[audreybrine_mba]

Hi Friends,

I am an MBA student who is preparing a paper on "Algorithmic Trading for individual investors". I need to get a pulse on the popular tools, platforms, strategies etc. so that I understand what resources are available to an individual investor today. For this I have prepared a survey of a maximum of 13 questions (all multiple choice questions) and would be really grateful if you guys could participate in it. The survey is anonymous since the intention is just to understand what is available today for the average investor to jump into the algorithmic trading space.

Please click on the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WQBLG3Z Thank you in advance.

Cheers!
Audrey

[bergerhl]

Will you be sharing the results with respondents?

Howard

[MightyMouse]

"Algorithmic Trading for Dummies" should be a good starting point.

[onesmith]

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[stock_analyst_n]

Well its a brilliant concept , there has been a lot of talk about algorithmic trading and i think aiming at designing something for an individual looks like an interesting and profitable topic.

[MadMarketScientist]

Originally Posted by onesmith »

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Hi onesmith,

This is a community and everyone is entitled to their opinions and preferences. And there might be some people who would like to help a student out and take his survey. No harm done is there? If you don't want to take the survey just ignore the thread.

thanks,
MMS

[audreybrine_mba]

Originally Posted by bergerhl »

Will you be sharing the results with respondents?

Howard

Hi Howard,

Yes, I will surely share my findings on the sites where I have posted this survey. I am aiming for around 500+ hits to get a feel of the "real" world which is interested in algo trading.

Right now I have got about 100 results, and the most striking point I found so far is that despite the fact that quite a few people are interested in algo trading, there are not too many dedicated platforms for algo trading. For example, so far about 85% of the respondents say they build their own platforms via own database, historical data subscriptions etc. Most of the popular trading platforms do not focus as such on algo trading; they are just general trading platforms with support for a specialist who would like to do algo trading. A one stop shop is missing!

I will keep you updated with the detailed results. And thanks to all those who filled out the survey so far.

Cheers,
Audrey

[audreybrine_mba]

Originally Posted by MightyMouse »

"Algorithmic Trading for Dummies" should be a good starting point.

Hi, is this a book? I tried searching in Amazon. Btw, my info so far is by browsing the net and reading the documentation on various trading platform support sites ...