With regards to our Strategy Backtesting, MotiveWave enables you to test and optimize your strategies using historical data. Java is a solid, stable, 'full fledged' language. More.In the context of this particular thread, I'm not sure what else would be relevant to mention without making this thread about something else. The price, the support board, the capabilities, the acceptance of use at many brokers, choice of data feeds, the stability. Not so true in other languages.Īnyway, with all it's warts and quirks (all platforms have warts and quirks btw), if I had to start fresh, I would still choose SierraChart. With C/C++ you can twiddle and use even use brute force if you want. if an object does not expose what you want, you are basically out of luck. What may seem trivial in one language, may be a project in another. Compared to programming in C# or another modern language, where things are exposed as "objects", and objects have events, those modern traits may have to be created in C/C++. it just always works (for me).Īll that said, SC is "old school". Just as important, maybe moreso, is the fact SC is stable as it gets. I have used SC for years, including programming a library of indicators, auto-trades, and general utility-type tools.
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It is called ACSIL, and code can be compiled through 3rd party programming platforms including MS Visual Studio Community Edition which is free, and also has full debugging features. More.As stated, SierraChart uses C/C++ language.