Fast but hard to implement
Updated July 29, 2016
Fast but hard to implement
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with kdb+
We use kdb to store and analyze real time market data for transaction cost analysis.
- Process large amounts of time series data
- Perform quick calculations without use of cursor
- Use of window joins and as of joins
- Hard to read
- Hard to find knowledgeable developers
- Lack of good IDE
- Long development time
- Long hiring cycle
- Hard to error check
It is much faster and more flexible than traditional SQL databases.
Using kdb+
8 - trading cost analysis
database programming, scripting programming
- time series data analysis
- live tick trading
- trading analysis
- none
- trade execution
Evaluating kdb+ and Competitors
- Product Reputation
Looked at the availble talent pool
kdb+ Implementation
kdb+ Support
Pros | Cons |
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None | None |
We have not had a very positive experience with the solutions KX has provided to our issues.
Using kdb+
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Familiar | Difficult to use Requires technical support Not well integrated Slow to learn Cumbersome Feel nervous using |
- time series calcutions
- easily access and manipulate records without a cursor
- ability to create functions withing a given query
- indexing multiple columns
- readability of the language
- debugging