Here's a re-introduction of sorts. Not having used this forum in most of a decade (circa '02?) I tried to search to find my old "identity" here a few times, to no avail. So I'll start fresh.
The mission: fully automated trading using a methodology and trade structure I've refined over the last decade, starting last century (a dramatic way to say the late 90's) and culminating in what I do today, which is a combination of options, futures and stocks in a diversified system emphasizing directional risk and derivative price decay in a simple model that relies upon "human scale" trading frequency ... and complete disregard for good grammar and run-on sentences ... : )
I currently use thinkorswim with thinkScript, and TradeStation using Easy Language, with some dabbling in Genesis FT Trade Navigator, livevolpro, NinjaTrader and a smattering of broker platforms over the last decade or so.
Any and all advice and "been there, years ahead of you" recommendations for automated trading (platforms, languages, utilities) most welcome.