Traders' Talk on JBookTrader by its developer

There is a meeting in Raleigh next Monday, April 26, that will have as 
speaker Eugene Kononov, the main developer of JBookTrader, very likely 
the best-known open-source automatic trading system that uses order book 
data for automated day trading. 

This is not a JUG-sponsored meeting but I did want to let people know 
about it in view of the strong Java aspect.

JBookTrader is in fact written in Java (as are a number such platforms, 
including also JSystemTrader, of which Eugene is also a developer).and I 
thought that a few people here in the JUG may be quite interested.  The 
agenda is below.

Anyone interested in attending could either join the Meetup group at 
http://daytraders.meetup.com/194/ (if you have an ongoing interest in 
trading systems or day-trading), or alternatively simply email me and I 
will include you as a guest.  There is no charge on either case.  We 
have room for people but please do either join the Meetup group and 
RSVP, or alternatively email me, so that I can monitor the count just in 
case.

Below are further details.  (There is a second talk as well on another 
topic, but you do not necessarily need to stay for both).

By the way the broader theme I have in mind is to branch out with a 
focused Quant/Algorithmic group or sub-group, of which this could be a 
launching point.   If you are interested or have ideas for such a group, 
please let me know also.  There are other good platforms too well as 
ActiveQuant, which some of us are also working with.  ActiveQuant is 
also in Java and has a good interface to R for statistics.

Regards,

Don

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Below are further details:

Mon. April 26, 6:30 p.m.

Cameron Village Regional Library
1930 Clark Ave
Raleigh, NC 27605
919.602.3555

The first speaker will be Eugene Kononov, the author of JBookTrader, 
which is probably the most popular open-source platform in existence for 
implementing automated day-trading algorithms using Depth of Market data 
(the order book of bids and asks).

The second speaker, John Logan, CEO of Trade Angle Strategies here in 
Raleigh, will talk on automated trading centered on the Market Profile 
model.

6:00 - 6:30 Early Arrivers can chat informally while we set up
6:30 - 6:40 Opening Formalities
6:40 - 7:35 Eugene Kononov, developer of JBookTrader, talks on Trading 
Algorithmic Testing and Deployment using an Open Source Platform
7:35 - 8:30 John Logan, CEO of Trade Angle Strategies, talks on 
Automated Trading using Market Profile

For a recent interview with Eugene on JBookTrader, see

http://www.sdtimes.com/EUGENE_KONONOV_TAKES_THE_EMOTION_OUT_OF_STOCK_TRADING/By_Katie_Serignese/About_JBOOKTRADER/34226

JBookTrader is written in Java and is aimed at users who can customize 
and extend it themselves using Java. A programming or quantitative 
background is needed to use it.

For the second talk of the evening, John Logan will describe how his 
company does automated trading centered on Market Profile concepts. 
(Many of you will remember an earlier talk we had on Market Profile). 
John has worked in the past with Peter Steidlmayer, the original 
developer of Market Profile analysis.