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# SDK Programming Guide

### Software Development Kit (SDK)

Welcome to the MotiveWave Software Development Kit (SDK)!

The SDK is part of version 2.0 of MotiveWave and enables you to program your own custom studies and/or strategies using the Java(tm) Programming Language.

Documentation and resources for the SDK are as follows:

* [SDK Programming Guide](https://www.motivewave.com/sdk/MotiveWave_SDK_Programming_Guide.pdf) – The current document available in the sections below. Also available as a downloadable PDF file explains how to get started and program your own custom studies and strategies. This document also explains how to setup your development environment (using Eclipse, see [www.eclipse.org](http://www.eclipse.org/))
* [MotiveWave\_Studies](https://forum.motivewave.com/threads/sdk-software-development-kit-documentation-and-resources.5/) – Available on our forum, this zip archive file contains the sample project for Eclipse.
* [sdk\_api\_doc.zip](https://www.motivewave.com/sdk/sdk_api_doc.zip) – This jar file contains the JavaDoc for the API. (Note: this is included in the sample project above).
* [Online Java API Documentation](https://www.motivewave.com/sdk/javadoc/index.html) – Javadoc version of the API available online.


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