LiuAlgoTrader

Introduction

LiuAlgoTrader is a scalable, multi-process framework for effective algorithmic trading. The framework is intended to simplify development, testing, deployment and evaluating algo trading strategies.

LiuAlgoTrader can run on a laptop and hedge-on-the-go, or run on a multi-core hosted Linux server and it will automatically optimize for best performance for either.

See LiuAlgoTrader in Action

LiuAlgoTrader comes equipped with powerful & user-friendly back-testing tool.

Watch a $4,000 Profit using LiuAlgoTrader out-of-the-box tools.

Quickstart

Prerequisite

• Paper, and a funded account with Alpaca Markets.
• Installed Docker Engine and Docker Compose

Install & Configure

Step 1: To install LiuAlgoTrader just type:

pip install liualgotrader

Step 2: To configure the frame work type:

liu quickstart

and follow the installation wizard instructions. The wizard will walk you through the configuration of environment variables, setup of a local dockerized PostgreSQL and pre-populate with test data.

Try the samples

LiuAlgoTrader quickstart wizard installs samples allowing a first-time experience of the framework. Follow the post-installation instructions, and try to back-test a specific day.

Additional samples can we found in the examples directory.

What's Next?

Read the documentation and learn how to use LiuAlgoTrader to develop, deploy & testing money making strategies.

Contributing

Would you like to help improve & evolve LiuAlgoTrader? Do you have a suggestion, comment, idea for improvement or a have a wish-list item? Please read our Contribution Document or email me at [email protected]

Contributors

Special thanks to the below individuals for their comments, reviews and suggestions:

• Shlomi Kushchi shlomikushchi
• Venkat Y vinmestmant
• Chris crowforc3