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TickZOOM Features

Here's a detailed list of features of the TickZOOM platform.

Main Features

The TickZOOM data engine includes ZOOM speed streaming technology. Check out the [SpeedTest TickZOOM Speed Test Video] to witness how rapidly it zooms through 10 million ticks while using less than 100 megabytes of memory.

It also includes advanced productivity and debugging features for writing strategies similar to EasyLanguage and AmiBroker but in C#.

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Detailed Features

Data Engine Features

  • All short term bars update for every tick change.
    • That includes second bars, minute bars, hour bars, tick bars, range bars, and volume bars.

  • Longer term bars update every minute.
    • Those include session, day, week, month and year bars.

  • The data engine can process an unlimited number of ticks due to streaming technology.
  • TickZOOM consumes less than 100 megabytes of memory.

  • Run a portfolio of custom strategies against the same instrument.
  • TickZOOM offers total time frame freedom.
    • Use up to 64 different bar intervals in any combination within the same strategy.
    • That includes range, volume, change, tick, point and figure, second, minute, hour, day, session, week, month, and year bars.

  • Strategies that you write can run without change during any of the data engine operating modes.
  • Control of all features including charting have programmatic access.

  • TickZOOM data engine operating modes:
    • Historical test
    • Market replay
      • Choose any per bar or per tick acceleration speed
    • Optimization
      • Standard exhaustive optimization
      • Genetic optimization
      • Create your own
    • Real time mode.
      • Runs with real time charts so can see the data engine working
      • Test against your demo account
      • Or run live account to start making money!
    • Algorithmic Trading mode
      • Runs as a Windows Service without GUI or charts.
      • Writes performance stats to HTML format and chart image to file.
      • Stays connected 24/7, hands free

Charting

  • Comes with a reference GUI and charting but you can make your own.

Algorithmic Trading Server

  • Runs the data engine as a Windows Service for hands-free algorithm trading.

Execution & Quote Server

  • Executes trades ordered by the algorithm server.
  • Collects broker tick data to file and feeds it to the algorithmic server in TickZOOM format.

Custom Strategies

  • Easily incorporate built-in or customized money management and exit strategies.
  • It reports all major industry statistics on system performance.

Optimize Strategies

  • Use dual or quad core during optimization for 2 X or 4 X speed.
  • Genetic Algorithm optimization included.

EasyLanguage

  • Custom strategies benefit from EasyLanguage-like features built-in:
    • This makes it relatively simple to convert existing EasyLanguage code.
    • And makes it much easier to create new custom strategies.

AmiBroker

  • Custom strategies benefit from AmiBroker-style features:
    • There's a straightforward procedure to convert from AmiBroker code.

Software Architecture

  • It's a clean modular interface and design so you can extend, add-on, and make plug-ins.

Quality and Testing

  • Uses automated regression testing for greater reliability and fewer bugs.