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The topic of this post seems a little off. The description of zipline on its github page is "financial backtester for trading algorithms written in Python" whic
by xntrk 14y ago
The topic of this post seems a little off. The description of zipline on its github page is "financial backtester for trading algorithms written in Python" which is a bit different.
- edhebert 14y agoI'm one of the co-maintainers of the project. You're right that there is a chasm between backtesting and actual trading. The title may be a little future thinking, we are working on adapting the event/stream-based backtesting engine to drive live trading. Updating the description to help declare intended goals of being a wider algorithmic trading suite.