non-Windows based data feeds and execution?

[sjatkins]

I have been trading options primarily for about four years. I am just getting my feet wet with some futures paper trading. I have done quite a bit of reading and study but still consider myself a beginner and relatively unseasoned. I have had some great wins but also some nasty losses, principally from lack of discipline.

One of my skills is being a very experienced software geek. I would love to get a fairly full data feed and do my own data mining and analysis for a while with the goal of building my own trading system. But most data feeds and existing systems work seems to be on Windows. I really abhor Windows. What are my options for getting good data feeds and order execution capabilities on Unix based systems (Linux and Mac in my case)?

I would also love to have some recommendation as to relevant books, software and such. I am playing with QuantLib and have excellent database skills.

thanks.

[Sparrow]

Hi there,

Had a look at opentick already? Maybe not the most reliable data provider and their support sucks. I asked a very simple question that could have been answered with little effort, yet they didn't.

Their service is dirt cheap though.

Good luck

[thrunner]

	Quote:	sjatkins
	goal of building my own trading system

Welcome to the forum. Thinkorswim has capable tools for options trading that can run under Linux. Investor/RT and Interactivebroker (IB) also supports Mac. There are also some open source Java trading systems, mainly for IB
Jsystemtrader : http://code.google.com/p/jsystemtrader/
Truetrader : http://code.google.com/p/truetrade/