From 079d7b322eb3acffe0bd678793b3ae1ac75083cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eddie Hebert Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:17:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updates README to distinguish between backtesting and trading. --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 829195c5..80a82d41 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ Zipline ======= -Zipline is a financial backtester for trading algorithms written in -Python. The system is fundamentally event-driven and a close +Zipline is a Pythonic algorithmic trading library. +The system is fundamentally event-driven and a close approximation of how live-trading systems operate. +Currently, backtesting is well supported, but the intent is +to develop the library for both paper and live trading, +so that the same logic used for backtesting can be applied +to the market. Zipline is currently used in production as the backtesting engine powering Quantopian (https://www.quantopian.com) -- a free, community-centered