Sure. I graduated with a business degree (b.s. in management, specifically) and just kept on learning everything I could get my hands on about finance, valuing derivatives, human behavior and biases, etc, on the side through a couple of different careers. I used to bring Buffett's shareholder letters on trips when I was a pilot, for example. I've been a big nerd about this stuff for a long time and the strategy I built is the culmination of knowledge from a wide range of experiences and studying all fitted to my personality and goals.
Tech stack: I love Ruby, but use Python and a custom language that interfaces with the broker I'm using for execution. More and more decent broker API's are starting to pop up out there. So, you can likely use whatever you're most comfortable with. Alpaca has a decent web API, for example.
I honestly wouldn't recommend getting into it, though, unless you really enjoy geeking out over this stuff and have a decent breadth of knowledge to find your edge. You're also competing against some brilliant PhD types who are just as obsessed and hard working as you. My stuff works in part because it's taking advantage of some things that are too small for the big boys to pay attention to.
Tech stack: I love Ruby, but use Python and a custom language that interfaces with the broker I'm using for execution. More and more decent broker API's are starting to pop up out there. So, you can likely use whatever you're most comfortable with. Alpaca has a decent web API, for example.
I honestly wouldn't recommend getting into it, though, unless you really enjoy geeking out over this stuff and have a decent breadth of knowledge to find your edge. You're also competing against some brilliant PhD types who are just as obsessed and hard working as you. My stuff works in part because it's taking advantage of some things that are too small for the big boys to pay attention to.