![]() That may be ok for futures trading,where more often than not the focus is on a single underlying, but in equities the opposite is true. The problem with retail trading tools like TradeStation, Multicharts, or Amibroker, is that they are designed primarily for single-asset strategies. ![]() But for algorithmic trading systems of intermediate frequency the choice appears almost unlimited. For a latency-sensitive high frequency trading application, you will probably want to use something like C++, or possibly a 3rd party algo system like Apama or Tethys. James Davidson’s excellent and inexpensive TSM, which I have used for many years and can recommend highly. If you are engaged in econometrics research, you might choose a package like RATS, Eviews, Gauss, or Prof. ![]() My sense of it is that there is no single “ideal” programming language – the best strategy is to pick an appropriate tool for the job and there are usually several reasonable choices one could make. I have written recently about the comparative advantages of different programming languages in the context of research and trading (see here).
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