In the past year, that is by far the most common question I get. Now that Quantopian went the way of the Dodo, is Zipline dead? Should we switch to a different backtesting engine? The short answer is that the rumors of Zipline’s demise are exaggerated, but let’s take it from the start. My 2019 book Trading Evolved focuses on ...
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Zipline in Docker This article is contributed by Henrik Nilsson, a clever Swedish guy who read my book and rightly pointed out that I should have mentioned something about how Docker can help simplify the process of setting up and running Zipline. I very much recommend reading and following the instructions below. Having had limited experience with Docker myself, I ...
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A year in the making, my third book is now complete. Trading Evolved is quite different from my previous books, and substantially more information packed. This book is a practical, in-depth guide on how to backtest and analyze strategies using powerful Python techniques. To my knowledge, no such book exist at the moment. Trading Evolved is a trading book. Not ...
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For years, people smarter than me have been telling me to get into Python. I’ve had a perfectly valid reason to resist. It seemed difficult. And besides, just look at the syntax! It looks like some silly BASIC that I used to code back in the 1980’s. It doesn’t even have any semi colons! But slowly I’m starting to see ...
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