.
current day based on IB data), opening range, tiki extreme plot over chart bars, E-prem extreme plot,
Tick-nyse extreme plot, price channel, moving average slope indicator, simple moving average, moving average band
for the high/low, volatility band, swing line indicator, bid/ask footprints charting, market depth
indicators/oscillators (based on cumulative or min/max size), volume, volume balance per bar/candle
(buys at ask minus sells at bid), CCI, momentum indicators.


All these features were programmed at one time or another when I was interested in testing
new tools for my trading but these days I've settled for momentum and moving average slope indicators.

The application has been tested and developed on windows and GNU/Linux environments.

I can provide additional screenshots or other information you may need before deciding for the purchase of
the code.

This application is NOT highly flexible and or configurable for the end-user
in the sense that I programmed it for my needs and it was not originally intended to be sold or leased.
It is not thoroughly commented or documented. Most of its parameters
and configurations are hard-coded in the Java program so if you want more/different time frames or
studies' parameters than those programmed you need to change the Java code.

Here is a list of things that are NOT available: changing the layout/tickers of your charts and have them
remembered the next time you start the application, changing to other time frames not coded in the
application, back-fill, previous days' data, changing the indicators parameters, changing the timezone.

If you want to change the current chart layouts and tickers and indicators parameters or other
configuration you most likely will have to hack/change the code and re-compile it in order for the new changes to
take effect. There may be some bugs for features that I do not often use.

You need to perform a daily update of a text file with previous day's high/low/settle data in order to have the updated
floor pivots in your charts before running the application. Same applies if you want updated eprem buy/sell triggers.

Nevertheless I can adapt the application with minor changes according to your needs prior to delivery
and help you hacking in the code after the purchase.

Waiting for positive/negative feedback

Orionn.
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Post by painless »

Nice work!
Just a little off track question that you might help me with.

I have IB on my wish list for that Java socket when I have my app ready to run on my Apple. Why more vendors don't use a java socket instead of dde junk or DLL is beyond me. Anyway I have no plans to sell it and it is just a dead ugly thing for my system.
So my question is have you found the IB feed to be reliable? I am on the other side of the world to US markets and I use alarms when I need to change my orders. I can sleep right through them of course if the feed falls over during the night.
Thanks in advance
Blair
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painless wrote:Nice work!
Just a little off track question that you might help me with.

I have IB on my wish list for that Java socket when I have my app ready to run on my Apple. Why more vendors don't use a java socket instead of dde junk or DLL is beyond me. Anyway I have no plans to sell it and it is just a dead ugly thing for my system.
So my question is have you found the IB feed to be reliable? I am on the other side of the world to US markets and I use alarms when I need to change my orders. I can sleep right through them of course if the feed falls over during the night.
Thanks in advance
Blair
hi painless,

thanks for your reply. yes i too think that if TWS is programmed in JAVA
it makes more sense to develop applications in Java. IB wants its TWS
to run in any platform that's why they did pick Java.

In my 5 yrs of experience with IB I can say the IB feed is *very good*.
I use mainly the Globex and ECBOT feeds.

Orionn.
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Post by orionn »

hi all,

this is an update on jTWScharts:

the documentation that comes with jTWScharts currently has 40+ pages for the end-user Reference Guide and 20+ pages for the Developer/Programmer Reference Guide. There is also available a Quick Start Guide. All documents are in PDF format.

For more details on jTWScharts check:
http://www.tradingsoftwarelab.com/jtwscharts/

I guarantee a quick reply on all email inquiries.

thanks.
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