QuantConnect Live Trading Integration with InteractiveBrokers Goes Public

QuantConnect, a provider of algorithmic trading strategy creation, backtesting, and deployment, has announced that its platform is now available for live trading with InteractiveBrokers. With the public release of the integration, QuantConnect users will be able to connect to their InteractiveBrokers account, to enable automatic trading of strategies built on the algo platform. According to QuantConnect, live trading is available for equities and Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term instruments, using minute, second, or tick data for computing automated strategies.

With the integration, InteractiveBrokers becomes the first broker available for live trading connected to the the platform. Previously, QuantConnect had partnered with FXCM in 2013 to provide historical and real time pricing data for users to build and back test strategies, but they have yet to create a live trading gateway with the online Forex Broker Forex Broker In the forex space, a broker is any company that can provide traders with access to a platform that permits the buying and selling of multiple currencies.The retail forex industry has grown over the past two decades to include every major jurisdiction, which in turn has necessitated new regulatory oversight. Relative to the institutional sector, retail brokers are rather small portion of the greater forex market. However, traders can rely on brokers for leveraged trading in a 24-hour-a-day marke In the forex space, a broker is any company that can provide traders with access to a platform that permits the buying and selling of multiple currencies.The retail forex industry has grown over the past two decades to include every major jurisdiction, which in turn has necessitated new regulatory oversight. Relative to the institutional sector, retail brokers are rather small portion of the greater forex market. However, traders can rely on brokers for leveraged trading in a 24-hour-a-day marke Read this Term.

In addition to the ability to trade with InteractiveBrokers which is being added today, users of the platform can continue to use QuantConnect for to build and test automated strategies with product’s free available data. As a cloud based system, QuantConnect is one of a growing group of platforms such as Magick and Qubita that provide algorithmic trading services on the cloud.