Also interested. I have wanted to try GAs with this same general approach for awhile but I have a trading background not a coding one. logicwins atthe gmail dot com.
Hey I'm interested in this and have tried to code some stuff in C# for options trading and using candlestick patterns, support/resistance, etc. I'm now sort of looking into options pinning on expiration and exploiting that - just need to find a good cheap source for options data. Anyhow can you send me an email - maybe we can help each other out? carbtrader @ gmail dot com
I would probably think about it terms of how many people would/could use it. If a million people use your product, monetizing it wouldn't be too hard to figure out later.
Haven't spent a lot of time thinking about enterprise stuff, so maybe this doesn't apply to that type of business.
I have been lurking around hacker news for awhile now and felt this is my chance to chime in with my experience with the market to help out. I have been a successful proprietary trader for 7 years, since I got out of college and now at 30 I am looking to indulge my entrepreneurial spirit full time (there have been many failures!).
Anyway, here are some things I live by:
1) CNBC, blogs, everyone has a vested interest to make you think it is really complicated. Its not - stocks go up or down.
2) CNBC is a joke. In 7 years, they have broken only a handful of stories and if you weren't a full time trader it meant nothing to you.
3) Barrons is the best layman's investment journal there is, and it only comes once a week on the weekend.
4) Invest your money only during bear markets or when others see gloom and doom. Stock pile your investable money and buy only when CNBC predicts gloom and doom (probably 1-2 months out of the year.
5) If you actually want to trade, get to know yourself by reading books that talk about mentality over ways to actually trade. Trading is 95% mental.
If anyone has any specific questions or just wants to know more about me, feel free to email me at logicwins@gmail.com
