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Nope, there is absolutely no way to do this with python or ruby. :)

Seriously though, there are some existing frameworks and products that you could check out. I haven't used this myself, it's just in my bookmarks:

A C++ library with python bindings: http://quantlib.org/index.shtml

And a low level library for data analysis: http://pandas.pydata.org

If you use their library/SDK/Framework.... how do you actually trade, do you still need a brokerage? Sorry a bit new to this field.

Yep, almost any of them have an API these days. Your software would make the list of trades which is uploaded and executed...

Oh, I forgot about another backtesting framework for python. It has a built in IDE as well.

I work at quantopian. We are working on broker integration, so you will be able to trade algos you develop live.

Our backtesting engine, Zipline, is opensource - https://github.com/quantopian/zipline

Zipline was unveiled at PyData NYC, and the presentation materials are here: https://app.quantopian.com/posts/hello-from-pydata