I've seen job adverts for this.

I'm fairly certian I've seen job adverts for perl programmers to maintain software at proprietary trading corps. So the answer is probably, yes. Whether any of this code is in the public domain is another issue.

Also, anybody who wants to build programs to autotrade should read Nassim Taleb's "Surprised By Randomness."

And get a real job. :)

thomas.

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Re: I've seen job adverts for this. by aquarium (Curate) on Dec 25, 2004 at 21:52 UTC
Yes, there are jobs for programmers to maintain software at trading corps. That doesn't mean that those jobs are all about programming for trading...and even if the jobs are about programming for trading, then they're probably writing progs to sell them to suckers who think they'll make a fortune when they buy them. There's probably a warning on the program that says "the software will not make you money unless you combine the results with REAL market knowledge" The big money is to be made if you know ahead of time some important decision about the stock. The next best thing is to follow news closely....i heard it on the radio, a few months back, that gold was artificially low priced, and saw then the price climb and climb. I wouldn't bet my hard earned cash on it though. the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H	[reply]

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Re: I've seen job adverts for this.
by aquarium (Curate) on Dec 25, 2004 at 21:52 UTC

the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H

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