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Zipline
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=============
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Zipline is a Pythonic algorithmic trading library. It is an event-driven
system that supports both backtesting and live-trading.
Zipline is currently used in production as the backtesting and live-trading
system that supports both backtesting and live-trading. Zipline is currently used in production as the backtesting and live-trading
engine powering `Quantopian <https://www.quantopian.com>`_ -- a free,
community-centered, hosted platform for building and executing trading
strategies.
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`Documentation <http://www.zipline.io>`_
Want to contribute? See our `open
requests <https://github.com/quantopian/zipline/wiki/Contribution-Requests>`_
and our `general
guidelines <https://github.com/quantopian/zipline#contributions>`_
below.
Want to contribute? See our `development guidelines`__
__ http://zipline.io/development-guidelines.html
Features
========
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.. code-block:: bash
conda install -c Quantopian zipline
$ conda install -c Quantopian zipline
Currently supported platforms include:
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.. code:: bash
zipline ingest
.. code:: bash
zipline run -f dual_moving_average.py --start 2011-1-1 --end 2012-1-1 -o dma.pickle
$ zipline ingest
$ zipline run -f dual_moving_average.py --start 2011-1-1 --end 2012-1-1 -o dma.pickle
This will download the AAPL price data from `quantopian-quandl` in the
specified time range and stream it through the algorithm and save the
resulting performance dataframe to dma.pickle which you can then load
and analyze from within python.
You can find other examples in the zipline/examples directory.
Contributions
=============
If you would like to contribute, please see our Contribution Requests:
https://github.com/quantopian/zipline/wiki/Contribution-Requests
You can find other examples in the ``zipline/examples`` directory.
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Zipline beginner tutorial
Zipline Beginner Tutorial
-------------------------
Basics
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As we need to have access to previous prices to implement this strategy
we need a new concept: History
``history()`` is a convenience function that keeps a rolling window of
``data.history()`` is a convenience function that keeps a rolling window of
data for you. The first argument is the number of bars you want to
collect, the second argument is the unit (either ``'1d'`` for ``'1m'``
but note that you need to have minute-level data for using ``1m``). For
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.. code-block:: python
%%zipline --start 2000-1-1 --end 2014-1-1 -o perf_dma
%%zipline --start 2000-1-1 --end 2012-1-1 -o dma.pickle
from zipline.api import order_target, record, symbol, history
import numpy as np
from zipline.api import order_target, record, symbol
def initialize(context):
context.i = 0
context.asset = symbol('AAPL')
def handle_data(context, data):
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return
# Compute averages
# history() has to be called with the same params
# data.history() has to be called with the same params
# from above and returns a pandas dataframe.
short_mavg = history(100, '1d', 'price').mean()
long_mavg = history(300, '1d', 'price').mean()
short_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price', bar_count=100, frequency="1d").mean()
long_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price', bar_count=300, frequency="1d").mean()
# Trading logic
if short_mavg[0] > long_mavg[0]:
if short_mavg > long_mavg:
# order_target orders as many shares as needed to
# achieve the desired number of shares.
order_target(symbol('AAPL'), 100)
elif short_mavg[0] < long_mavg[0]:
order_target(symbol('AAPL'), 0)
order_target(context.asset, 100)
elif short_mavg < long_mavg:
order_target(context.asset, 0)
# Save values for later inspection
record(AAPL=data[symbol('AAPL')].price,
short_mavg=short_mavg[0],
long_mavg=long_mavg[0])
record(AAPL=data.current(context.asset, 'price'),
short_mavg=short_mavg,
long_mavg=long_mavg)
def analyze(context, perf):
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Development Guidelines
======================
This page is intended for developers of Zipline, people who want to contribute to the Zipline codebase or documentation, or people who want to install from source and make local changes to their copy of Zipline.
All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements and ideas are welcome. We `track issues`__ on `GitHub`__ and also have a `mailing list`__ where you can ask questions.
__ https://github.com/quantopian/zipline/issues
__ https://github.com/
__ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zipline
Creating a Development Environment
----------------------------------
First, you'll need to clone Zipline by running:
.. code-block:: bash
$ git clone git@github.com:your-github-username/zipline.git
Then check out to a new branch where you can make your changes:
.. code-block:: bash
$ git checkout -b some-short-descriptive-name
If you don't already have them, you'll need some C library dependencies. You can follow the `install guide`__ to get the appropriate dependencies.
__ install.html
The following section assumes you already have virtualenvwrapper and pip installed on your system. Suggested installation of Python library dependencies used for development:
.. code-block:: bash
$ mkvirtualenv zipline
$ ./etc/ordered_pip.sh ./etc/requirements.txt
$ pip install -r ./etc/requirements_dev.txt
$ pip install -r ./etc/requirements_blaze.txt
Finally, you can build the C extensions by running:
.. code-block:: bash
$ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
To finish, make sure `tests`__ pass.
__ #style-guide-running-tests
If you get an error running nosetests after setting up a fresh virtualenv, please try running
.. code-block:: bash
# where zipline is the name of your virtualenv
$ deactivate zipline
$ workon zipline
Development with Docker
-----------------------
If you want to work with zipline using a `Docker`__ container, you'll need to build the ``Dockerfile`` in the Zipline root directory, and then build ``Dockerfile-dev``. Instructions for building both containers can be found in ``Dockerfile`` and ``Dockerfile-dev``, respectively.
__ https://docs.docker.com/get-started/
Style Guide & Running Tests
---------------------------
We use `flake8`__ for checking style requirements and `nosetests`__ to run Zipline tests. Our `continuous integration`__ tools will run these commands.
__ http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/
__ http://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
__ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration
Before submitting patches or pull requests, please ensure that your changes pass when running:
.. code-block:: bash
$ flake8 zipline tests
In order to run tests locally, you'll need `TA-lib`__, which you can install on Linux by running:
__ https://mrjbq7.github.io/ta-lib/install.html
.. code-block:: bash
$ wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ta-lib/ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
$ tar -xvzf ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz
$ cd ta-lib/
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install
And for ``TA-lib`` on OS X you can just run:
.. code-block:: bash
$ brew install ta-lib
Then run ``pip install`` TA-lib:
.. code-block:: bash
$ pip install -r ./etc/requirements_talib.txt
You should now be free to run tests:
.. code-block:: bash
$ nosetests
Continuous Integration
----------------------
We use `Travis CI`__ for Linux-64 bit builds and `AppVeyor`__ for Windows-64 bit builds.
.. note::
We do not currently have CI for OSX-64 bit builds. 32-bit builds may work but are not included in our integration tests.
__ https://travis-ci.org/quantopian/zipline
__ https://ci.appveyor.com/project/quantopian/zipline
Packaging
---------
To learn about how we build Zipline conda packages, you can read `this`__ section in our release process notes.
__ release-process.html#uploading-conda-packages
Contributing to the Docs
------------------------
If you'd like to contribute to the documentation on zipline.io, you can navigate to ``docs/source/`` where each `reStructuredText`__ (``.rst``) file is a separate section there. To add a section, create a new file called ``some-descriptive-name.rst`` and add ``some-descriptive-name`` to ``appendix.rst``. To edit a section, simply open up one of the existing files, make your changes, and save them.
__ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReStructuredText
We use `Sphinx`__ to generate documentation for Zipline, which you will need to install by running:
__ http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/
.. code-block:: bash
$ pip install -r ./etc/requirements_docs.txt
To build and view the docs locally, run:
.. code-block:: bash
# assuming you're in the Zipline root directory
$ cd docs
$ make html
$ {BROWSER} build/html/index.html
Commit messages
---------------
Standard prefixes to start a commit message:
.. code-block:: text
BLD: change related to building Zipline
BUG: bug fix
DEP: deprecate something, or remove a deprecated object
DEV: development tool or utility
DOC: documentation
ENH: enhancement
MAINT: maintenance commit (refactoring, typos, etc)
REV: revert an earlier commit
STY: style fix (whitespace, PEP8, flake8, etc)
TST: addition or modification of tests
REL: related to releasing Zipline
PERF: performance enhancements
Some commit style guidelines:
Commit lines should be no longer than `72 characters`__. The first line of the commit should include one of the above prefixes. There should be an empty line between the commit subject and the body of the commit. In general, the message should be in the imperative tense. Best practice is to include not only what the change is, but why the change was made.
__ https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project
**Example:**
.. code-block:: text
MAINT: Remove unused calculations of max_leverage, et al.
In the performance period the max_leverage, max_capital_used,
cumulative_capital_used were calculated but not used.
At least one of those calculations, max_leverage, was causing a
divide by zero error.
Instead of papering over that error, the entire calculation was
a bit suspect so removing, with possibility of adding it back in
later with handling the case (or raising appropriate errors) when
the algorithm has little cash on hand.
Formatting Docstrings
---------------------
When adding or editing docstrings for classes, functions, etc, we use `numpy`__ as the canonical reference.
__ https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt
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install
beginner-tutorial
bundles
releases
development-guidelines
appendix
release-process
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Zipline Release Process
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Release Process
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.. include:: dev-doc-message.txt