Algorithmic Trading

For around 3 months now I have been dabbling in algorithmic trading, and I feel that it is time now to standardize the process I am using.  

The following steps are cycled through until a strategy with desirable performance is developed:

• Strategy idea
  
• Strategy development and coding
  
• Backtesting strategy on historical data
  
• Error checking and controls for realistic performance 
  
• Optimization of strategy parameters
  
• Comparing strategy statistics to verify improvement
  

I will share progress as soon as something more concrete is found.  As of now I have 2 strategies developed, one in stage IV on its fifth version, and one in V on its third version .