Ask HN: Best language for finance? I was hoping someone with personal experience could give me some insight on what programming language(s) would be best applied to stock market analysis and/or automated trading. |
Ask HN: Best language for finance? I was hoping someone with personal experience could give me some insight on what programming language(s) would be best applied to stock market analysis and/or automated trading. |
Ocaml is used and praised by Jane Street [1]
Python has a nice suite of financial tools available [2]
It may be that the best tool for analysis and for trading are different. For the former you want visualization tools and interactive exploration, but for the latter, you may need raw speed or relative safety of the code.
[1] https://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/61 [2] http://wiki.quantsoftware.org/index.php?title=QuantSoftware_...
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