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Why Open Source a High Frequency Trader?

Why Open Source a High Frequency Trader?

I built a cryptocurrency trading framework in January, and open sourced it as 'pytrader' 2 weeks ago.  Among the wave of interest, there were a handful of cynics: npx writes, on HN: I can't imagine why anyone would actually want to release a profitable trader. Isn't this kind of a tautologically dumb thing to do? .. I just can't see any motivation to make it profitable and then issue a pull Read the article >>
pytrader: cryptocurrency trading robot

pytrader: cryptocurrency trading robot

I've been working on a side project called pytrader for the last several months.   pytrader is a cryptocurrency trading robot programmed to work on the poloniex cryptocurrency trading platform.  This was a good means of getting some experience with machine learning, quantitative finance, and of course hopefully making some profit. Turns out, I built a system that is able to predict price movements Read the article >>
Weekend Project Report: Cryptocurrency Mining Rig

Weekend Project Report: Cryptocurrency Mining Rig

I've been cautiously optimistic about BlockChains since Boulder Startup Week 2016 when I had core contributors of both Zcash and Ethereum presenting at one of the Future of Tech Events.  Trustless decentralized financial instruments have the potential to be an 'internet of money' and massively disrupt the financial system. Several months ago, I wrote and open sourced pytrader -- a cryptocurrency Read the article >>