System Development/Testing

[JTurner77 10]

I am interested in testing out some ideas that I have but lack coding skills and am not the most tech savvy guy in the world.

 

What is the best way for someone like myself to evaluate and test ideas out on futures data? I am not looking to do anything extremely complicated. FWIW,I currently am a ThinkorSwim platform user.

[electroniclocal 10]

An easylanguage platform like MultiCharts or TradeStation is IMO the easiest comprehensive solution as its really almost english.

 

EL

[Mr_You 10]

You could try Ninja Traders Strategy or Indicator Wizards for free.

[Ninjatrader_Staff 10]

I am interested in testing out some ideas that I have but lack coding skills and am not the most tech savvy guy in the world.

 

What is the best way for someone like myself to evaluate and test ideas out on futures data? I am not looking to do anything extremely complicated. FWIW,I currently am a ThinkorSwim platform user.

 

We offer a UI driven approach to system development thus you don't need to know how to program. You can use NinjaTrader for free for as long as you wish, we charge if you want to trade live.

 

Here is the relevant section of our Help Guide - Strategy Wizard

[JTurner77 10]

We offer a UI driven approach to system development thus you don't need to know how to program. You can use NinjaTrader for free for as long as you wish, we charge if you want to trade live.

 

Here is the relevant section of our Help Guide - Strategy Wizard

 

I downloaded the free version and have been trying to play around with it, but am having difficulty. Even when I run the preloaded strategies for backtesting, no results are produced. It simply says zero trades and leaves all categories unchanged.

 

Do I need to have some sort of data feed attached to this version in order to backtest these strategies?