Some brokers are available internationally. I have heard of people using Interactive Brokers outside the US. CFDs are illegal in the US, but an important investment class elsewhere.
I’ve been using Alpha Vantage and Yahoo finance for historical data. I have heard Stooq is good for UK market data.
I’ve started using Oanda and Zorro on an EC2 VM to autotrade Forex. Zorro is also supposed to work with Interactive Brokers (among others). You can try Zorro for free if your account size is small enough.
I have heard there are other options. Lots of brokers have an API. It’s probably not worth your time to write your own backtester/robotrader when you can use one off-the-shelf. You still have to code your strategy though.
Some brokers are available internationally. I have heard of people using Interactive Brokers outside the US. CFDs are illegal in the US, but an important investment class elsewhere.
I’ve been using Alpha Vantage and Yahoo finance for historical data. I have heard Stooq is good for UK market data.
I’ve started using Oanda and Zorro on an EC2 VM to autotrade Forex. Zorro is also supposed to work with Interactive Brokers (among others). You can try Zorro for free if your account size is small enough.
I have heard there are other options. Lots of brokers have an API. It’s probably not worth your time to write your own backtester/robotrader when you can use one off-the-shelf. You still have to code your strategy though.