Clarifications

[jobidon]

I am in the process of comparing various algo trading platforms and after having reviewed the Marketcetera docs I still have a few points I'd like to clarify. Could you please help me answer these, or point me to a source which could help with these:

1. Is the platform completely broker agnostic? Has anyone built an integration for Interactive Brokers?
2. Does the software support various types of instruments: crypto, options, spreads, FX, etc?
3. Can the software use multiple brokers? For instance, a data connection for real time feeds, a different one for equity orders, and a 3rd one for crypto trades?
4. Can the platform manage sim trades and real trades simultaneously? Or can multiple instances running simultaneously provide this functionality?
5. Are commissions imported from the brokers?
6. What are the minimum/recommended requirements in terms of RAM, CPU, bandwidth, etc to run the server? The client?
7. Is there a limit to the number of strategies that can run simultaneously? (Based on available RAM?)
8. Do you have benchmark information available? Trades per second? Backtesting speed, etc
9. Does the platform have the ability to manage multiple client accounts independently?
10. Is there a way to create a scanner, or does the platform focus exclusively on trade strategies?
11. Can notifications be routed to a Telegram channel?
12. Can the strategies be configured to wait for confirmation prior to placing a trade (through telegram for instance)?
13. What kind of reporting tools/metrics/reports are available? Is there a way to customize them?

Thanks for your input!

[colinduplantis]

Answers inline:

On Nov 15, 2024, at 6:20 PM, paps ***@***.***> wrote: I am in the process of comparing various algo trading platforms and after having reviewed the Marketcetera docs I still have a few points I'd like to clarify. Could you please help me answer these, or point me to a source which could help with these: Is the platform completely broker agnostic? Has anyone built an integration for Interactive Brokers?

Yes. Yes.

Does the software support various types of instruments: crypto, options, spreads, FX, etc?

Yes: equities, convertible bonds, options, currencies (including crypto), futures

Can the software use multiple brokers? For instance, a data connection for real time feeds, a different one for equity orders, and a 3rd one for crypto trades?

Yes

Can the platform manage sim trades and real trades simultaneously? Or can multiple instances running simultaneously provide this functionality?

Yes, using different brokers - one is for sim, one is for real

Are commissions imported from the brokers?

No

What are the minimum/recommended requirements in terms of RAM, CPU, bandwidth, etc to run the server? The client?

It can run just fine on a 2-core with 8gb ram. That doesn’t mean it will run well under high load, though. Some installations use multiple 16-core machines. It really depends on load and tolerance.

Is there a limit to the number of strategies that can run simultaneously? (Based on available RAM?)

No hard limit, just what the machine can support

Do you have benchmark information available? Trades per second? Backtesting speed, etc

Every installation is different, so benchmark data isn’t really useful. Some installations can manage sub-millisecond trades/reports, some can’t. Too many variables.

Does the platform have the ability to manage multiple client accounts independently?

Yes

Is there a way to create a scanner, or does the platform focus exclusively on trade strategies?

I don’t know what you mean by scanner in this context

Can notifications be routed to a Telegram channel?

I suppose so, if an appropriate API exists for Telegram. We have had integrations with Slack, Datadog, etc, so there’s no reason why it wouldn’t work, afaik.

Can the strategies be configured to wait for confirmation prior to placing a trade (through telegram for instance)?

Sure, I don’t see why not, again, depending on the available API.

What kind of reporting tools/metrics/reports are available? Is there a way to customize them?

We don’t focus on off-the-shelf reporting. There is P&L reporting built in, but no other real predefined sets of reports.

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[jobidon]

awesome! thanks for your input.
I've started the installation of DARE on a headless VPS, and I think install4j is expecting a display to proceed. Is there a way to install it and eventually run it in headless mode?

[colinduplantis]

Should work from the command line just fine.

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