Trial Software
A trial version of kdb+ is freely available for non-commercial use, and is ideal for learning
the q programming language.
kdb+tick
- Capture, manage and analyze billions of real-time ticks as well as fast access to terabytes of historical tick data.
- Process millions of records per second -- keep up with peak volumes on any exchange.
- Combine real-time and historical data in a single database. There's no need to discard in-memory data at the end of the day--with kdb+tick, it takes about a minute to store a day's worth of ticks in memory.
- Write sophisticated time-series analyses for in-memory and historical data.
- Built in feed handlers include Reuters, Tibco and Bloomberg, and connecting new data feeds takes a few minutes (with java code) or a few hours (with C code).
- Sample schemas include taq (trades and quotes to match kdb+taq), lvl2 (Nasdaq Level II quotes), futures, FX.
- Defining new schemas and arranging the feed handlers takes a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the complexity of the schema.

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