Algorithmic Trading with Python and Backtrader (Part 1)

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In this series, we try out Backtrader, a Python framework for writing reusable trading strategies and backtesting them against historical data. In the first video, we install and initialize Backtrader.
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what is the red and blue lines represents in the Equity sub plot? Broker Cash ? Value ? means

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[@mutantcar]

any chance of an update on this? Doesn't work for me with the latest API? Thanks, love your work!

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[@parttimelarry]

Thanks! Got your feedback about talking speed as well, have gotten that feedback before. Still working on my pace and presentation style. More to come!

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[@harifsingh]

Thanks, can you please tell how to get data for FUT contract such as YM?

[@Berghiker]

Can you do this on a 1 min time frame?

[@meetshah4800]

Hi I am getting an error in cerebro.run() After fetching data

[@mr.gk5]

Backtrader với VectorBT which one would you say is more powerful and have more features? I feel like VectorBT is very easy to use but not sure if it’s as robust

[@StefanusMaximus]

Is there any way to overlay actual past trading data to leverage the visualization for analysis?

[@bizorfinance2532]

it says no module named backtrader . I have installed it too

[@Esp1fs]

thanks. Good tutorial. when adding more?

[@parttimelarry]

Added several more recently!

[@DIZZLEBOI44]

@@parttimelarry what you use on the terminal command?? Bash or cmd??

[@kamilwodarczyk8967]

Bro what brokerage is best fot algo trading? there are many, they have their own API. kidda mixed//

[@lastdance903]

Hi Larry, just wondering if optstrategy works with your Python 3.8. I have Python 3.10 installed on my machine and when I changed addstrategy to optstrategy the code stopped working with an error message "module 'collections' has no attribute 'Iterable'". Should I downgrade to Python 3.5, which happens to be the most updated version stated on the Backtrader website?

[@ike7769]

so is the console saving each price tick somewhere ?

[@thomas2004ch]

where to find your trader.py code?

[@patite3103]

Great video! The link for the source code is not correct. Could someone find the correct file? thank you

[@antenatoitaliano8443]

Hi, could you please do a video or code to simulate a strategy of Buy and Hold with monthly contributions? Thank you!

[@Subvac]

How do you link up your brokerage account to make trades? Is there somewhere to script that in ? I’m new to python

[@futurestradinginunder7minu872]

Thank you so much. I need to back-test a strategy on hundreds of price data sets, and record each result. Do you know if there's a way to automate this process with Backtrader?

[@jackthefounder7788]

there's always a way to automate

[@NurburgringTrack]

I'm trading with Oanda API, can I use Backtrader to backtest my strategy? Im asking because the spread is different with each broker and also the margin levels have an impact. Thanks

[@Samir1760]

what python IDE are you using ?

[@parttimelarry]

I am using Visual Studio Code in this video and most of my tutorials. I use PyCharm on some of my earlier videos.

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do you have a contact email that I could ask a couple questions on?

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sir how can we use backtrader to backtest 5 min data on moving average crossover strategy?

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