Spread trading application

[jim2372]

Hello,

I work for a very small trading firm. We are thinking of developing our own
trading application to automatically make spread trades on the e-cbot
platform. We are somewhat unsatisfied with our current application that
performs this functionality.

We will want a windows-based interface to these trades that provides a Depth
of Market view of price activity. This interface will allow one-click
trading on a spread ratio that will then automatically execute opposing
trades (buys in one market and sells in another) according to the clicked-on
ratio. Trade levels with move dynamically with price activity.

The e-cbot provides a C interface to its trading servers.

What language would be best for such a program? (I am thinking C++ or C#).
I assume the program will need to be multi-threaded to handle calls to and
responses from the e-cbot servers. Price change events, etc. will need to be
handled properly. The gui will probably need to be double-buffered to handle
dynamic coloring the changing bid/ask prices (blue for bids and red for
asks/offers).

Conformance testing with the exchange must be carried out before deployment,
etc.

Can anyone on this list give me a ballpark estimate of how long it would
take a single developer to develop such a Windows-based gui trading
interface?

Any information anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance for your help.

Jim Laramie
KLP Trading

[Sylvain Lafontaine]

You should contact someone who has already developed for e-cbot and let
him/her choose the best language (probably the one he/she already known) for
coding this application and discuss with him/her the estimate for the time
and costs.

It's not an easy task to develop a new software - as demonstrated by the
fact that your current application is unsastisfactory - and you should
discuss technical and financial topics with the guy that will do the job and
not with someone else (here in this newsgroup for example) who can say
anything without having any responsability with the consequences of what he
may have said.

One of the best way of drowning a project is to ask someone else how it must
be done and how it should cost.

S. L.

"jim2372" <ji*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I work for a very small trading firm. We are thinking of developing our
own
trading application to automatically make spread trades on the e-cbot
platform. We are somewhat unsatisfied with our current application that
performs this functionality.

We will want a windows-based interface to these trades that provides a
Depth
of Market view of price activity. This interface will allow one-click
trading on a spread ratio that will then automatically execute opposing
trades (buys in one market and sells in another) according to the
clicked-on
ratio. Trade levels with move dynamically with price activity.

The e-cbot provides a C interface to its trading servers.

What language would be best for such a program? (I am thinking C++ or
C#).
I assume the program will need to be multi-threaded to handle calls to and
responses from the e-cbot servers. Price change events, etc. will need to
be
handled properly. The gui will probably need to be double-buffered to
handle
dynamic coloring the changing bid/ask prices (blue for bids and red for
asks/offers).

Conformance testing with the exchange must be carried out before
deployment,
etc.

Can anyone on this list give me a ballpark estimate of how long it would
take a single developer to develop such a Windows-based gui trading
interface?

Any information anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance for your help.

Jim Laramie
KLP Trading

[Cor Ligthert]

Sylvain,

I completely agree with you.

:-)

Cor

[James Hicks]

> What language would be best for such a program? (I am thinking C++ or C#).
You should decide this based on the level of profeciency you development
staff has with a language/platform/framework. This choice could negatively
impact your timeline as a developer unfamiliar with chosen
language/platform/framework will need time to ramp up.

I assume the program will need to be multi-threaded to handle calls.... This should be determined by analyzing the requirements of the application.
Can anyone on this list give me a ballpark estimate of how long it would
take a single developer to develop such a Windows-based gui trading
interface? Sure, anyone can give you an estimate. However, the estimate would be
grossly wrong because we do not know your exact requirements, environment, or
users. I would suggest consulting with someone that has worked with and
deployed successful projects based on the e-cbot platform.

James Hicks

"jim2372" wrote:
Hello,

I work for a very small trading firm. We are thinking of developing our own
trading application to automatically make spread trades on the e-cbot
platform. We are somewhat unsatisfied with our current application that
performs this functionality.

We will want a windows-based interface to these trades that provides a Depth
of Market view of price activity. This interface will allow one-click
trading on a spread ratio that will then automatically execute opposing
trades (buys in one market and sells in another) according to the clicked-on
ratio. Trade levels with move dynamically with price activity.

The e-cbot provides a C interface to its trading servers.

What language would be best for such a program? (I am thinking C++ or C#).
I assume the program will need to be multi-threaded to handle calls to and
responses from the e-cbot servers. Price change events, etc. will need to be
handled properly. The gui will probably need to be double-buffered to handle
dynamic coloring the changing bid/ask prices (blue for bids and red for
asks/offers).

Conformance testing with the exchange must be carried out before deployment,
etc.

Can anyone on this list give me a ballpark estimate of how long it would
take a single developer to develop such a Windows-based gui trading
interface?

Any information anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance for your help.

Jim Laramie
KLP Trading