Open-Source Trading and Risk Platforms for Multiple Asset Classes

Summary

The document asks whether an open-source system can combine demo trading, bookkeeping, profit-and-loss tracking, and risk calculations across products such as bonds, repos, equities, foreign exchange, and derivatives. It names Marketcetera and Merchant of Venice as possible systems, then points to OpenGamma as a more comprehensive platform, noting support for interest-rate, foreign-exchange, and equity products alongside a quantitative finance library.

This is a brief collection of recommendations rather than a comparison or implementation guide. It provides no detail about installation, current maintenance, licensing, demo-account setup, or how well the named systems meet the requested bookkeeping and risk requirements. The platform descriptions come from short forum answers, so readers would need to verify present-day availability and product coverage before relying on them. The document offers leads for further research, not evidence that any one option is a complete substitute for a commercial trading and risk system.

Key ideas

• The request is for an open-source platform combining demo trading, bookkeeping, profit-and-loss tracking, and risk calculations across asset classes.
• The answers name Marketcetera and Merchant of Venice as possible systems.
• OpenGamma is described as supporting interest-rate, foreign-exchange, and equity products.
• The document provides recommendations but no comparative evaluation or verification of current capabilities.

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# Is there an open source alternative to Reuters Kondor+?


# Is there an open source alternative to Reuters Kondor+?












Basically, I'm looking for a system which have trading(in a demo account), book keeping, profit/loss and risk calculation capability across different asset classes such as bond, repo, equity, foreign exchange, derivatives etc.

## Answer by lehalle (score 3)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/3291

The ones I know are

- Marketcetera

- Merchant of venice (mov)

But I found this page with an interesting list on the internet.

## Answer by Marc (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/3575

The OpenGamma platform (www.opengamma.com) is probably the most comprehensive trading and risk analytics offer in the open source world. It supports the interest rate, forex and equity products you mentioned. It contains also a strong quantitative finance library.

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