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 Zipline
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+[![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/quantopian/zipline?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
 [![version status](https://pypip.in/v/zipline/badge.png)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zipline)
 [![downloads](https://pypip.in/d/zipline/badge.png)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zipline)