Algorithmic Trading Basics LiuAlgoTrader Optimization This tutorial goes through how to use the Optimizer Function in the open-source framework LiuAlgoTrader when backtesting a trading strategy.
Community Examples Advanced Websocket Data Streams in Python This guide reviews best practices for WebSockets and python asyncio along with common pitfalls users can experience.
Machine Learning in Trading Linear Regression For a Momentum Based Trading Strategy Using Zipline Trader This Article Provides a Guide on How to use Linear Regression for a Momentum Based Trading Strategy Using Zipline Trader
Algorithmic Trading Basics Alpaca & Backtrader: Tools of the Trade (Part 1) RSI stack strategy w/ Alpaca and Backtrader. In #1, we'll cover connecting the Backtrader backtesting to Alpaca to load in data for multiple time frames.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Concurrent Scalping Algo Using Async Python Automating My Manual Scalping Trading Strategy - One of the advantages of running algorithmic trading strategies is that you can quickly and consistently act on price action.
Use Cases Trade & Account Streaming with Slack - Building a Slackbot (Part 3) Detailing how to implement account and trade updates streaming with Slack and your Alpaca account.
Use Cases Adding More Trading Commands - Building a Slackbot (Part 2) This article is the second installment of a 3-part series, detailing how to add more functionality to the Slackbot I created in the first installment.
Use Cases Stock Trading Using a Slackbot - Building a Slackbot (Part 1) Hi, I’m Andrew, an intern at Alpaca from Northwestern! As a college student curious about both tech and financial spaces, I was able to leverage Alpaca’s trading API to build a Slackbot.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Martingale Day-Trading with the Alpaca Trading API Testing out an old betting system Martingale with algorithmic trading in Python. This article talks about applying a theoretical betting strategy to a day-trading algorithm’s position sizing.
Algorithmic Trading Basics PythonAnywhere to Run a Simple Trading Algorithm Using PythonAnywhere to run a trading algorithm in the cloud - The biggest area of resistance for newbie quant traders is running an algorithm live in the cloud.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Easily Visualize the Correlation of Your Portfolio in Python In this article, I will show how you can make “roll-your-own” visualizations, using the Alpaca API with Python.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Replicating ETF in Python with Trading API It is easy to buy a share of ETF without knowing what’s in there, but as a tech-savvy guy yourself, you may wonder how it works. By reconstructing the fund yourself, you may even come up with something better.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Step-by-Step to Build a Stock Trading Bot Step-by-step to build a simple moving average cross strategy in algorithmic trading. This uses a few different trading symbols to give a small sample of the how it might fair in live trading.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Algo Trading for Dummies - Implementing an Actual Trading Strategy (Part 4) We will use strategies based on technical analysis to run them on the custom backtester finally.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Algo Trading for Dummies - Building a Custom Back-tester (Part 3) Building a back-tester can provide the framework for the order handling module of your trading bot.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Algo Trading for Dummies - 3 Useful Tips When Storing Trade Signals (Part 2) The efficient handling and storage of trading signals can be one of the most complex aspects of a live trading system.
Algorithmic Trading Basics Algo Trading for Dummies - Collecting & Storing The Market Data (Part 1) The lifeblood of any algorithmic trading system is, of course, its data — so that’s what we’ll cover in the first two posts of the mini-series.