I am a programmer who has been trading for almost a year, I have no idea where to start with algotrading
u/NaxFM ·
Reddit — r/algotrading
· May 13, 2026 at 12:28
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The post is from a programmer with trading experience seeking guidance on tools and frameworks for algorithmic trading, specifically mentioning IBKR API and NautilusTrader.
The author has no specific thesis or market view; they are purely asking for setup advice for paper trading and backtesting.
Quality assessment: Noise – this is a beginner’s question about infrastructure, not research or analysis.
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Hello. As the title says I already have experience with both trading and programming (for my job I mainly program in python and C++). Right now I use some sort of automation in the DAS Trader platform, but it is dodgy and that trading platform is not really meant for automated trading, so i would like to do things the proper way.
I've been looking around and, honestly, i have no idea where to start to set up even the most basic strategy for paper trading and backtesting.
My broker is IBKR, which has a nice set of API, though it seems they are quite cumbersome and difficult to use. I discovered NautilusTrader, which seems to simply things quite a lot, and also connects to IBKR through their API and TWS, so that's also nice.
Can you please give me an advice for the best tools i can use to start for writing my first automatic strategy?
Thank you