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We're happy to announce Tradewave (http://tradewave.net/?ref=bt) today. We want to make it really easy for anyone to script their own automated trading bots with Python.

All the hard parts like fetching data feeds, order execution and backtesting are handled by us.

• Your bot runs on our servers. No need to worry about downtime or latency
• Fast backtesting (you just press a button in the code editor)
• Trade BTC, LTC, USD and EUR (+ more alt-coins to come)
• Multiple exchanges (BTC-E, Bitstamp, Kraken, Bitfinex + more to come)
• Huge set of indicators in our library (TA-Lib)
• Run multiple bots simultaneously (with time offsets if you need it)
• Scripted with Python in your browser. One of the easiest languages to learn.
• We list featured pre-made strategies to get you started
• Discussion forums for collaboration

  https://tradewave.net/static/img/landing/forum-screenshot.png (http://tradewave.net/?ref=bt)

  We’re currently in public beta:

  http://tradewave.net (http://tradewave.net/?ref=bt)

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Update (2014-03-16): we're now open to public signups.
Update (2014-04-01): added Bitfinex and Kraken + custom chart plotting + more indicators + discussion forum

This looks promising.
Will all kinds of coins will be supported? Thanks.

Probably BTC/USD and LTC/USD to begin with. But it's quite simple for us to add more currency pairs.

I smell potential.

Support Cex.io and cryptsy on launch, wouldya?

Thanks - I'll keep those in mind but we'll be prioritising more conventional cryptocurrencies first. Perhaps 'conventional' isn't the right word...

Hey folks - feel free to AMA here.

Looks amazing!

Not gonna miss my chance and subscribe :)

Good luck guys!

Simple to use web UI? What if I don't know how to script but only know how to trade?

Hey - we're thinking about adding a simple visual editor for your trading algorithms at some point in the future. For now we've put together a short guide to getting started with coding in Python, here:

https://tradewave.net/help/coding/?from=help

It's pretty easy to pick it up.

If you could have some already made so copy and paste is the best with simple modification!

Sure, we have some featured strategies on the site currently. You can backtest them and fork them to make your own changes.

Cheers,

- James

Ouch. You could have written the same about Google in 1997; "This is just what Altavista does!". Being the first to market doesn't give you ownership over a concept. A concept that has been around a lot longer than 8 months, by the way.

Competition is a good thing for users.

Will you add bitfinex? I'd like to try out a margin long+short strategy.

We have a lot of new stuff in the pipeline but we aren't announcing anything yet.

To begin with it's already more user-friendly, faster and less prone to errors. Also, you can access data across multiple exchanges and tick intervals within the same backtest or live trading session, allowing you to do some arbitrage.

I'm not going to get into a flame war with you here, but you can email me if you'd like to hear more: hello@tradewave.net

Hey - yes we'll add more exchanges/alt-currencies/instruments; we're going to get the current features right first, and then add more based on demand.

Great! Just registered, can't wait to get an invitation to test/use your platform. :)

Update: We're now open to public signups. Live trading and more exchanges coming soon.

Backtesting and most of the site's functionality will always be free. There will be a small monthly subscription for live trading.

Want to build a "pumper bot" to place multiple bids on the books at one time...

coffeescript @ cryptotrader is single threaded... you can't.

python @ tradewave is multithreaded... you can!


Need some room to look over your code?  

cryptotrader coding window occupies 1/5th of your desktop space, one odd unseen "space" will throw the coffeescript into failure; you'll get no indication as to where.

tradewave's easy on the eyes black coding window occupies 2/3rds of your desktop, highlights your scipts, and informs you of what and where your errors are.

Have a complaint about service at cryptotrader?

Your thread will be deleted from the forum and you'll get a snarky response from support.
At tradewave you're encouraged to discuss bugs, suggestions, and complaints...

...AND talk about cryptotrader in the forum.
Mention tradewave or metatrader in cryptotrader's forum... you get banned.

Alex, admin at cryptotrader, spends more time deleting and covering up people's complaints than working on his site's issues.

James at tradewave makes site improvements regularly.  


What about latency?  How long does it take to cancel and reorder?

Crytotrader promises 5000 to 10000ms  (I've seen my scripts take 25,000ms (25 seconds) or more many times)
https://cryptotrader.org/topics/132352/recent-engine-update-is-this-the-new-normal


Tradewave, using python, is forex grade:  89ms ; less than 1/10th of a second.
https://discuss.tradewave.net/t/limit-order-best-practices/216/9



I could go on and on... but tradewave is boss.  Its new... there are bugs to be worked out... but so is cryptotrader and I've seen no indication over the past 6 months that the urgency at cryptotrader is on improving anything so much as it is on making sure nobody finds out what what's wrong.  


Just to get a "feel" for cryptotrader culture:
https://cryptotrader.org/topics/096037/forum-rules



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We're afraid of our up and coming competition because our site sucks (not just RAM) and we know it
Our moderation is draconian and we like it that way
Our users get FRUSTRATED regularly, we ban for that
Any bugs you notice should never be made public and we'll delete your posts if you do
We don't care if our users are in the dark and lose money
You can't promote your own scripts on our forums
Never ask if cryptotrader will offer something somebody else already has, there is nobody else
Never ask us to reconsider a poor decision

For any or no reason,

No soup for you!


Here are the forum rules at tradewave.net:



What's up and coming at tradewave?
https://discuss.tradewave.net/t/the-roadmap/209




What's up and coming at cryptotrader?

Tradewave is awesome, hurry up with that HoneyBadger bot :-p

https://tradewave.net/marketplace/litepresence

litepresence has done that and more over there.  A bunch of open source examples of how to write a bot for noobs.

What happened with Tradewave.net. I did not check it since ages and now the site is gone? So much work has been put into. Still registered though it seems.