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Published inMar 2023
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Alex Krishtop
Alex Krishtop
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Alex Krishtop

Alexey Krishtop is a quantitative trader and researcher with 20 years of experience in developing automated trading solutions. He is currently the head of trading and research at Edgesense Technologies and CTO at ForexVox Ltd. He develops market models and trading algorithms for FX, commodities, and crypto. He was one of the first traders who started using Python as the ultimate environment for quantitative trading and suggested a few approaches to developing trading apps that, today, have become standard among many quant traders. He has worked as a director of education with the Algorithmic Traders Association, where he developed an exhaustive course in systematic and algo trading, which covers the worlds of both quantitative models and discretionary approaches.
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Part 2: General Architecture of a Trading Application and A Detailed Study of Its Components

Being familiar with the subject domain is essential for any software development, and Part 1 introduced the basics of the FX market and the key features typical of trading applications. Now, it’s time to outline the architecture of such an application and consider its main components in greater detail.

Part 2 suggests several solutions used to retrieve and handle market data, explains the difference between fundamental and technical analysis, focuses on the meaning of classical technical analysis (TA) indicators from a market process standpoint, and provides possible implementations of these indicators in Python, in a way compatible with further developments. We will also familiarize ourselves with the basics of simple data visualization, which is typically used to quickly check market data and the correctness of calculations, and generate entry and exit orders.

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Author (1)

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Alex Krishtop

Alexey Krishtop is a quantitative trader and researcher with 20 years of experience in developing automated trading solutions. He is currently the head of trading and research at Edgesense Technologies and CTO at ForexVox Ltd. He develops market models and trading algorithms for FX, commodities, and crypto. He was one of the first traders who started using Python as the ultimate environment for quantitative trading and suggested a few approaches to developing trading apps that, today, have become standard among many quant traders. He has worked as a director of education with the Algorithmic Traders Association, where he developed an exhaustive course in systematic and algo trading, which covers the worlds of both quantitative models and discretionary approaches.
Read more about Alex Krishtop