Quant investors today need access to high-quality data, powerful analytical tools, and significant resources to stay competitive and drive their strategies, according to John Bartleman, President and CEO of TradeStation Group.
On Tuesday, September 24, TradeStation has collaborated with QuantConnect to provide its traders with enhanced access to algorithmic trading capabilities.
TradeStation Securities, a multi-asset class broker-dealer and futures commission merchant with institutional-grade tools and personalized services, offers connectivity for trading in equities, equity options, and futures via the QuantConnect platform.
QuantConnect is an algorithmic trading platform, empowering a community of over 300,000 quants and developers to design, test, and deploy strategies live in the financial markets.
“With our collaboration with QuantConnect, TradeStation clients can now easily integrate advanced algorithmic tools, backtesting capabilities, and real-time execution into their workflows,” Bartleman said.
This collaboration helps empower traders to create, test, and deploy strategies with greater efficiency, offering the flexibility and scale needed to stay ahead in the evolving market landscape, he added.
According to Bartleman, the integration enables traders to take advantage of QuantConnect’s open-source algorithmic platform, while leveraging TradeStation’s advanced brokerage services, fostering innovation and catering to the needs of quantitative traders.
This integration gives traders the ability to build, backtest, and deploy sophisticated trading strategies using QuantConnect’s powerful research environment, combined with TradeStation’s execution services, he added.
“Traders can seamlessly move from idea generation and testing to live trading,” he told Traders Magazine.
“The relationship also expands access to an open, flexible environment, encouraging innovation and offering a more robust, scalable platform for algorithmic trading,” he added.
According to Bartleman, this integration allows mutual customers to create and automate their trading strategies via the QuantConnect platform while executing trades, via an API connection, through their TradeStation Securities brokerage account.
Traders will have access to tools such as advanced algorithmic backtesting, a large dataset library, and a cloud-based infrastructure for running and optimizing trading strategies, he said.
“QuantConnect’s algorithmic engine will be fully integrated, offering traders more customizable and data-driven trading opportunities on TradeStation’s platform,” he said.
TradeStation has collaborated with several companies and institutions to enhance its offerings for sophisticated traders.
Apart from QuantConnect, some notable collaborations include: Option Alpha, Option Circle, OptionsPlay, TradingView, Plaid, CQG, TOGGLE AI, Unusual Whales and ClickIPO.
“These relationships often aim to provide sophisticated traders with additional institutional-level tools, customization and personalization, data sources and integrated platforms to help unlock their full trading potential,” Bartleman said.
TradeStation is focused on continuing to evolve its offerings, with plans to expand integration with third-party platforms, as it aims to create “the ultimate trading experience”, Bartleman noted.
“This includes several new services, such as Private Brokerage for institutional-grade support, a new hub for customer account management, and extended hours to better serve sophisticated traders,” he said.
