15.02.15
Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Open Source Future of Algorithmic Trading
The future of finance will be powered by open source algorithmic trading. LEAN algorithmic trading engine enables you to design and backtest a strategy in seconds, with virtually no setup required. LEAN is community supported and 100% open source.
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05.12.14 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Your Ideal Algorithmic Trading Platform
Would you like a copy of the QuantConnect source code, so you can code, backtest and trade locally from your computer? You could design and debug strategies from your laptop in Visual Studio, using a local data-source, and then when you’re ready simply deploy it to the cloud to backtest on our entire tick-level data library? You could utilize cloud based optimization to backtest massively in parallel and test your strategy for parameter sensitivity, in minutes…
04.08.14 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Backtesting with a REST API
We’re deprecating the GIT-API and replaced it with a powerful REST-API that allows you to create, update and backtest projects all via URL. To kick it off we are open sourcing new tools for visual studio that tap into this API and submit a backtest from Visual Studio.
27.07.14 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
‘Lean’ Backtesting Engine v2 Released
After 8 months development we’ve released a new backtesting engine powering QuantConnect called Lean. It is a complete rewrite of QuantConnect’s core technology that can take a generic time-series data source and run a backtest. We wanted QuantConnect to quickly and easily accept any data source and be able to trade on it as it […]
26.07.14 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Using the QuantConnect Charting API
We’re pleased to announce the release of a new charting API which lets you create flexible, dynamic charts from your backtest. The charts stream to your browser as the backtest is running and can be configured in many different ways. It is a very simple API, allowing you to create custom charts with just 1 […]
27.04.14 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
New HTML5 IDE and Community Discussion Feed
Over the last 12 months we’ve been working day and night, silently and constantly pushing feature updates to make QuantConnect better. It is a very humbling experience looking back on the earlier, cluttered and buggy coding environment. We decided to do a review, and revisit your needs from scratch to focus on what you really […]
16.02.14 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
QuantConnect Backtesting now with ChartIQ
In our constant push to provide the best user experience and back-testing platform possible we’re happy to announce the integration of ChartIQ charting to the QuantConnect backtester! ChartIQ have created a beautiful HTML5 charting package and analysis tools that allow you to intuitively navigate historical equity patterns. We hope with our new improved charting you […]
02.12.13 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Algorithm Sharing, Private Groups and DLL Upload Support
Dear QuantConnect Members, Jared here from QuantConnect, apologies for not getting in touch sooner its been a busy few months. In addition to constant feature upgrades we’ve been arranging funding for many of our users. Its very rewarding pairing a talented engineer with capital and seeing a dream become reality. You all constantly amaze me […]
11.07.13 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Daily Data Updates, GIT Integration!
Thank you all those that have signed up and lent your support to QuantConnect. We are growing fast and appreciate your feedback. As a thank you, during July we’re giving away free 12 month licenses. If you’d like your free license just leave a request in the forums. Thanks to your feedback – we’re happy to […]
19.06.13
Simon Burns
Quant Development Intern
QuantConnect Announces FX, US Equity Tick Data and a Capital Raise
How do traders and investors who “sell in May and go away” spend their summers? If you are a quantitative trader looking forward to spending the sunny months indoors backtesting trading strategies, then QuantConnect has some very good news for you: the company just announced that it now provides backtesters with five years worth of foreign exchange […]