Start by writing/obtaining an api to communicate with the exchange you wish to trade on. Then implement your strategy/s using the api. If you need a database something simple like sqlite will probable do.
I am in the process of developing a trading platform. It has a host of facilities for communicating with exchanges, reading/writing to databases, etc. which are accessed through scripts and plugins.
Unfortunately it is still some months from even being in an unstable beta state.
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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MtGox/API/HTTP
That is the API doc's for MtGox, if you just want to use PHP the code to auth and getting the ticker and the other thing.
I have some python code, but that is also on a wiki and easily found on here via the search.
I would use either python or PHP to write it as they are pretty easy to write in.
[Edit]
My first bot was quite stupid and I limited its trades to just 0.1btc and it did quite well for a bit, but then a few things changed and it ate through its 1btc play money pretty quickly. Will you lose everything? Maybe but only if you allow it to.
ELT
That is the API doc's for MtGox, if you just want to use PHP the code to auth and getting the ticker and the other thing.
I have some python code, but that is also on a wiki and easily found on here via the search.
I would use either python or PHP to write it as they are pretty easy to write in.
[Edit]
My first bot was quite stupid and I limited its trades to just 0.1btc and it did quite well for a bit, but then a few things changed and it ate through its 1btc play money pretty quickly. Will you lose everything? Maybe but only if you allow it to.
ELT
Maybe this is the wrong section, but I think you guys can help me here. I want to make a trading bot that will execute trades based on parameters I set according to technical indicators. Thing is, I have almost zero experience with coding. I don't just want to use someone else's code though, I want to build this from scratch, using custom and unique indicators. Is there any resource that I could use that would teach me how to go about creating and implementing this bot?
TL;DR Noob coder needs help building trading bot.
TL;DR Noob coder needs help building trading bot.
if your a noob coder, you can not make this bot...
your going to make a bug that will sell all your bitcoin or something
i was thinking of doing a trading bot, the user would visual program a trading strategy... a easily re-programmable bot if you will
how much would that be worth to you?
Maybe this is the wrong section, but I think you guys can help me here. I want to make a trading bot that will execute trades based on parameters I set according to technical indicators. Thing is, I have almost zero experience with coding. I don't just want to use someone else's code though, I want to build this from scratch, using custom and unique indicators. Is there any resource that I could use that would teach me how to go about creating and implementing this bot?
TL;DR Noob coder needs help building trading bot.
TL;DR Noob coder needs help building trading bot.
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