Welcome to StockBotProgramming.com

The focus of our site is to help bridge the gap between programming and stock trading. When combined, these two fields can produce very powerful tools. We hope to give traders the information needed to automate their trading strategies, and to give programmers the information needed to start developing their own strategies. Here at StockBotProgramming.com, we have links to the best tutorials on the internet as well as custom written tutorials that can only be found here. This site is still a work in progress, but eventually we hope to create an entire tutorial series detailing how to write a fully functional bot from stratch. Check back regularly because new tutorials are being added daily. If you are unsure where to begin, go here.

News

12/9/2007

We have added a new tutorial for C# describing how to request 5 second snapshot data. We have been very busy past few months writting a software application we plan to release to the public which will make it so that you can concentrate more on developing your strategy than coding the entire bot from scratch. Stay tuned for that release. If you have any questions about this application or would like to get on a Beta Testing list. Please email us.

7/10/2007

The c++ and java tutorials for requesting historical quote data part 2 have now been uploaded. Within a week we should have some tutorials showing how to place trades uploaded.

6/26/2007

The c++ and java tutorials for requesting live quote data have been uploaded.

6/18/2007

I have added a tutorial showing how to request historical quote data using Java.

5/14/2007

I have updated all of the C# and Visual Basic, and Java tutorials to use the newest TWS API. This should alleviate many of the compiling errors that have been reported recently. If you find any tutorials that still do not compile correctly using the current API release, just let me know. Thanks.

4/30/2007

Four new tutorials have been uploaded today. We have uploaded part 1 and part 2 of how to request live quote data from interactive brokers tws api ussing both c# and vb. These tutorials should bring you a lot closer to being able to enter the world of automated trading. Find these tutorials Here.

4/29/2007

Added a c++ tutorial describing how to request historical quote data using the TWS api. Find this tutorial Here.

4/26/2007

Two more tutorials have been added. These tutorials focus on requesting historical data quotes and then saving them in a comma seperated file to be used for backtesting. We are looking for tutorial suggestions and or suggestions to better improve this site. If you have any suggestions please Suggest it here. Find these tutorials Here.

4/25/2007

We have added a visual basic and c# tutorial describing how to request historical data from TWS. Find this tutorial Here. The same tutorial in Java, and C++ should be up within a few days.

4/24/2007

We have added two more tutorials. Connecting to TWS using Java and connecting to TWS using C++. Find these tutorials Here. We are now currently working on the tutorials for how to retrieve historical data, and we should have those uploaded in the next few days.

4/23/2007

We have added two new tutorials, written by our staff, to the Bot Programming->Baics section. The first tutorial shows how to connect to the TWS using Visual Basic .Net. The second tutorial shows how to do it using C#. Find these tutorials Here. We plan to get the same tutorials for Java and C++ up shortly.

4/22/2007

We have added "Frosty's Stock Bot Journal" to the journal section. This journal will provide insight into what goes on when a trader brings a stock bot live. This journal will be part 2 of Frosty's adventure. For those of you who read the forums at EliteTrader.com you may already be familar with Frosty's first attempt.

4/19/2007

Several new tutorials have been added to the Strategy Design section.

3/22/2007

The results from the 2007 Interactive Brokers College Olympiad have been posted. Everyone in the top 10 had returns over 20% in only 8 weeks. These results demonstrate how effective fully automated trading systems can be.