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 ...
Read More »Zipline in Docker – Guest Article
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 ...
Read More »Trading Evolved – Taking it to the Next Level
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 ...
Read More »Complex Backtesting in Python – Part II – Zipline Data Bundles
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Read More »Getting Started with Python Modeling – Making an Equity Momentum Model
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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