PaperTrader

From OpenBrainstem

PaperTrader is a simple desktop application (Qt4, Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris) for tracking pretend (and/or real) investment activities.

1 Description
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Details
2 Development Roadmap
3 Engineering Documents

[edit] Description

Why take tedious notes on paper in order to "Paper Trade"? Paper Trading is a very important activity for anyone wanting to "get into the markets" and for market veterans, too.

This application makes it easy to keep track of your paper positions.

[edit] Overview

Basic features include:

Securities Order entry
Position tracking
Simple reports
- Net Worth
- Open Positions
- Profit/Loss

Planned Features:

Options trading
Commodities trading
Basic charting

Here are some architecture details:

Standalone desktop application
Support for many database servers ("default" to MySQL)
Single source runs on Linux, MacOS X, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX and Linux based handhelds. This means that each release is immediately available on all supported platforms.

These features have been suggested and might be considered for future versions:

Support for market datafeeds
Integration with Google Finance
Futures trading
Multi-user via client/server architecture
Integration with or incorporation into Family Accountant
Investment planner
Watch Orders
Trade Execution; integration with brokerage services

[edit] Details

In the engineering documents, the full design and set of use cases can be found. These detailed descriptions of each planned function are intended to guide feature development.