MAINT: [0.3.10] updated generate_symbols_json

# Conflicts:
#	docs/source/releases.rst

README.rst

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-All the documentation for `Catalyst <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst>`_ can be found in the `catalyst-docs wiki <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst-docs/wiki>`_.
+All the documentation for `Catalyst <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst>`_
+can be found in the 
+`documentation website <https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst>`_.

catalyst/__main__.py

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from six import text_type
 
 from catalyst.data import bundles as bundles_module
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bundle import ExchangeBundle
-from catalyst.exchange.init_utils import get_exchange
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import delete_algo_folder
+from catalyst.exchange.factory import get_exchange
 from catalyst.utils.cli import Date, Timestamp
 from catalyst.utils.run_algo import _run, load_extensions
 
@@ -29,16 +30,17 @@ except NameError:
 @click.option(
     '--strict-extensions/--non-strict-extensions',
     is_flag=True,
-    help='If --strict-extensions is passed then catalyst will not run if it'
+    help='If --strict-extensions is passed then catalyst will not run '
-         ' cannot load all of the specified extensions. If this is not passed or'
+         'if it cannot load all of the specified extensions. If this is '
-         ' --non-strict-extensions is passed then the failure will be logged but'
+         'not passed or --non-strict-extensions is passed then the '
-         ' execution will continue.',
+         'failure will be logged but execution will continue.',
 )
 @click.option(
     '--default-extension/--no-default-extension',
     is_flag=True,
     default=True,
-    help="Don't load the default catalyst extension.py file in $ZIPLINE_HOME.",
+    help="Don't load the default catalyst extension.py file "
+         "in $CATALYST_HOME.",
 )
 @click.version_option()
 def main(extension, strict_extensions, default_extension):
@@ -123,9 +125,9 @@ def ipython_only(option):
     '--define',
     multiple=True,
     help="Define a name to be bound in the namespace before executing"
-         " the algotext. For example '-Dname=value'. The value may be any python"
+         " the algotext. For example '-Dname=value'. The value may be"
-         " expression. These are evaluated in order so they may refer to previously"
+         " any python expression. These are evaluated in order so they"
-         " defined names.",
+         " may refer to previously defined names.",
 )
 @click.option(
     '--data-frequency',
@@ -137,7 +139,6 @@ def ipython_only(option):
 @click.option(
     '--capital-base',
     type=float,
-    default=10e6,
     show_default=True,
     help='The starting capital for the simulation.',
 )
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ def ipython_only(option):
     default='-',
     metavar='FILENAME',
     show_default=True,
-    help="The location to write the perf data. If this is '-' the perf will"
+    help="The location to write the perf data. If this is '-' the perf"
-         " be written to stdout.",
+         " will be written to stdout.",
 )
 @click.option(
     '--print-algo/--no-print-algo',
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ def ipython_only(option):
     '-x',
     '--exchange-name',
     type=click.Choice({'bitfinex', 'bittrex', 'poloniex'}),
-    help='The name of the targeted exchange (supported: bitfinex, bittrex, poloniex).',
+    help='The name of the targeted exchange (supported: bitfinex,'
+         ' bittrex, poloniex).',
 )
 @click.option(
     '-n',
@@ -239,16 +241,26 @@ def run(ctx,
         # does not pass either of these and then passes the first only
         # to be told they need to pass the second argument also
         ctx.fail(
-            "must specify dates with '-s' / '--start' and '-e' / '--end'",
+            "must specify dates with '-s' / '--start' and '-e' / '--end'"
+            " in backtest mode",
         )
     if start is None:
-        ctx.fail("must specify a start date with '-s' / '--start'")
+        ctx.fail("must specify a start date with '-s' / '--start'"
+                 " in backtest mode")
     if end is None:
-        ctx.fail("must specify an end date with '-e' / '--end'")
+        ctx.fail("must specify an end date with '-e' / '--end'"
+                 " in backtest mode")
 
     if exchange_name is None:
         ctx.fail("must specify an exchange name '-x'")
 
+    if base_currency is None:
+        ctx.fail("must specify a base currency with '-c' in backtest mode")
+
+    if capital_base is None:
+        ctx.fail("must specify a capital base with '--capital-base'"
+                 " in backtest mode")
+
     perf = _run(
         initialize=None,
         handle_data=None,
@@ -334,9 +346,9 @@ def catalyst_magic(line, cell=None):
     '--define',
     multiple=True,
     help="Define a name to be bound in the namespace before executing"
-         " the algotext. For example '-Dname=value'. The value may be any python"
+         " the algotext. For example '-Dname=value'. The value may be"
-         " expression. These are evaluated in order so they may refer to previously"
+         " any python expression. These are evaluated in order so they"
-         " defined names.",
+         " may refer to previously defined names.",
 )
 @click.option(
     '-o',
@@ -363,7 +375,8 @@ def catalyst_magic(line, cell=None):
     '-x',
     '--exchange-name',
     type=click.Choice({'bitfinex', 'bittrex', 'poloniex'}),
-    help='The name of the targeted exchange (supported: bitfinex, bittrex, poloniex).',
+    help='The name of the targeted exchange (supported: bitfinex,'
+         ' bittrex, poloniex).',
 )
 @click.option(
     '-n',
@@ -485,18 +498,39 @@ def live(ctx,
     help='A list of symbols to exclude from the ingestion '
          '(optional comma separated list)',
 )
+@click.option(
+    '--csv',
+    default=None,
+    help='The path of a CSV file containing the data. If specified, start, '
+         'end, include-symbols and exclude-symbols will be ignored. Instead,'
+         'all data in the file will be ingested.',
+)
 @click.option(
     '--show-progress/--no-show-progress',
     default=True,
     help='Print progress information to the terminal.'
 )
+@click.option(
+    '--verbose/--no-verbose`',
+    default=False,
+    help='Show a progress indicator for every currency pair.'
+)
+@click.option(
+    '--validate/--no-validate`',
+    default=False,
+    help='Report potential anomalies found in data bundles.'
+)
 def ingest_exchange(exchange_name, data_frequency, start, end,
-                    include_symbols, exclude_symbols, show_progress):
+                    include_symbols, exclude_symbols, csv, show_progress,
+                    verbose, validate):
     """
     Ingest data for the given exchange.
     """
-    exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+
-    exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange)
+    if exchange_name is None:
+        ctx.fail("must specify an exchange name '-x'")
+
+    exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange_name)
 
     click.echo('Ingesting exchange bundle {}...'.format(exchange_name))
     exchange_bundle.ingest(
@@ -505,10 +539,61 @@ def ingest_exchange(exchange_name, data_frequency, start, end,
         exclude_symbols=exclude_symbols,
         start=start,
         end=end,
-        show_progress=show_progress
+        show_progress=show_progress,
+        show_breakdown=verbose,
+        show_report=validate,
+        csv=csv
     )
 
 
+@main.command(name='clean-algo')
+@click.option(
+    '-n',
+    '--algo-namespace',
+    help='The label of the algorithm to for which to clean the state.'
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def clean_algo(ctx, algo_namespace):
+    click.echo(
+        'Cleaning algo state: {}'.format(algo_namespace)
+    )
+    delete_algo_folder(algo_namespace)
+    click.echo('Done')
+
+
+@main.command(name='clean-exchange')
+@click.option(
+    '-x',
+    '--exchange-name',
+    type=click.Choice({'bitfinex', 'bittrex', 'poloniex'}),
+    help='The name of the exchange bundle to ingest (supported: bitfinex,'
+         ' bittrex, poloniex).',
+)
+@click.option(
+    '-f',
+    '--data-frequency',
+    type=click.Choice({'daily', 'minute'}),
+    default=None,
+    help='The bundle data frequency to remove. If not specified, it will '
+         'remove both daily and minute bundles.',
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def clean_exchange(ctx, exchange_name, data_frequency):
+    """Clean up bundles from 'ingest-exchange'.
+    """
+
+    if exchange_name is None:
+        ctx.fail("must specify an exchange name '-x'")
+
+    exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange_name)
+
+    click.echo('Cleaning exchange bundle {}...'.format(exchange_name))
+    exchange_bundle.clean(
+        data_frequency=data_frequency,
+    )
+    click.echo('Done')
+
+
 @main.command()
 @click.option(
     '-b',
@@ -598,7 +683,7 @@ def ingest(ctx, bundle, exchange_name, compile_locally, assets_version,
          ' This may not be passed with -e / --before or -a / --after',
 )
 def clean(bundle, before, after, keep_last):
-    """Clean up data downloaded with the ingest command.
+    """Clean up bundles from 'ingest'.
     """
     bundles_module.clean(
         bundle,

catalyst/assets/_assets.pyx

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 """
 Cythonized Asset object.
 """
+import hashlib
+
 cimport cython
 from cpython.number cimport PyNumber_Index
 from cpython.object cimport (
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ from numpy cimport int64_t
 import warnings
 cimport numpy as np
 
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_sid
 from catalyst.utils.calendars import get_calendar
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import InvalidSymbolError, SidHashError
 
@@ -501,7 +504,7 @@ cdef class TradingPair(Asset):
 
         if sid == 0 or sid is None:
             try:
-                sid = abs(hash(symbol)) % (10 ** 4)
+                sid = get_sid(symbol)
             except Exception as e:
                 raise SidHashError(symbol=symbol)
 
@@ -553,6 +556,31 @@ cdef class TradingPair(Asset):
             end_minute=self.end_minute
         )
 
+    cpdef to_dict(self):
+        """
+        Convert to a python dict.
+        """
+        super_dict = super(TradingPair, self).to_dict()
+        super_dict['end_daily'] = self.end_daily
+        super_dict['end_minute'] = self.end_minute
+        super_dict['leverage'] = self.leverage
+        super_dict['min_trade_size'] = self.min_trade_size
+        return super_dict
+
+    def is_exchange_open(self, dt_minute):
+        """
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        dt_minute: pd.Timestamp (UTC, tz-aware)
+            The minute to check.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        boolean: whether the asset's exchange is open at the given minute.
+        """
+        #TODO: consider implementing to spot holds
+        return True
+
     cpdef __reduce__(self):
         """
         Function used by pickle to determine how to serialize/deserialize this

catalyst/constants.py

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import os
 import logbook
 
-LOG_LEVEL = logbook.INFO
+''' You can override the LOG level from your environment.
+    For example, if you want to see the DEBUG messages, run:
+    $ export CATALYST_LOG_LEVEL=10
+'''
+LOG_LEVEL = int(os.environ.get('CATALYST_LOG_LEVEL', logbook.INFO))
+
+SYMBOLS_URL = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/enigmaco/catalyst-exchanges/' \
+              '{exchange}/symbols.json'
+
+DATE_TIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
+DATE_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d'
+
+AUTO_INGEST = False

catalyst/curate/poloniex.py

@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols_filename
 
 
 DT_START        = int(time.mktime(datetime(2010, 1, 1, 0, 0).timetuple()))
-DT_END          = int(time.time())
+DT_END          = pd.to_datetime('today').value // 10 ** 9
-CSV_OUT_FOLDER  = '/var/tmp/catalyst/data/poloniex/'
+CSV_OUT_FOLDER  = os.environ.get('CSV_OUT_FOLDER', '/efs/exchanges/poloniex/')
-CSV_OUT_FOLDER  = '/Volumes/enigma/data/poloniex/'
 CONN_RETRIES    = 2
 
 logbook.StderrHandler().push_application()
@@ -27,13 +26,15 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
             try:
                 os.makedirs(CSV_OUT_FOLDER)
             except Exception as e:
-                log.error('Failed to create data folder: %s' % CSV_OUT_FOLDER)
+                log.error('Failed to create data folder: {}'.format(
+                            CSV_OUT_FOLDER))
                 log.exception(e)
 
-    '''
+
-        Retrieves and returns all currency pairs from the exchange 
-    '''
     def get_currency_pairs(self):
+        '''
+        Retrieves and returns all currency pairs from the exchange 
+        '''
         url = self._api_path + 'command=returnTicker'
 
         try:
@@ -49,92 +50,140 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
             self.currency_pairs.append(ticker)
         self.currency_pairs.sort()
 
-        log.debug('Currency pairs retrieved successfully: %d' % (len(self.currency_pairs)))
+        log.debug('Currency pairs retrieved successfully: {}'.format(
+                    len(self.currency_pairs)
+                    ))
+
 
 
-    '''
-        Helper function that reads tradeID and date fields from CSV readline
-    '''
     def _retrieve_tradeID_date(self, row):
+        '''
+        Helper function that reads tradeID and date fields from CSV readline
+        '''
         tId = int(row.split(',')[0])
-        d   = pd.to_datetime( row.split(',')[1], infer_datetime_format=True).value // 10 ** 9
+        d   = pd.to_datetime(row.split(',')[1], 
+                             infer_datetime_format=True).value // 10 ** 9
         return tId, d
 
-    '''
+
-        Retrieves TradeHistory from exchange for a given currencyPair between start and end dates.
+    def retrieve_trade_history(self, currencyPair, start=DT_START, 
-        If no start date is provided, uses a system-wide one (beginning of time for cryptotrading)
+                               end=DT_END, temp=None):
-        If no end date is provided, 'now' is used
+        '''
+        Retrieves TradeHistory from exchange for a given currencyPair 
+        between start and end dates. If no start date is provided, uses 
+        a system-wide one (beginning of time for cryptotrading).
+        If no end date is provided, 'now' is used.
+
         Stores results in CSV file on disk.
-        This function is called recursively to work around the limitations imposed by the provider API.
+        
-    '''
+        This function is called recursively to work around the 
-    def retrieve_trade_history(self, currencyPair, start=DT_START, end=DT_END, temp=None):
+        limitations imposed by the provider API.
+        '''
         csv_fn = CSV_OUT_FOLDER + 'crypto_trades-' + currencyPair + '.csv'
 
         '''
-            Check what data we already have on disk, reading first and last lines from file.
+        Check what data we already have on disk, reading first and last 
-            Data is stored on file from NEWEST to OLDEST.
+        lines from file. Data is stored on file from NEWEST to OLDEST.
         '''
         try:
             with open(csv_fn, 'ab+') as f: 
                 f.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
-                if(f.tell() > 2):                           # First check file is not zero size
+                if(f.tell() > 2):                   # Check file size is not 0
-                    f.seek(0)                               # Go to the beginning to read first line
+                    f.seek(0)                       # Go to start to read 
-                    last_tradeID, end_file    = self._retrieve_tradeID_date(f.readline())
+                    last_tradeID, end_file = self._retrieve_tradeID_date(f.readline())
-                    f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_END)                 # Jump to the second last byte.
+                    f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_END)         # Jump to the 2nd last byte
-                    while f.read(1) != b"\n":               # Until EOL is found...
+                    while f.read(1) != b"\n":       # Until EOL is found...
-                        f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_CUR)             # ...jump back the read byte plus one more.
+                        f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_CUR)     # ...jump back the read byte plus one more.
                     first_tradeID, start_file = self._retrieve_tradeID_date(f.readline())
 
-                    if( first_tradeID == 1 and end_file + 3600 > DT_END ):
+                    if( end_file + 3600 * 6 > DT_END and ( first_tradeID == 1
+                        or (currencyPair == 'BTC_HUC' and first_tradeID ==     2) 
+                        or (currencyPair == 'BTC_RIC' and first_tradeID ==     2) 
+                        or (currencyPair == 'BTC_XCP' and first_tradeID ==     2)
+                        or (currencyPair == 'BTC_NAV' and first_tradeID ==  4569)
+                        or (currencyPair == 'BTC_POT' and first_tradeID == 23511) ) ):
                         return
 
         except Exception as e:
-            log.error('Error opening file: %s' % csv_fn)
+            log.error('Error opening file: {}'.format(csv_fn))
             log.exception(e)
 
         '''
-        Poloniex API limits querying TradeHistory to intervals smaller than 1 month,
+        Poloniex API limits querying TradeHistory to intervals smaller 
-        so we make sure that start date is never more than 1 month apart from end date
+        than 1 month, so we make sure that start date is never more than
+        1 month apart from end date
         '''
-        if( end - start > 2419200 ):       # 60 s/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day * 28 days     
+        if( end - start > 2419200 ): # 60s/min * 60min/hr * 24hr/day * 28days     
             newstart = end - 2419200
         else:
             newstart = start
 
-        log.debug(currencyPair+': Retrieving from '+str(newstart)+' to '+str(end) +'\t '
+        log.debug('{}: Retrieving from {} to {}\t {} - {}'.format(
-                    + time.ctime(newstart) + ' - '+ time.ctime(end))
+                    currencyPair, str(newstart), str(end),
+                    time.ctime(newstart), time.ctime(end)))
 
-        url = self._api_path + 'command=returnTradeHistory&currencyPair=' + currencyPair + '&start=' + str(newstart) + '&end=' + str(end)
+        url = '{path}command=returnTradeHistory&currencyPair={pair}' \
+              '&start={start}&end={end}'.format(
+                    path = self._api_path,
+                    pair = currencyPair,
+                    start = str(newstart),
+                    end = str(end)
+                )
+        print url
 
-        try:
+        attempts = 0
-            response = requests.get(url)
+        success = 0
-        except Exception as e:
+        while attempts < CONN_RETRIES:
-            log.error('Failed to retrieve trade history data for %s' % currencyPair)
+            try:
-            log.exception(e)
+                response = requests.get(url)
+            except Exception as e:
+                log.error('Failed to retrieve trade history data for {}'.format(
+                            currencyPair
+                            ))
+                log.exception(e)
+                attempts += 1
+            else:
+                try:
+                    if isinstance(response.json(), dict) and response.json()['error']:
+                        log.error('Failed to to retrieve trade history data '
+                                  'for {}: {}'.format(
+                                    currencyPair,
+                                    response.json()['error']
+                                    ))
+                        attempts += 1
+                except Exception as e:
+                    log.exception(e)
+                    attempts += 1
+                else:
+                    success = 1
+                    break
+
+        if not success:
             return None
-        else:
+
-            if isinstance(response.json(), dict) and response.json()['error']:
-                log.error('Failed to to retrieve trade history data for %s: %s' % (currencyPair,response.json()['error']))
-                exit(1)
 
         '''
-            If we get to transactionId == 1, and we already have that on disk, 
+        If we get to transactionId == 1, and we already have that on 
-            we got to the end of TradeHistory for this coin.
+        disk, we got to the end of TradeHistory for this coin.
         '''
-        if('first_tradeID' in locals() and response.json()[-1]['tradeID'] == first_tradeID): 
+        if('first_tradeID' in locals() 
+                and response.json()[-1]['tradeID'] == first_tradeID): 
             return
 
         '''
             There are primarily two scenarios:
-                a) There is newer data available that we need to add at the beginning
+                a) There is newer data available that we need to add at 
-                   of the file. We'll retrieve all what we need until we get to what 
+                   the beginning of the file. We'll retrieve all what we 
-                   we already have, writing it to a temporary file; and we will write
+                   need until we get to what we already have, writing it 
-                   that at the beginning of our existing file.
+                   to a temporary file; and we will write that at the 
-                b) We are going back in time, appending at the end of our existing
+                   beginning of our existing file.
-                   TradeHistory until the first transaction for this currencyPair
+                b) We are going back in time, appending at the end of 
+                   our existing TradeHistory until the first transaction 
+                   for this currencyPair
         '''
-        try: 
+        try:
-            if( 'end_file' in locals() and end_file + 3600 < end):
+            if(temp is not None
+                    or ('end_file' in locals() and end_file + 3600 < end)):
                 if (temp is None):
                     temp = os.tmpfile()
                 tempcsv = csv.writer(temp)
@@ -151,8 +200,10 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
                         item['globalTradeID']        
                     ])
                 if( response.json()[-1]['tradeID'] > last_tradeID ):
-                    end = pd.to_datetime( response.json()[-1]['date'], infer_datetime_format=True).value // 10 ** 9
+                    end = pd.to_datetime( response.json()[-1]['date'], 
-                    self.retrieve_trade_history(currencyPair, start, end, temp=temp) 
+                                infer_datetime_format=True).value // 10 ** 9
+                    self.retrieve_trade_history(currencyPair, start, 
+                                                end, temp=temp) 
                 else:
                     with open(csv_fn,'rb+') as f:
                         shutil.copyfileobj(f,temp)
@@ -165,7 +216,8 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
                 with open(csv_fn, 'ab') as csvfile:
                     csvwriter = csv.writer(csvfile)
                     for item in response.json():
-                        if( 'first_tradeID' in locals() and item['tradeID'] >= first_tradeID ):
+                        if( 'first_tradeID' in locals() 
+                                and item['tradeID'] >= first_tradeID ):
                             continue
                         csvwriter.writerow([
                             item['tradeID'],
@@ -176,52 +228,71 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
                             item['total'],
                             item['globalTradeID']
                         ])
-                end = pd.to_datetime( response.json()[-1]['date'], infer_datetime_format=True).value // 10 ** 9
+                end = pd.to_datetime(response.json()[-1]['date'], 
+                            infer_datetime_format=True).value // 10 ** 9
 
         except Exception as e:
-            log.error('Error opening %s' % csv_fn)
+            log.error('Error opening {}'.format(csv_fn))
             log.exception(e)
 
         '''
-            If we got here, we aren't done yet. Call recursively with 'end' times
+            If we got here, we aren't done yet. Call recursively with 
-            that go sequentially back in time.
+            'end' times that go sequentially back in time.
         '''
         self.retrieve_trade_history(currencyPair, start, end)
 
 
-    '''
+
+    def generate_ohlcv(self, df):
+        '''
         Generates OHLCV dataframe from a dataframe containing all TradeHistory
         by resampling with 1-minute period
-    '''
+        '''
-    def generate_ohlcv(self, df):
+        df.set_index('date', inplace=True)               # Index by date
-        df.set_index('date', inplace=True)                      # Index by date
+        vol = df['total'].to_frame('volume')             # set Vol aside
-        vol = df['total'].to_frame('volume')                    # Will deal with vol separately, as ohlc() messes it up
+        df.drop('total', axis=1, inplace=True)           # Drop volume data 
-        df.drop('total', axis=1, inplace=True)                  # Drop volume data from dataframe
+        ohlc = df.resample('T').ohlc()                   # Resample OHLC 1min
-        ohlc = df.resample('T').ohlc()                          # Resample OHLC in 1min bins
+        ohlc.columns = ohlc.columns.map(lambda t: t[1])  # Raname columns by dropping 'rate'
-        ohlc.columns = ohlc.columns.map(lambda t: t[1])         # Raname columns by dropping 'rate'
+        closes = ohlc['close'].fillna(method='pad')      # Pad fwd missing 'close'
-        closes = ohlc['close'].fillna(method='pad')             # Pad forward missing 'close'
+        ohlc = ohlc.apply(lambda x: x.fillna(closes))    # Fill N/A with last close
-        ohlc = ohlc.apply(lambda x: x.fillna(closes))           # Fill N/A with last close
+        vol = vol.resample('T').sum().fillna(0)          # Add volumes by bin
-        vol = vol.resample('T').sum().fillna(0)                 # Add volumes by bin
+        ohlcv = pd.concat([ohlc,vol], axis=1)            # Concatenate OHLC + Vol
-        ohlcv = pd.concat([ohlc,vol], axis=1)                   # Concatenate OHLC + Volume
         return ohlcv
 
 
-    '''
+
+    def write_ohlcv_file(self, currencyPair): 
+        '''
         Generates OHLCV data file with 1minute bars from TradeHistory on disk
-    '''
+        '''       
-    def write_ohlcv_file(self, currencyPair):        
         csv_trades = CSV_OUT_FOLDER + 'crypto_trades-' + currencyPair + '.csv'
         csv_1min   = CSV_OUT_FOLDER + 'crypto_1min-' + currencyPair + '.csv'
-        if( os.path.isfile(csv_1min) ):
+        if( os.path.getmtime(csv_1min) > time.time() - 7200 ):
-            log.debug(currencyPair+': 1min data already present. Delete the file if you want to rebuild it.')
+            log.debug(currencyPair+': 1min data file already up to date. '
+                      'Delete the file if you want to rebuild it.')
         else:
-            df = pd.read_csv(csv_trades, names=['tradeID','date','type','rate','amount','total','globalTradeID'], 
+            df = pd.read_csv(csv_trades, 
-                    dtype = {'tradeID': int, 'date': str, 'type': str, 'rate': float, 'amount': float, 'total': float, 'globalTradeID': int } )
+                                names=['tradeID',
-            df.drop(['tradeID','type','amount','globalTradeID'], axis=1, inplace=True)
+                                       'date',
+                                       'type',
+                                       'rate',
+                                       'amount',
+                                       'total',
+                                       'globalTradeID'], 
+                                dtype = {'tradeID': int, 
+                                         'date': str, 
+                                         'type': str, 
+                                         'rate': float, 
+                                         'amount': float, 
+                                         'total': float, 
+                                         'globalTradeID': int } 
+                                )
+            df.drop(['tradeID','type','amount','globalTradeID'], 
+                    axis=1, inplace=True)
             df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'], infer_datetime_format=True) 
             ohlcv = self.generate_ohlcv(df)
             try: 
-                with open(csv_1min, 'ab') as csvfile:
+                with open(csv_1min, 'w') as csvfile:
                     csvwriter = csv.writer(csvfile)
                     for item in ohlcv.itertuples():
                         if item.Index == 0:
@@ -235,25 +306,34 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
                             item.volume,
                         ])
             except Exception as e:
-                log.error('Error opening %s' % csv_fn)
+                log.error('Error opening {}'.format(csv_fn))
                 log.exception(e)
-            log.debug(currencyPair+': Generated 1min OHLCV data.')
+            log.debug('{}: Generated 1min OHLCV data.'.format(currencyPair))
+
 
 
-    '''
-    Returns a data frame for a given currencyPair from data on disk
-    '''
     def onemin_to_dataframe(self, currencyPair, start, end):
+        '''
+        Returns a data frame for a given currencyPair from data on disk
+        '''
         csv_fn     = CSV_OUT_FOLDER + 'crypto_1min-' + currencyPair + '.csv'
-        df         = pd.read_csv(csv_fn, names=['date', 'open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume'])
+        df         = pd.read_csv(csv_fn, names=['date', 
+                                                'open', 
+                                                'high', 
+                                                'low', 
+                                                'close', 
+                                                'volume']
+                                )
         df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'],unit='s')
         df.set_index('date', inplace=True)
         return df[start : end]
 
-    '''
+
-    Generates a symbols.json file with corresponding start_date for each currencyPair
-    '''
     def generate_symbols_json(self, filename=None):
+        '''
+        Generates a symbols.json file with corresponding start_date 
+        for each currencyPair
+        '''
         symbol_map = {}
 
         if(filename is None):
@@ -262,14 +342,16 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
         with open(filename, 'w') as symbols:
             for currencyPair in self.currency_pairs:
                 start = None
-                csv_fn     = CSV_OUT_FOLDER + 'crypto_trades-' + currencyPair + '.csv'
+                csv_fn     = '{}crypto_trades-{}.csv'.format(
+                                CSV_OUT_FOLDER, currencyPair)
                 with open(csv_fn, 'r') as f: 
                     f.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
-                    if(f.tell() > 2):                           # First check file is not zero size
+                    if(f.tell() > 2):               # Check file size is not 0
-                        f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_END)                 # Jump to the second last byte.
+                        f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_END)     # Jump to 2nd last byte
-                        while f.read(1) != b"\n":               # Until EOL is found...
+                        while f.read(1) != b"\n":   # Until EOL is found...
-                            f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_CUR)             # ...jump back the read byte plus one more.
+                            f.seek(-2, os.SEEK_CUR) # ...jump back the read byte plus one more.
-                        start = pd.to_datetime( f.readline().split(',')[1], infer_datetime_format=True)
+                        start = pd.to_datetime( f.readline().split(',')[1], 
+                                                infer_datetime_format=True)
 
                 if(start is None):
                     start = time.gmtime()
@@ -279,7 +361,8 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
                     symbol = symbol,
                     start_date = start.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
                 )
-            json.dump(symbol_map, symbols, sort_keys=True, indent=2, separators=(',',':'))    
+            json.dump(symbol_map, symbols, sort_keys=True, indent=2, 
+                        separators=(',',':'))    
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -289,6 +372,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     
     for currencyPair in pc.currency_pairs:
         pc.retrieve_trade_history(currencyPair)
+        log.debug('{} up to date.'.format(currencyPair))
         pc.write_ohlcv_file(currencyPair)
 
-    

catalyst/data/loader.py

@@ -149,13 +149,14 @@ def load_crypto_market_data(trading_day=None, trading_days=None,
 
     # exchange.get_history_window() already ensures that we have the right data
     # for the right dates
-    br = exchange.get_history_window(
+    br = exchange.get_history_window_with_bundle(
         assets=[benchmark_asset],
         end_dt=last_date,
         bar_count=pd.Timedelta(last_date - start_dt).days,
         frequency='1d',
         field='close',
-        data_frequency='daily')
+        data_frequency='daily',
+        force_auto_ingest=True)
     br.columns = ['close']
     br = br.pct_change(1).iloc[1:]
     br.loc[start_dt] = 0

catalyst/examples/buy_and_hodl.py

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import pandas as pd
 
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
 from catalyst.api import (
     order_target_value,
     symbol,
@@ -23,21 +25,18 @@ from catalyst.api import (
     get_open_orders,
 )
 
+
 def initialize(context):
-    context.ASSET_NAME = 'USDT_BTC'
+    context.ASSET_NAME = 'btc_usd'
     context.TARGET_HODL_RATIO = 0.8
     context.RESERVE_RATIO = 1.0 - context.TARGET_HODL_RATIO
 
-    # For all trading pairs in the poloniex bundle, the default denomination
-    # currently supported by Catalyst is 1/1000th of a full coin. Use this
-    # constant to scale the price of up to that of a full coin if desired.
-    context.TICK_SIZE = 1000.0
-
     context.is_buying = True
     context.asset = symbol(context.ASSET_NAME)
 
     context.i = 0
 
+
 def handle_data(context, data):
     context.i += 1
 
@@ -49,33 +48,35 @@ def handle_data(context, data):
     orders = get_open_orders(context.asset) or []
     for order in orders:
         cancel_order(order)
-    
+
     # Stop buying after passing the reserve threshold
     cash = context.portfolio.cash
     if cash <= reserve_value:
         context.is_buying = False
 
     # Retrieve current asset price from pricing data
-    price = data[context.asset].price
+    price = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
 
     # Check if still buying and could (approximately) afford another purchase
     if context.is_buying and cash > price:
+        print('buying')
         # Place order to make position in asset equal to target_hodl_value
         order_target_value(
             context.asset,
             target_hodl_value,
-            limit_price=price*1.1,
+            limit_price=price * 1.1,
-            stop_price=price*0.9,
+            stop_price=price * 0.9,
         )
 
     record(
         price=price,
-        volume=data[context.asset].volume,
+        volume=data.current(context.asset, 'volume'),
         cash=cash,
         starting_cash=context.portfolio.starting_cash,
         leverage=context.account.leverage,
     )
 
+
 def analyze(context=None, results=None):
     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
@@ -86,18 +87,19 @@ def analyze(context=None, results=None):
 
     ax2 = plt.subplot(612, sharex=ax1)
     ax2.set_ylabel('{asset} (USD)'.format(asset=context.ASSET_NAME))
-    (context.TICK_SIZE * results[['price']]).plot(ax=ax2)
+    results[['price']].plot(ax=ax2)
 
     trans = results.ix[[t != [] for t in results.transactions]]
     buys = trans.ix[
         [t[0]['amount'] > 0 for t in trans.transactions]
     ]
-    ax2.plot(
+    ax2.scatter(
-        buys.index,
+        buys.index.to_pydatetime(),
-        context.TICK_SIZE * results.price[buys.index],
+        results.price[buys.index],
-        '^',
+        marker='^',
-        markersize=10,
+        s=100,
-        color='g',
+        c='g',
+        label=''
     )
 
     ax3 = plt.subplot(613, sharex=ax1)
@@ -134,4 +136,19 @@ def analyze(context=None, results=None):
 
     # Show the plot.
     plt.gcf().set_size_inches(18, 8)
-    plt.show()
+    plt.show()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_algorithm(
+        capital_base=10000,
+        data_frequency='minute',
+        initialize=initialize,
+        handle_data=handle_data,
+        analyze=analyze,
+        exchange_name='bitfinex',
+        algo_namespace='buy_and_hodl',
+        base_currency='usd',
+        start=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-01', utc=True),
+        end=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-10', utc=True),
+    )

catalyst/examples/buy_btc.py

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-from catalyst.api import order, record, symbol
-
-
-def initialize(context):
-    context.asset = symbol('btc_usd')
-
-
-def handle_data(context, data):
-    order(context.asset, 1)
-    record(btc=data.current(context.asset, 'price'))

catalyst/examples/buy_btc_simple.py

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+'''
+	This is a very simple example referenced in the beginner's tutorial:
+	https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst/beginner-tutorial.html
+
+	Run this example, by executing the following from your terminal:
+	catalyst run -f buy_btc_simple.py -x bitfinex --start 2016-1-1 --end 2017-9-30 -o buy_btc_simple_out.pickle
+
+	If you want to run this code using another exchange, make sure that 
+	the asset is available on that exchange. For example, if you were to run 
+	it for exchange Poloniex, you would need to edit the following line:
+
+		context.asset = symbol('btc_usdt')     # note 'usdt' instead of 'usd'
+
+	and specify exchange poloniex as follows:
+
+	catalyst run -f buy_btc_simple.py -x poloniex --start 2016-1-1 --end 2017-9-30 -o buy_btc_simple_out.pickle
+
+	To see which assets are available on each exchange, visit:
+	https://www.enigma.co/catalyst/status
+'''
+
 from catalyst.api import order, record, symbol
 
 def initialize(context):

catalyst/examples/buy_low_sell_high.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ log = Logger(algo_namespace)
 
 def initialize(context):
     log.info('initializing algo')
-    context.ASSET_NAME = 'XRP_USD'
+    context.ASSET_NAME = 'XRP_USDT'
     context.asset = symbol(context.ASSET_NAME)
 
     context.TARGET_POSITIONS = 5000

catalyst/examples/buy_low_sell_high_neo_with_interface.py

@@ -1,173 +0,0 @@
-import talib
-from logbook import Logger
-import pandas as pd
-
-from catalyst.api import (
-    order,
-    order_target_percent,
-    symbol,
-    record,
-    get_open_orders,
-)
-from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import get_pretty_stats
-from catalyst.utils.run_algo import run_algorithm
-
-algo_namespace = 'buy_low_sell_high_neo'
-log = Logger(algo_namespace)
-
-
-def initialize(context):
-    log.info('initializing algo')
-    context.asset = symbol('neo_btc', 'bitfinex')
-
-    context.TARGET_POSITIONS = 50000
-    context.PROFIT_TARGET = 0.1
-    context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED = 0.02
-
-    context.retry_check_open_orders = 10
-    context.retry_update_portfolio = 10
-    context.retry_order = 5
-
-    context.errors = []
-    pass
-
-
-def _handle_data(context, data):
-    price = data.current(context.asset, 'close')
-    log.info('got price {price}'.format(price=price))
-
-    if price is None:
-        log.warn('no pricing data')
-        return
-
-    prices = data.history(
-        context.asset,
-        fields='price',
-        bar_count=1,
-        frequency='1m'
-    )
-    rsi = talib.RSI(prices.values, timeperiod=14)[-1]
-    log.info('got rsi: {}'.format(rsi))
-
-    # Buying more when RSI is low, this should lower our cost basis
-    if rsi <= 30:
-        buy_increment = 1
-    elif rsi <= 40:
-        buy_increment = 0.5
-    elif rsi <= 70:
-        buy_increment = 0.1
-    else:
-        buy_increment = None
-
-    cash = context.portfolio.cash
-    log.info('base currency available: {cash}'.format(cash=cash))
-
-    record(price=price)
-
-    orders = get_open_orders(context.asset)
-    if len(orders) > 0:
-        log.info('skipping bar until all open orders execute')
-        return
-
-    is_buy = False
-    cost_basis = None
-    if context.asset in context.portfolio.positions:
-        position = context.portfolio.positions[context.asset]
-
-        cost_basis = position.cost_basis
-        log.info(
-            'found {amount} positions with cost basis {cost_basis}'.format(
-                amount=position.amount,
-                cost_basis=cost_basis
-            )
-        )
-
-        if position.amount >= context.TARGET_POSITIONS:
-            log.info('reached positions target: {}'.format(position.amount))
-            return
-
-        if price < cost_basis:
-            is_buy = True
-        elif position.amount > 0 and \
-                        price > cost_basis * (1 + context.PROFIT_TARGET):
-            profit = (price * position.amount) - (cost_basis * position.amount)
-
-            log.info('closing position, taking profit: {}'.format(profit))
-            order_target_percent(
-                asset=context.asset,
-                target=0,
-                limit_price=price * (1 - context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED),
-            )
-        else:
-            log.info('no buy or sell opportunity found')
-    else:
-        is_buy = True
-
-    if is_buy:
-        if buy_increment is None:
-            return
-
-        if price * buy_increment > cash:
-            log.info('not enough base currency to consider buying')
-            return
-
-        log.info(
-            'buying position cheaper than cost basis {} < {}'.format(
-                price,
-                cost_basis
-            )
-        )
-        limit_price = price * (1 + context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED)
-        order(
-            asset=context.asset,
-            amount=buy_increment,
-            limit_price=limit_price
-        )
-        pass
-
-
-def handle_data(context, data):
-    log.info('handling bar {}'.format(data.current_dt))
-    # try:
-    _handle_data(context, data)
-    # except Exception as e:
-    #     log.warn('aborting the bar on error {}'.format(e))
-    #     context.errors.append(e)
-
-    log.info('completed bar {}, total execution errors {}'.format(
-        data.current_dt,
-        len(context.errors)
-    ))
-
-    if len(context.errors) > 0:
-        log.info('the errors:\n{}'.format(context.errors))
-
-
-def analyze(context, stats):
-    log.info('the daily stats:\n{}'.format(get_pretty_stats(stats)))
-
-    pass
-
-
-# run_algorithm(
-#     initialize=initialize,
-#     handle_data=handle_data,
-#     analyze=analyze,
-#     exchange_name='bitfinex',
-#     live=True,
-#     algo_namespace=algo_namespace,
-#     base_currency='btc',
-#     live_graph=False
-# )
-
-# Backtest
-run_algorithm(
-    capital_base=250,
-    data_frequency='minute',
-    initialize=initialize,
-    handle_data=handle_data,
-    analyze=analyze,
-    exchange_name='bitfinex',
-    algo_namespace=algo_namespace,
-    base_currency='btc'
-)

catalyst/examples/dual_moving_average.py

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+from logbook import Logger
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.api import (order, record, symbol, order_target_percent,
+        get_open_orders)
+from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import extract_transactions
+
+NAMESPACE = 'dual_moving_average'
+log = Logger(NAMESPACE)
+
+def initialize(context):
+    context.i = 0
+    context.asset = symbol('ltc_usd')
+    context.base_price = None
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    # define the windows for the moving averages
+    short_window = 50
+    long_window = 200
+
+    # Skip as many bars as long_window to properly compute the average
+    context.i += 1
+    if context.i < long_window:
+       return
+
+    # Compute moving averages calling data.history() for each
+    # moving average with the appropriate parameters. We choose to use
+    # minute bars for this simulation -> freq="1m"
+    # Returns a pandas dataframe.
+    short_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price',
+                        bar_count=short_window, frequency="1m").mean()
+    long_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price',
+                        bar_count=long_window, frequency="1m").mean()
+
+    # Let's keep the price of our asset in a more handy variable
+    price = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
+
+    # If base_price is not set, we use the current value. This is the
+    # price at the first bar which we reference to calculate price_change.
+    if context.base_price is None:
+        context.base_price = price
+    price_change = (price - context.base_price) / context.base_price
+
+    # Save values for later inspection
+    record(price=price,
+           cash=context.portfolio.cash,
+           price_change=price_change,
+           short_mavg=short_mavg,
+           long_mavg=long_mavg)
+
+    # Since we are using limit orders, some orders may not execute immediately
+    # we wait until all orders are executed before considering more trades.
+    orders = get_open_orders(context.asset)
+    if len(orders) > 0:
+        return
+
+    # Exit if we cannot trade
+    if not data.can_trade(context.asset):
+        return
+
+    # We check what's our position on our portfolio and trade accordingly
+    pos_amount = context.portfolio.positions[context.asset].amount
+
+    # Trading logic
+    if short_mavg > long_mavg and pos_amount == 0:
+       # we buy 100% of our portfolio for this asset
+       order_target_percent(context.asset, 1)
+    elif short_mavg < long_mavg and pos_amount > 0:
+       # we sell all our positions for this asset
+       order_target_percent(context.asset, 0)
+
+
+def analyze(context, perf):
+
+    # Get the base_currency that was passed as a parameter to the simulation
+    base_currency = context.exchanges.values()[0].base_currency.upper()
+
+    # First chart: Plot portfolio value using base_currency
+    ax1 = plt.subplot(411)
+    perf.loc[:, ['portfolio_value']].plot(ax=ax1)
+    ax1.legend_.remove()
+    ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value\n({})'.format(base_currency))
+    start, end = ax1.get_ylim()
+    ax1.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(start, end, (end-start)/5))
+
+    # Second chart: Plot asset price, moving averages and buys/sells
+    ax2 = plt.subplot(412, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, ['price','short_mavg','long_mavg']].plot(ax=ax2, label='Price')
+    ax2.legend_.remove()
+    ax2.set_ylabel('{asset}\n({base})'.format(
+        asset = context.asset.symbol,
+        base = base_currency
+        ))
+    start, end = ax2.get_ylim()
+    ax2.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(start, end, (end-start)/5))
+
+    transaction_df = extract_transactions(perf)
+    if not transaction_df.empty:
+        buy_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] > 0]
+        sell_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] < 0]
+        ax2.scatter(
+            buy_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[buy_df.index, 'price'],
+            marker='^',
+            s=100,
+            c='green',
+            label=''
+        )
+        ax2.scatter(
+            sell_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[sell_df.index, 'price'],
+            marker='v',
+            s=100,
+            c='red',
+            label=''
+        )
+
+    # Third chart: Compare percentage change between our portfolio
+    # and the price of the asset
+    ax3 = plt.subplot(413, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, ['algorithm_period_return', 'price_change']].plot(ax=ax3)
+    ax3.legend_.remove()
+    ax3.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+    start, end = ax3.get_ylim()
+    ax3.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(start, end, (end-start)/5))
+
+    # Fourth chart: Plot our cash
+    ax4 = plt.subplot(414, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.cash.plot(ax=ax4)
+    ax4.set_ylabel('Cash\n({})'.format(base_currency))
+    start, end = ax4.get_ylim()
+    ax4.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(0, end, end/5))
+
+    plt.show()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_algorithm(
+            capital_base=1000,
+            data_frequency='minute',
+            initialize=initialize,
+            handle_data=handle_data,
+            analyze=analyze,
+            exchange_name='bitfinex',
+            algo_namespace=NAMESPACE,
+            base_currency='usd',
+            start=pd.to_datetime('2017-9-22', utc=True),
+            end=pd.to_datetime('2017-9-23', utc=True),
+        )

catalyst/examples/mean_reversion_simple.py

@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+# For this example, we're going to write a simple momentum script.  When the 
+# stock goes up quickly, we're going to buy; when it goes down quickly, we're
+# going to sell.  Hopefully we'll ride the waves.
+import os
+import tempfile
+import time
+
+import pandas as pd
+import talib
+from logbook import Logger
+
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.api import symbol, record, order_target_percent, get_open_orders
+from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import extract_transactions
+# We give a name to the algorithm which Catalyst will use to persist its state.
+# In this example, Catalyst will create the `.catalyst/data/live_algos`
+# directory. If we stop and start the algorithm, Catalyst will resume its
+# state using the files included in the folder.
+from catalyst.utils.paths import ensure_directory
+
+NAMESPACE = 'mean_reversion_simple'
+log = Logger(NAMESPACE)
+
+
+# To run an algorithm in Catalyst, you need two functions: initialize and
+# handle_data.
+
+def initialize(context):
+    # This initialize function sets any data or variables that you'll use in
+    # your algorithm.  For instance, you'll want to define the trading pair (or
+    # trading pairs) you want to backtest.  You'll also want to define any
+    # parameters or values you're going to use.
+
+    # In our example, we're looking at Ether in USD Tether.
+    context.neo_eth = symbol('neo_eth')
+    context.base_price = None
+    context.current_day = None
+
+    context.RSI_OVERSOLD = 50
+    context.RSI_OVERBOUGHT = 80
+    context.CANDLE_SIZE = '5T'
+
+    context.start_time = time.time()
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    # This handle_data function is where the real work is done.  Our data is
+    # minute-level tick data, and each minute is called a frame.  This function
+    # runs on each frame of the data.
+
+    # We flag the first period of each day.
+    # Since cryptocurrencies trade 24/7 the `before_trading_starts` handle
+    # would only execute once. This method works with minute and daily
+    # frequencies.
+    today = data.current_dt.floor('1D')
+    if today != context.current_day:
+        context.traded_today = False
+        context.current_day = today
+
+    # We're computing the volume-weighted-average-price of the security
+    # defined above, in the context.neo_eth variable.  For this example, we're 
+    # using three bars on the 15 min bars.
+
+    # The frequency attribute determine the bar size. We use this convention
+    # for the frequency alias:
+    # http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/timeseries.html#offset-aliases
+    prices = data.history(
+        context.neo_eth,
+        fields='close',
+        bar_count=50,
+        frequency=context.CANDLE_SIZE
+    )
+
+    # Ta-lib calculates various technical indicator based on price and
+    # volume arrays.
+
+    # In this example, we are comp
+    rsi = talib.RSI(prices.values, timeperiod=14)
+
+    # We need a variable for the current price of the security to compare to
+    # the average. Since we are requesting two fields, data.current()
+    # returns a DataFrame with
+    current = data.current(context.neo_eth, fields=['close', 'volume'])
+    price = current['close']
+
+    # If base_price is not set, we use the current value. This is the
+    # price at the first bar which we reference to calculate price_change.
+    if context.base_price is None:
+        context.base_price = price
+
+    price_change = (price - context.base_price) / context.base_price
+    cash = context.portfolio.cash
+
+    # Now that we've collected all current data for this frame, we use
+    # the record() method to save it. This data will be available as
+    # a parameter of the analyze() function for further analysis.
+    record(
+        price=price,
+        volume=current['volume'],
+        price_change=price_change,
+        rsi=rsi[-1],
+        cash=cash
+    )
+
+    # We are trying to avoid over-trading by limiting our trades to
+    # one per day.
+    if context.traded_today:
+        return
+
+    # Since we are using limit orders, some orders may not execute immediately
+    # we wait until all orders are executed before considering more trades.
+    orders = get_open_orders(context.neo_eth)
+    if len(orders) > 0:
+        return
+
+    # Exit if we cannot trade
+    if not data.can_trade(context.neo_eth):
+        return
+
+    # Another powerful built-in feature of the Catalyst backtester is the
+    # portfolio object.  The portfolio object tracks your positions, cash,
+    # cost basis of specific holdings, and more.  In this line, we calculate
+    # how long or short our position is at this minute.   
+    pos_amount = context.portfolio.positions[context.neo_eth].amount
+
+    if rsi[-1] <= context.RSI_OVERSOLD and pos_amount == 0:
+        log.info(
+            '{}: buying - price: {}, rsi: {}'.format(
+                data.current_dt, price, rsi[-1]
+            )
+        )
+        # Set a style for limit orders,
+        limit_price = price * 1.005
+        order_target_percent(
+            context.neo_eth, 1, limit_price=limit_price
+        )
+        context.traded_today = True
+
+    elif rsi[-1] >= context.RSI_OVERBOUGHT and pos_amount > 0:
+        log.info(
+            '{}: selling - price: {}, rsi: {}'.format(
+                data.current_dt, price, rsi[-1]
+            )
+        )
+        limit_price = price * 0.995
+        order_target_percent(
+            context.neo_eth, 0, limit_price=limit_price
+        )
+        context.traded_today = True
+
+
+def analyze(context=None, perf=None):
+    end = time.time()
+    log.info('elapsed time: {}'.format(end - context.start_time))
+
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    # The base currency of the algo exchange
+    base_currency = context.exchanges.values()[0].base_currency.upper()
+
+    # Plot the portfolio value over time.
+    ax1 = plt.subplot(611)
+    perf.loc[:, 'portfolio_value'].plot(ax=ax1)
+    ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+    # Plot the price increase or decrease over time.
+    ax2 = plt.subplot(612, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, 'price'].plot(ax=ax2, label='Price')
+
+    ax2.set_ylabel('{asset} ({base})'.format(
+        asset=context.neo_eth.symbol, base=base_currency
+    ))
+
+    transaction_df = extract_transactions(perf)
+    if not transaction_df.empty:
+        buy_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] > 0]
+        sell_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] < 0]
+        ax2.scatter(
+            buy_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[buy_df.index.floor('1 min'), 'price'],
+            marker='^',
+            s=100,
+            c='green',
+            label=''
+        )
+        ax2.scatter(
+            sell_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[sell_df.index.floor('1 min'), 'price'],
+            marker='v',
+            s=100,
+            c='red',
+            label=''
+        )
+
+    ax4 = plt.subplot(613, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, 'cash'].plot(
+        ax=ax4, label='Base Currency ({})'.format(base_currency)
+    )
+    ax4.set_ylabel('Cash ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+    perf['algorithm'] = perf.loc[:, 'algorithm_period_return']
+
+    ax5 = plt.subplot(614, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, ['algorithm', 'price_change']].plot(ax=ax5)
+    ax5.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+
+    ax6 = plt.subplot(615, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, 'rsi'].plot(ax=ax6, label='RSI')
+    ax6.axhline(70, color='darkgoldenrod')
+    ax6.axhline(30, color='darkgoldenrod')
+
+    if not transaction_df.empty:
+        ax6.scatter(
+            buy_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[buy_df.index.floor('1 min'), 'rsi'],
+            marker='^',
+            s=100,
+            c='green',
+            label=''
+        )
+        ax6.scatter(
+            sell_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[sell_df.index.floor('1 min'), 'rsi'],
+            marker='v',
+            s=100,
+            c='red',
+            label=''
+        )
+    plt.legend(loc=3)
+
+    # Show the plot.
+    plt.gcf().set_size_inches(18, 8)
+    plt.show()
+    pass
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # The execution mode: backtest or live
+    MODE = 'backtest'
+
+    if MODE == 'backtest':
+        folder = os.path.join(
+            tempfile.gettempdir(), 'catalyst', NAMESPACE
+        )
+        ensure_directory(folder)
+
+        timestr = time.strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
+        out = os.path.join(folder, '{}.p'.format(timestr))
+        # catalyst run -f catalyst/examples/mean_reversion_simple.py -x poloniex -s 2017-10-1 -e 2017-11-10 -c usdt -n mean-reversion --data-frequency minute --capital-base 10000
+        run_algorithm(
+            capital_base=10000,
+            data_frequency='minute',
+            initialize=initialize,
+            handle_data=handle_data,
+            analyze=analyze,
+            exchange_name='bitfinex',
+            algo_namespace=NAMESPACE,
+            base_currency='usd',
+            start=pd.to_datetime('2017-10-01', utc=True),
+            end=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-10', utc=True),
+            output=out
+        )
+        log.info('saved perf stats: {}'.format(out))
+
+    elif MODE == 'live':
+        run_algorithm(
+            capital_base=0.5,
+            initialize=initialize,
+            handle_data=handle_data,
+            analyze=analyze,
+            exchange_name='bittrex',
+            live=True,
+            algo_namespace=NAMESPACE,
+            base_currency='eth',
+            live_graph=False
+        )

catalyst/examples/rsi_profit_target.py

@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import pandas as pd
+import numpy as np
+import talib
+from logbook import Logger
+
+from catalyst.api import (
+    order,
+    symbol,
+    record,
+    get_open_orders,
+)
+from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import crossover, crossunder
+from catalyst.utils.run_algo import run_algorithm
+
+algo_namespace = 'rsi'
+log = Logger(algo_namespace)
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    log.info('initializing algo')
+    context.asset = symbol('eth_btc')
+    context.base_price = None
+
+    context.MAX_HOLDINGS = 0.2
+    context.RSI_OVERSOLD = 30
+    context.RSI_OVERSOLD_BBANDS = 45
+    context.RSI_OVERBOUGHT_BBANDS = 55
+    context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED = 0.03
+
+    context.TARGET = 0.15
+    context.STOP_LOSS = 0.1
+    context.STOP = 0.03
+    context.position = None
+
+    context.last_bar = None
+
+    context.errors = []
+    pass
+
+
+def _handle_buy_sell_decision(context, data, signal, price):
+    orders = get_open_orders(context.asset)
+    if len(orders) > 0:
+        log.info('skipping bar until all open orders execute')
+        return
+
+    positions = context.portfolio.positions
+    if context.position is None and context.asset in positions:
+        position = positions[context.asset]
+        context.position = dict(
+            cost_basis=position['cost_basis'],
+            amount=position['amount'],
+            stop=None
+        )
+
+    action = None
+    if context.position is not None:
+        cost_basis = context.position['cost_basis']
+        amount = context.position['amount']
+        log.info(
+            'found {amount} positions with cost basis {cost_basis}'.format(
+                amount=amount,
+                cost_basis=cost_basis
+            )
+        )
+        stop = context.position['stop']
+
+        target = cost_basis * (1 + context.TARGET)
+        if price >= target:
+            context.position['cost_basis'] = price
+            context.position['stop'] = context.STOP
+
+        stop_target = context.STOP_LOSS if stop is None else context.STOP
+        if price < cost_basis * (1 - stop_target):
+            log.info('executing stop loss')
+            order(
+                asset=context.asset,
+                amount=-amount,
+                limit_price=price * (1 - context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED),
+            )
+            action = 0
+            context.position = None
+
+    else:
+        if signal == 'long':
+            log.info('opening position')
+            buy_amount = context.MAX_HOLDINGS / price
+            order(
+                asset=context.asset,
+                amount=buy_amount,
+                limit_price=price * (1 + context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED),
+            )
+            context.position = dict(
+                cost_basis=price,
+                amount=buy_amount,
+                stop=None
+            )
+            action = 0
+
+
+def _handle_data_rsi_only(context, data):
+    price = data.current(context.asset, 'close')
+    log.info('got price {price}'.format(price=price))
+
+    if price is np.nan:
+        log.warn('no pricing data')
+        return
+
+    if context.base_price is None:
+        context.base_price = price
+
+    try:
+        prices = data.history(
+            context.asset,
+            fields='price',
+            bar_count=17,
+            frequency='30T'
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.warn('historical data not available: '.format(e))
+        return
+
+    rsi = talib.RSI(prices.values, timeperiod=16)[-1]
+    log.info('got rsi {}'.format(rsi))
+
+    signal = None
+    if rsi < context.RSI_OVERSOLD:
+        signal = 'long'
+
+    # Making sure that the price is still current
+    price = data.current(context.asset, 'close')
+    cash = context.portfolio.cash
+    log.info(
+        'base currency available: {cash}, cap: {cap}'.format(
+            cash=cash,
+            cap=context.MAX_HOLDINGS
+        )
+    )
+    volume = data.current(context.asset, 'volume')
+    price_change = (price - context.base_price) / context.base_price
+    record(
+        price=price,
+        price_change=price_change,
+        rsi=rsi,
+        volume=volume,
+        cash=cash,
+        starting_cash=context.portfolio.starting_cash,
+        leverage=context.account.leverage,
+    )
+
+    _handle_buy_sell_decision(context, data, signal, price)
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    dt = data.current_dt
+
+    if context.last_bar is None or (
+                context.last_bar + timedelta(minutes=15)) <= dt:
+        context.last_bar = dt
+    else:
+        return
+
+    log.info('BAR {}'.format(dt))
+    try:
+        _handle_data_rsi_only(context, data)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.warn('aborting the bar on error {}'.format(e))
+        context.errors.append(e)
+
+    if len(context.errors) > 0:
+        log.info('the errors:\n{}'.format(context.errors))
+
+
+def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+    base_currency = context.exchanges.values()[0].base_currency.upper()
+    # Plot the portfolio and asset data.
+    ax1 = plt.subplot(611)
+    results.loc[:, 'portfolio_value'].plot(ax=ax1)
+    ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+    ax2 = plt.subplot(612, sharex=ax1)
+    results.loc[:, 'price'].plot(ax=ax2)
+    ax2.set_ylabel('{asset} ({base})'.format(
+        asset=context.asset.symbol, base=base_currency
+    ))
+
+    trans = results.loc[[t != [] for t in results.transactions], :]
+    buys = trans.loc[[t[0]['amount'] > 0 for t in trans.transactions], :]
+    sells = trans.loc[[t[0]['amount'] < 0 for t in trans.transactions], :]
+    # buys = results.loc[results['action'] == 1, :]
+    # sells = results.loc[results['action'] == 0, :]
+
+    ax2.plot(
+        buys.index,
+        results.loc[buys.index, 'price'],
+        '^',
+        markersize=10,
+        color='g',
+    )
+    ax2.plot(
+        sells.index,
+        results.loc[sells.index, 'price'],
+        'v',
+        markersize=10,
+        color='r',
+    )
+
+    ax3 = plt.subplot(613, sharex=ax1)
+    results.loc[:, ['alpha', 'beta']].plot(ax=ax3)
+    ax3.set_ylabel('Alpha / Beta ')
+
+    ax4 = plt.subplot(614, sharex=ax1)
+    results.loc[:, ['starting_cash', 'cash']].plot(ax=ax4)
+    ax4.set_ylabel('Base Currency ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+    results['algorithm'] = results.loc[:, 'algorithm_period_return']
+
+    ax5 = plt.subplot(615, sharex=ax1)
+    results.loc[:, ['algorithm', 'price_change']].plot(ax=ax5)
+    ax5.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+
+    ax6 = plt.subplot(616, sharex=ax1)
+    results.loc[:, 'rsi'].plot(ax=ax6)
+    ax6.set_ylabel('RSI')
+
+    ax6.plot(
+        buys.index,
+        results.loc[buys.index, 'rsi'],
+        '^',
+        markersize=10,
+        color='g',
+    )
+    ax6.plot(
+        sells.index,
+        results.loc[sells.index, 'rsi'],
+        'v',
+        markersize=10,
+        color='r',
+    )
+
+    plt.legend(loc=3)
+
+    # Show the plot.
+    plt.gcf().set_size_inches(18, 8)
+    plt.show()
+    pass
+
+
+# run_algorithm(
+#     initialize=initialize,
+#     handle_data=handle_data,
+#     analyze=analyze,
+#     exchange_name='bittrex',
+#     live=True,
+#     algo_namespace=algo_namespace,
+#     base_currency='btc',
+#     live_graph=False
+# )
+
+# Backtest
+run_algorithm(
+    capital_base=0.5,
+    data_frequency='minute',
+    initialize=initialize,
+    handle_data=handle_data,
+    analyze=analyze,
+    exchange_name='poloniex',
+    algo_namespace=algo_namespace,
+    base_currency='btc',
+    start=pd.to_datetime('2017-9-1', utc=True),
+    end=pd.to_datetime('2017-10-1', utc=True),
+)

catalyst/examples/simple_loop.py

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-import pandas as pd
 import talib
+import pandas as pd
 
 from catalyst import run_algorithm
-from catalyst.api import symbol
+from catalyst.api import symbol, record
+from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import get_pretty_stats, \
+    extract_transactions
 
 
 def initialize(context):
     print('initializing')
-    context.asset = symbol('xrp_btc')
+    context.asset = symbol('neo_usd')
+    context.base_price = None
 
 
 def handle_data(context, data):
@@ -16,36 +19,115 @@ def handle_data(context, data):
     price = data.current(context.asset, 'close')
     print('got price {price}'.format(price=price))
 
-    prices = data.history(
+    try:
-        context.asset,
+        prices = data.history(
-        fields='price',
+            context.asset,
-        bar_count=15,
+            fields='price',
-        frequency='1d'
+            bar_count=14,
+            frequency='15T'
+        )
+        rsi = talib.RSI(prices.values, timeperiod=14)[-1]
+        print('got rsi: {}'.format(rsi))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+    # If base_price is not set, we use the current value. This is the
+    # price at the first bar which we reference to calculate price_change.
+    if context.base_price is None:
+        context.base_price = price
+
+    price_change = (price - context.base_price) / context.base_price
+    cash = context.portfolio.cash
+
+    # Now that we've collected all current data for this frame, we use
+    # the record() method to save it. This data will be available as
+    # a parameter of the analyze() function for further analysis.
+    record(
+        price=price,
+        price_change=price_change,
+        cash=cash
     )
-    rsi = talib.RSI(prices.values, timeperiod=14)[-1]
+
-    print('got rsi: {}'.format(rsi))
+
+def analyze(context, perf):
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    print('the stats: {}'.format(get_pretty_stats(perf)))
+
+    # The base currency of the algo exchange
+    base_currency = context.exchanges.values()[0].base_currency.upper()
+
+    # Plot the portfolio value over time.
+    ax1 = plt.subplot(611)
+    perf.loc[:, 'portfolio_value'].plot(ax=ax1)
+    ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+    # Plot the price increase or decrease over time.
+    ax2 = plt.subplot(612, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, 'price'].plot(ax=ax2, label='Price')
+
+    ax2.set_ylabel('{asset} ({base})'.format(
+        asset=context.asset.symbol, base=base_currency
+    ))
+
+    transaction_df = extract_transactions(perf)
+    if not transaction_df.empty:
+        buy_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] > 0]
+        sell_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] < 0]
+        ax2.scatter(
+            buy_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[buy_df.index, 'price'],
+            marker='^',
+            s=100,
+            c='green',
+            label=''
+        )
+        ax2.scatter(
+            sell_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+            perf.loc[sell_df.index, 'price'],
+            marker='v',
+            s=100,
+            c='red',
+            label=''
+        )
+
+    ax4 = plt.subplot(613, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, 'cash'].plot(
+        ax=ax4, label='Base Currency ({})'.format(base_currency)
+    )
+    ax4.set_ylabel('Cash ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+    perf['algorithm'] = perf.loc[:, 'algorithm_period_return']
+
+    ax5 = plt.subplot(614, sharex=ax1)
+    perf.loc[:, ['algorithm', 'price_change']].plot(ax=ax5)
+    ax5.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+
+    plt.legend(loc=3)
+
+    # Show the plot.
+    plt.gcf().set_size_inches(18, 8)
+    plt.show()
     pass
 
 
+run_algorithm(
+    capital_base=250,
+    start=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-1 0:00', utc=True),
+    end=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-10 23:59', utc=True),
+    data_frequency='daily',
+    initialize=initialize,
+    handle_data=handle_data,
+    analyze=analyze,
+    exchange_name='bitfinex',
+    algo_namespace='simple_loop',
+    base_currency='usd'
+)
 # run_algorithm(
-#     capital_base=250,
-#     start=pd.to_datetime('2015-08-01', utc=True),
-#     end=pd.to_datetime('2017-9-30', utc=True),
-#     data_frequency='daily',
 #     initialize=initialize,
 #     handle_data=handle_data,
 #     analyze=None,
 #     exchange_name='poloniex',
+#     live=True,
 #     algo_namespace='simple_loop',
-#     base_currency='eth'
+#     base_currency='eth',
-# )
+#     live_graph=False
-run_algorithm(
-    initialize=initialize,
-    handle_data=handle_data,
-    analyze=None,
-    exchange_name='bitfinex',
-    live=True,
-    algo_namespace='simple_loop',
-    base_currency='eth',
-    live_graph=False
-)

catalyst/examples/simple_universe.py

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""
+Requires Catalyst version 0.3.0 or above
+Tested on Catalyst version 0.3.3
+
+These example aims to provide and easy way for users to learn how to collect data from the different exchanges.
+You simply need to specify the exchange and the market that you want to focus on.
+You will all see how to create a universe and filter it base on the exchange and the market you desire.
+
+The example prints out the closing price of all the pairs for a given market-exchange every 30 minutes.
+The example also contains the ohlcv minute data for the past seven days which could be used to create indicators
+Use this as the backbone to create your own trading strategies.
+
+Variables lookback date and date are used to ensure data for a coin existed on the lookback period specified.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+from datetime import timedelta
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols
+
+from catalyst.api import (
+    symbols,
+)
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    context.i = -1  # counts the minutes
+    context.exchange = context.exchanges.values()[0].name.lower()  # exchange name
+    context.base_currency = context.exchanges.values()[0].base_currency.lower()  # market base currency
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    context.i += 1
+    lookback_days = 7  # 7 days
+
+    # current date formatted into a string
+    today = data.current_dt
+    date, time = today.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').split(' ')
+    lookback_date = today - timedelta(days=lookback_days)  # subtract the amount of days specified in lookback
+    lookback_date = lookback_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').split(' ')[0]  # get only the date as a string
+
+    # update universe everyday
+    new_day = 60 * 24  # assuming data_frequency='minute'
+    if not context.i % new_day:
+        context.universe = universe(context, lookback_date, date)
+
+    # get data every 30 minutes
+    minutes = 30
+    one_day_in_minutes = 1440  # 1440 assumes data_frequency='minute'
+    lookback = one_day_in_minutes / minutes * lookback_days  # get N lookback_days of history data
+    if not context.i % minutes and context.universe:
+        # we iterate for every pair in the current universe
+        for coin in context.coins:
+            pair = str(coin.symbol)
+
+            # 30 minute interval ohlcv data (the standard data required for candlestick or indicators/signals)
+            # 30T means 30 minutes re-sampling of one minute data. change to your desire time interval.
+            opened = fill(data.history(coin, 'open', bar_count=lookback, frequency='30T')).values
+            high = fill(data.history(coin, 'high', bar_count=lookback, frequency='30T')).values
+            low = fill(data.history(coin, 'low', bar_count=lookback, frequency='30T')).values
+            close = fill(data.history(coin, 'price', bar_count=lookback, frequency='30T')).values
+            volume = fill(data.history(coin, 'volume', bar_count=lookback, frequency='30T')).values
+
+            # close[-1] is the equivalent to current price
+            # displays the minute price for each pair every 30 minutes
+            print(today, pair, opened[-1], high[-1], low[-1], close[-1], volume[-1])
+
+            # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+            # -------------------------------------- Insert Your Strategy Here -----------------------------------------
+            # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+    pass
+
+
+# Get the universe for a given exchange and a given base_currency market
+# Example: Poloniex BTC Market
+def universe(context, lookback_date, current_date):
+    json_symbols = get_exchange_symbols(context.exchange)  # get all the pairs for the exchange
+    universe_df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(json_symbols).transpose().astype(str)  # convert into a dataframe
+    universe_df['base_currency'] = universe_df.apply(lambda row: row.symbol.split('_')[1],
+                                                                       axis=1)
+    universe_df['market_currency'] = universe_df.apply(lambda row: row.symbol.split('_')[0],
+                                                                         axis=1)
+
+    # Filter all the exchange pairs to only the ones for a give base currency
+    universe_df = universe_df[universe_df['base_currency'] == context.base_currency]
+
+    # Filter all the pairs to ensure that pair existed in the current date range
+    universe_df = universe_df[universe_df.start_date < lookback_date]
+    universe_df = universe_df[universe_df.end_daily >= current_date]
+    context.coins = symbols(*universe_df.symbol)  # convert all the pairs to symbols
+
+    # print(universe_df.symbol.tolist())
+    return universe_df.symbol.tolist()
+
+
+# Replace all NA, NAN or infinite values with its nearest value
+def fill(series):
+    if isinstance(series, pd.Series):
+        return series.replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan).ffill().bfill()
+    elif isinstance(series, np.ndarray):
+        return pd.Series(series).replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan).ffill().bfill().values
+    else:
+        return series
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    start_date = pd.to_datetime('2017-11-10', utc=True)
+    end_date = pd.to_datetime('2017-11-13', utc=True)
+
+    performance = run_algorithm(start=start_date, end=end_date,
+                                capital_base=100.0,  # amount of base_currency, not always in dollars unless usd
+                                initialize=initialize,
+                                handle_data=handle_data,
+                                analyze=analyze,
+                                exchange_name='bitfinex',
+                                data_frequency='minute',
+                                base_currency='btc',
+                                live=False,
+                                live_graph=False,
+                                algo_namespace='simple_universe')
+
+"""
+Run in Terminal (inside catalyst environment):
+python simple_universe.py
+"""

catalyst/examples/talib_simple.py

@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+# Run Command
+# catalyst run --start 2017-1-1 --end 2017-11-1 -o talib_simple.pickle -f talib_simple.py -x poloniex
+# 
+# Description
+# Simple TALib Example showing how to use various indicators in you strategy
+# Based loosly on https://github.com/mellertson/talib-macd-example/blob/master/talib-macd-matplotlib-example.py
+
+import os
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+import talib as ta
+from logbook import Logger
+from matplotlib.dates import date2num
+from matplotlib.finance import candlestick_ohlc
+
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.api import (
+    order,
+    order_target_percent,
+    symbol,
+)
+from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import get_pretty_stats
+
+algo_namespace = 'talib_sample'
+log = Logger(algo_namespace)
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    log.info('Starting TALib Simple Example')
+
+    context.ASSET_NAME = 'BTC_USDT'
+    context.asset = symbol(context.ASSET_NAME)
+
+    context.ORDER_SIZE = 10
+    context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED = 0.05
+
+    context.swallow_errors = True
+    context.errors = []
+
+    # Bars to look at per iteration should be bigger than SMA_SLOW
+    context.BARS = 365
+    context.COUNT = 0
+
+    # Technical Analysis Settings
+    context.SMA_FAST = 50
+    context.SMA_SLOW = 100
+    context.RSI_PERIOD = 14
+    context.RSI_OVER_BOUGHT = 80
+    context.RSI_OVER_SOLD = 20
+    context.RSI_AVG_PERIOD = 15
+    context.MACD_FAST = 12
+    context.MACD_SLOW = 26
+    context.MACD_SIGNAL = 9
+    context.STOCH_K = 14
+    context.STOCH_D = 3
+    context.STOCH_OVER_BOUGHT = 80
+    context.STOCH_OVER_SOLD = 20
+
+    pass
+
+
+def _handle_data(context, data):
+    # Get price, open, high, low, close
+    prices = data.history(
+        context.asset,
+        bar_count=context.BARS,
+        fields=['price', 'open', 'high', 'low', 'close'],
+        frequency='1d')
+
+    # Create a analysis data frame
+    analysis = pd.DataFrame(index=prices.index)
+
+    # SMA FAST
+    analysis['sma_f'] = ta.SMA(prices.close.as_matrix(), context.SMA_FAST)
+    # SMA SLOW
+    analysis['sma_s'] = ta.SMA(prices.close.as_matrix(), context.SMA_SLOW)
+
+    # Relative Strength Index
+    analysis['rsi'] = ta.RSI(prices.close.as_matrix(), context.RSI_PERIOD)
+    # RSI SMA
+    analysis['sma_r'] = ta.SMA(analysis.rsi.as_matrix(),
+                               context.RSI_AVG_PERIOD)
+
+    # MACD, MACD Signal, MACD Histogram
+    analysis['macd'], analysis['macdSignal'], analysis['macdHist'] = ta.MACD(
+        prices.close.as_matrix(), fastperiod=context.MACD_FAST,
+        slowperiod=context.MACD_SLOW, signalperiod=context.MACD_SIGNAL)
+
+    # Stochastics %K %D 
+    # %K = (Current Close - Lowest Low)/(Highest High - Lowest Low) * 100
+    # %D = 3-day SMA of %K
+    analysis['stoch_k'], analysis['stoch_d'] = ta.STOCH(
+        prices.high.as_matrix(), prices.low.as_matrix(),
+        prices.close.as_matrix(), slowk_period=context.STOCH_K,
+        slowd_period=context.STOCH_D)
+
+    # SMA FAST over SLOW Crossover
+    analysis['sma_test'] = np.where(analysis.sma_f > analysis.sma_s, 1, 0)
+
+    # MACD over Signal Crossover
+    analysis['macd_test'] = np.where((analysis.macd > analysis.macdSignal), 1,
+                                     0)
+
+    # Stochastics OVER BOUGHT & Decreasing
+    analysis['stoch_over_bought'] = np.where(
+        (analysis.stoch_k > context.STOCH_OVER_BOUGHT) & (
+            analysis.stoch_k > analysis.stoch_k.shift(1)), 1, 0)
+
+    # Stochastics OVER SOLD & Increasing
+    analysis['stoch_over_sold'] = np.where(
+        (analysis.stoch_k < context.STOCH_OVER_SOLD) & (
+            analysis.stoch_k > analysis.stoch_k.shift(1)), 1, 0)
+
+    # RSI OVER BOUGHT & Decreasing
+    analysis['rsi_over_bought'] = np.where(
+        (analysis.rsi > context.RSI_OVER_BOUGHT) & (
+            analysis.rsi < analysis.rsi.shift(1)), 1, 0)
+
+    # RSI OVER SOLD & Increasing
+    analysis['rsi_over_sold'] = np.where(
+        (analysis.rsi < context.RSI_OVER_SOLD) & (
+            analysis.rsi > analysis.rsi.shift(1)), 1, 0)
+
+    # Save the prices and analysis to send to analyze
+    context.prices = prices
+    context.analysis = analysis
+    context.price = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
+
+    makeOrders(context, analysis)
+
+    # Log the values of this bar
+    logAnalysis(analysis)
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    log.info('handling bar {}'.format(data.current_dt))
+    try:
+        _handle_data(context, data)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.warn('aborting the bar on error {}'.format(e))
+        context.errors.append(e)
+
+    log.info('completed bar {}, total execution errors {}'.format(
+        data.current_dt,
+        len(context.errors)
+    ))
+
+    if len(context.errors) > 0:
+        log.info('the errors:\n{}'.format(context.errors))
+
+
+def analyze(context, results):
+    # Save results in CSV file
+    filename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename('talib_simple'))[0]
+    results.to_csv(filename + '.csv')
+
+    log.info('the daily stats:\n{}'.format(get_pretty_stats(results)))
+    chart(context, context.prices, context.analysis, results)
+    pass
+
+
+def makeOrders(context, analysis):
+    if context.asset in context.portfolio.positions:
+
+        # Current position
+        position = context.portfolio.positions[context.asset]
+
+        if (position == 0):
+            log.info('Position Zero')
+            return
+
+        # Cost Basis
+        cost_basis = position.cost_basis
+
+        log.info(
+            'Holdings: {amount} @ {cost_basis}'.format(
+                amount=position.amount,
+                cost_basis=cost_basis
+            )
+        )
+
+        # Sell when holding and got sell singnal
+        if isSell(context, analysis):
+            profit = (context.price * position.amount) - (
+                cost_basis * position.amount)
+            order_target_percent(
+                asset=context.asset,
+                target=0,
+                limit_price=context.price * (1 - context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED),
+            )
+            log.info(
+                'Sold {amount} @ {price} Profit: {profit}'.format(
+                    amount=position.amount,
+                    price=context.price,
+                    profit=profit
+                )
+            )
+        else:
+            log.info('no buy or sell opportunity found')
+    else:
+        # Buy when not holding and got buy signal
+        if isBuy(context, analysis):
+            order(
+                asset=context.asset,
+                amount=context.ORDER_SIZE,
+                limit_price=context.price * (1 + context.SLIPPAGE_ALLOWED)
+            )
+            log.info(
+                'Bought {amount} @ {price}'.format(
+                    amount=context.ORDER_SIZE,
+                    price=context.price
+                )
+            )
+
+
+def isBuy(context, analysis):
+    # Bullish SMA Crossover
+    if (getLast(analysis, 'sma_test') == 1):
+        # Bullish MACD
+        if (getLast(analysis, 'macd_test') == 1):
+            return True
+
+    # # Bullish Stochastics
+    # if(getLast(analysis, 'stoch_over_sold') == 1):
+    #     return True
+
+    # # Bullish RSI
+    # if(getLast(analysis, 'rsi_over_sold') == 1):
+    #     return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def isSell(context, analysis):
+    # Bearish SMA Crossover
+    if (getLast(analysis, 'sma_test') == 0):
+        # Bearish MACD
+        if (getLast(analysis, 'macd_test') == 0):
+            return True
+
+    # # Bearish Stochastics
+    # if(getLast(analysis, 'stoch_over_bought') == 0):
+    #     return True
+
+    # # Bearish RSI
+    # if(getLast(analysis, 'rsi_over_bought') == 0):
+    #     return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def chart(context, prices, analysis, results):
+    results.portfolio_value.plot()
+
+    # Data for matplotlib finance plot
+    dates = date2num(prices.index.to_pydatetime())
+
+    # Create the Open High Low Close Tuple
+    prices_ohlc = [tuple([dates[i],
+                          prices.open[i],
+                          prices.high[i],
+                          prices.low[i],
+                          prices.close[i]]) for i in range(len(dates))]
+
+    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(14, 18))
+
+    # Draw the candle sticks
+    ax1 = fig.add_subplot(411)
+    ax1.set_ylabel(context.ASSET_NAME, size=20)
+    candlestick_ohlc(ax1, prices_ohlc, width=0.4, colorup='g', colordown='r')
+
+    # Draw Moving Averages
+    analysis.sma_f.plot(ax=ax1, c='r')
+    analysis.sma_s.plot(ax=ax1, c='g')
+
+    # RSI
+    ax2 = fig.add_subplot(412)
+    ax2.set_ylabel('RSI', size=12)
+    analysis.rsi.plot(ax=ax2, c='g',
+                      label='Period: ' + str(context.RSI_PERIOD))
+    analysis.sma_r.plot(ax=ax2, c='r',
+                        label='MA: ' + str(context.RSI_AVG_PERIOD))
+    ax2.axhline(y=30, c='b')
+    ax2.axhline(y=50, c='black')
+    ax2.axhline(y=70, c='b')
+    ax2.set_ylim([0, 100])
+    handles, labels = ax2.get_legend_handles_labels()
+    ax2.legend(handles, labels)
+
+    # Draw MACD computed with Talib
+    ax3 = fig.add_subplot(413)
+    ax3.set_ylabel('MACD: ' + str(context.MACD_FAST) + ', ' + str(
+        context.MACD_SLOW) + ', ' + str(context.MACD_SIGNAL), size=12)
+    analysis.macd.plot(ax=ax3, color='b', label='Macd')
+    analysis.macdSignal.plot(ax=ax3, color='g', label='Signal')
+    analysis.macdHist.plot(ax=ax3, color='r', label='Hist')
+    ax3.axhline(0, lw=2, color='0')
+    handles, labels = ax3.get_legend_handles_labels()
+    ax3.legend(handles, labels)
+
+    # Stochastic plot
+    ax4 = fig.add_subplot(414)
+    ax4.set_ylabel('Stoch (k,d)', size=12)
+    analysis.stoch_k.plot(ax=ax4, label='stoch_k:' + str(context.STOCH_K),
+                          color='r')
+    analysis.stoch_d.plot(ax=ax4, label='stoch_d:' + str(context.STOCH_D),
+                          color='g')
+    handles, labels = ax4.get_legend_handles_labels()
+    ax4.legend(handles, labels)
+    ax4.axhline(y=20, c='b')
+    ax4.axhline(y=50, c='black')
+    ax4.axhline(y=80, c='b')
+
+    plt.show()
+
+
+def logAnalysis(analysis):
+    # Log only the last value in the array
+    log.info('- sma_f:          {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'sma_f')))
+    log.info('- sma_s:          {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'sma_s')))
+
+    log.info('- rsi:            {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'rsi')))
+    log.info('- sma_r:          {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'sma_r')))
+
+    log.info('- macd:           {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'macd')))
+    log.info(
+        '- macdSignal:     {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'macdSignal')))
+    log.info('- macdHist:       {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'macdHist')))
+
+    log.info('- stoch_k:        {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'stoch_k')))
+    log.info('- stoch_d:        {:.2f}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'stoch_d')))
+
+    log.info('- sma_test:       {}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'sma_test')))
+    log.info('- macd_test:      {}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'macd_test')))
+
+    log.info('- stoch_over_bought:   {}'.format(
+        getLast(analysis, 'stoch_over_bought')))
+    log.info(
+        '- stoch_over_sold:   {}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'stoch_over_sold')))
+
+    log.info('- rsi_over_bought:       {}'.format(
+        getLast(analysis, 'rsi_over_bought')))
+    log.info(
+        '- rsi_over_sold:       {}'.format(getLast(analysis, 'rsi_over_sold')))
+
+
+def getLast(arr, name):
+    return arr[name][arr[name].index[-1]]
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_algorithm(
+        capital_base=10000,
+        data_frequency='daily',
+        initialize=initialize,
+        handle_data=handle_data,
+        analyze=analyze,
+        exchange_name='poloniex',
+        base_currency='usdt',
+        start=pd.to_datetime('2016-11-1', utc=True),
+        end=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-10', utc=True),
+    )

catalyst/exchange/asset_finder_exchange.py

@@ -41,14 +41,15 @@ class AssetFinderExchange(object):
         SidsNotFound
             When a requested sid is not found and default_none=False.
         """
-        for sid in sids:
+        # for sid in sids:
-            if sid in self._asset_cache:
+        #     if sid in self._asset_cache:
-                log.debug('got asset from cache: {}'.format(sid))
+        #         log.debug('got asset from cache: {}'.format(sid))
-            else:
+        #     else:
-                log.debug('fetching asset: {}'.format(sid))
+        #         log.debug('fetching asset: {}'.format(sid))
         return list()
 
-    def lookup_symbol(self, symbol, exchange, as_of_date=None, fuzzy=False):
+    def lookup_symbol(self, symbol, exchange, data_frequency=None,
+                      as_of_date=None, fuzzy=False):
         """Lookup an asset by symbol.
 
         Parameters
@@ -84,10 +85,15 @@ class AssetFinderExchange(object):
         """
         log.debug('looking up symbol: {} {}'.format(symbol, exchange.name))
 
-        key = ','.join([exchange.name, symbol])
+        if data_frequency is not None:
+            key = ','.join([exchange.name, symbol, data_frequency])
+
+        else:
+            key = ','.join([exchange.name, symbol])
+
         if key in self._asset_cache:
             return self._asset_cache[key]
         else:
-            asset = exchange.get_asset(symbol)
+            asset = exchange.get_asset(symbol, data_frequency)
             self._asset_cache[key] = asset
             return asset

catalyst/exchange/bitfinex/bitfinex.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import (
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_execution import ExchangeLimitOrder, \
     ExchangeStopLimitOrder, ExchangeStopOrder
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols_filename, \
-    download_exchange_symbols
+    download_exchange_symbols, get_symbols_string
 from catalyst.finance.order import Order, ORDER_STATUS
 from catalyst.protocol import Account
 
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ class Bitfinex(Exchange):
         self.secret = secret.encode('UTF-8')
         self.name = 'bitfinex'
         self.color = 'green'
-        self.assets = {}
+
+        self.assets = dict()
         self.load_assets()
+
+        self.local_assets = dict()
+        self.load_assets(is_local=True)
+
         self.base_currency = base_currency
         self._portfolio = portfolio
         self.minute_writer = None
@@ -58,10 +63,10 @@ class Bitfinex(Exchange):
 
         # Max is 90 but playing it safe
         # https://www.bitfinex.com/posts/188
-        self.max_requests_per_minute = 80
+        self.max_requests_per_minute = 9
         self.request_cpt = dict()
 
-        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self)
+        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self.name)
 
     def _request(self, operation, data, version='v1'):
         payload_object = {
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ class Bitfinex(Exchange):
         # TODO: fetch account data and keep in cache
         return None
 
-    def get_candles(self, data_frequency, assets, bar_count=None,
+    def get_candles(self, freq, assets, bar_count=None,
                     start_dt=None, end_dt=None):
         """
         Retrieve OHLVC candles from Bitfinex
@@ -255,33 +260,40 @@ class Bitfinex(Exchange):
         '1m', '5m', '15m', '30m', '1h', '3h', '6h', '12h', '1D', '7D', '14D',
          '1M'
         """
+        log.debug(
+            'retrieving {bars} {freq} candles on {exchange} from '
+            '{end_dt} for markets {symbols}, '.format(
+                bars=bar_count,
+                freq=freq,
+                exchange=self.name,
+                end_dt=end_dt,
+                symbols=get_symbols_string(assets)
+            )
+        )
 
-        freq_match = re.match(r'([0-9].*)(m|h|d)', data_frequency, re.M | re.I)
+        allowed_frequencies = ['1T', '5T', '15T', '30T', '60T', '180T',
+                               '360T', '720T', '1D', '7D', '14D', '30D']
+        if freq not in allowed_frequencies:
+            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(frequency=freq)
+
+        freq_match = re.match(r'([0-9].*)(T|H|D)', freq, re.M | re.I)
         if freq_match:
             number = int(freq_match.group(1))
             unit = freq_match.group(2)
 
-            if unit == 'd':
+            if unit == 'T':
-                converted_unit = 'D'
+                if number in [60, 180, 360, 720]:
+                    number = number / 60
+                    converted_unit = 'h'
+                else:
+                    converted_unit = 'm'
             else:
                 converted_unit = unit
 
             frequency = '{}{}'.format(number, converted_unit)
-            allowed_frequencies = ['1m', '5m', '15m', '30m', '1h', '3h', '6h',
-                                   '12h', '1D', '7D', '14D', '1M']
 
-            if frequency not in allowed_frequencies:
-                raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(
-                    frequency=data_frequency
-                )
-        elif data_frequency == 'minute':
-            frequency = '1m'
-        elif data_frequency == 'daily':
-            frequency = '1D'
         else:
-            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(
+            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(frequency=freq)
-                frequency=data_frequency
-            )
 
         # Making sure that assets are iterable
         asset_list = [assets] if isinstance(assets, TradingPair) else assets
@@ -574,10 +586,9 @@ class Bitfinex(Exchange):
     def generate_symbols_json(self, filename=None, source_dates=False):
         symbol_map = {}
 
-        if not source_dates:
+        fn, r = download_exchange_symbols(self.name)
-            fn, r = download_exchange_symbols(self.name)
+        with open(fn) as data_file:
-            with open(fn) as data_file:
+            cached_symbols = json.load(data_file)
-                cached_symbols = json.load(data_file)
 
         response = self._request('symbols', None)
 
@@ -631,6 +642,7 @@ class Bitfinex(Exchange):
 
         try:
             self.ask_request()
+            time.sleep(60 / self.max_requests_per_minute)
             response = requests.get(url)
         except Exception as e:
             raise ExchangeRequestError(error=e)
@@ -642,7 +654,7 @@ class Bitfinex(Exchange):
             +/- 31 days
         """
         if (len(response.json())):
-            startmonth = response.json()[-1][0]
+            startmonth = int(response.json()[-1][0])
         else:
             startmonth = int((time.time() - 15 * 24 * 3600) * 1000)
 

catalyst/exchange/bittrex/bittrex.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import time
 
 import pandas as pd
 from catalyst.assets._assets import TradingPair
@@ -13,10 +14,12 @@ from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import InvalidHistoryFrequencyError, \
     ExchangeRequestError, InvalidOrderStyle, OrderNotFound, OrderCancelError, \
     CreateOrderError
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols_filename, \
-    download_exchange_symbols
+    download_exchange_symbols, get_symbols_string
 from catalyst.finance.execution import LimitOrder, StopLimitOrder
 from catalyst.finance.order import Order, ORDER_STATUS
 
+# TODO: consider using this: https://github.com/mondeja/bittrex_v2
+
 log = Logger('Bittrex', level=LOG_LEVEL)
 
 URL2 = 'https://bittrex.com/Api/v2.0'
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ URL2 = 'https://bittrex.com/Api/v2.0'
 
 class Bittrex(Exchange):
     def __init__(self, key, secret, base_currency, portfolio=None):
-        self.api = Bittrex_api(key=key, secret=secret.encode('UTF-8'))
+        self.api = Bittrex_api(key=key, secret=secret)
         self.name = 'bittrex'
         self.color = 'blue'
         self.base_currency = base_currency
@@ -43,7 +46,10 @@ class Bittrex(Exchange):
         self.assets = dict()
         self.load_assets()
 
-        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self)
+        self.local_assets = dict()
+        self.load_assets(is_local=True)
+
+        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self.name)
 
     @property
     def account(self):
@@ -65,10 +71,10 @@ class Bittrex(Exchange):
         return exchange_symbol.lower()
 
     def get_balances(self):
+        balances = self.api.getbalances()
         try:
             log.debug('retrieving wallet balances')
             self.ask_request()
-            balances = self.api.getbalances()
 
         except Exception as e:
             raise ExchangeRequestError(error=e)
@@ -207,44 +213,59 @@ class Bittrex(Exchange):
                 error=status['message']
             )
 
-    def get_candles(self, data_frequency, assets, bar_count=None,
+    def get_candles(self, freq, assets, bar_count=None,
-                    start_date=None):
+                    start_dt=None, end_dt=None):
         """
         Supported Intervals
         -------------------
         day, oneMin, fiveMin, thirtyMin, hour
 
-        :param data_frequency:
+        :param freq:
         :param assets:
         :param bar_count:
+        :param start_dt
+        :param end_dt
         :return:
         """
-        log.info('retrieving candles')
 
-        if data_frequency == 'minute' or data_frequency == '1m':
+        # TODO: this has no effect at the moment
+        if end_dt is None:
+            end_dt = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
+
+        log.debug(
+            'retrieving {bars} {freq} candles on {exchange} from '
+            '{end_dt} for markets {symbols}, '.format(
+                bars=bar_count,
+                freq=freq,
+                exchange=self.name,
+                end_dt=end_dt,
+                symbols=get_symbols_string(assets)
+            )
+        )
+
+        if freq == '1T':
             frequency = 'oneMin'
-        elif data_frequency == '5m':
+        elif freq == '5T':
             frequency = 'fiveMin'
-        elif data_frequency == '30m':
+        elif freq == '30T':
             frequency = 'thirtyMin'
-        elif data_frequency == '1h':
+        elif freq == '60T':
             frequency = 'hour'
-        elif data_frequency == 'daily' or data_frequency == '1D':
+        elif freq == '1D':
             frequency = 'day'
         else:
-            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(
+            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(frequency=freq)
-                frequency=data_frequency
-            )
 
         # Making sure that assets are iterable
         asset_list = [assets] if isinstance(assets, TradingPair) else assets
-        ohlc_map = dict()
         for asset in asset_list:
+            end = int(time.mktime(end_dt.timetuple()))
             url = '{url}/pub/market/GetTicks?marketName={symbol}' \
-                  '&tickInterval={frequency}&_=1499127220008'.format(
+                  '&tickInterval={frequency}&_={end}'.format(
                 url=URL2,
                 symbol=self.get_symbol(asset),
-                frequency=frequency
+                frequency=frequency,
+                end=end
             )
 
             try:
@@ -272,9 +293,11 @@ class Bittrex(Exchange):
                 return ohlc
 
             ordered_candles = list(reversed(candles))
+            ohlc_map = dict()
             if bar_count is None:
                 ohlc_map[asset] = ohlc_from_candle(ordered_candles[0])
             else:
+                # TODO: optimize
                 ohlc_bars = []
                 for candle in ordered_candles[:bar_count]:
                     ohlc = ohlc_from_candle(candle)

catalyst/exchange/bittrex/bittrex_api.py

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import json
 import time
 import hmac
 import hashlib
-
+import ssl
-from six.moves import urllib
 
 # Workaround for backwards compatibility
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3745771/urllib-request-in-python-2-7
+from six.moves import urllib
+
 urlopen = urllib.request.urlopen
 
 
@@ -39,13 +40,17 @@ class Bittrex_api(object):
         if method not in self.public:
             url += '&apikey=' + self.key
             url += '&nonce=' + str(int(time.time()))
-            signature = hmac.new(self.secret, url, hashlib.sha512).hexdigest()
+
+            signature = hmac.new(self.secret.encode('utf-8'),
+                                 url.encode('utf-8'),
+                                 hashlib.sha512).hexdigest()
             headers = {'apisign': signature}
         else:
             headers = {}
 
         req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers)
-        response = json.loads(urlopen(req).read())
+        response = json.loads(urlopen(
+            req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context()).read())
 
         if response["result"]:
             return response["result"]

catalyst/exchange/bundle_utils.py

@@ -6,23 +6,45 @@ from datetime import timedelta, datetime, date
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import pytz
+from catalyst.assets._assets import TradingPair
 
-from catalyst.data.bundles import from_bundle_ingest_dirname
 from catalyst.data.bundles.core import download_without_progress
-from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import NoDataAvailableOnExchange
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_bundles_folder, \
-from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_bundles_folder
+    get_exchange_symbols
-from catalyst.utils.deprecate import deprecated
-from catalyst.utils.paths import data_path
 
 EXCHANGE_NAMES = ['bitfinex', 'bittrex', 'poloniex']
 API_URL = 'http://data.enigma.co/api/v1'
 
 
 def get_date_from_ms(ms):
+    """
+    The date from the number of miliseconds from the epoch.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    ms: int
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    datetime
+
+    """
     return datetime.fromtimestamp(ms / 1000.0)
 
 
 def get_seconds_from_date(date):
+    """
+    The number of seconds from the epoch.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    date: datetime
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    int
+
+    """
     epoch = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0)
     epoch = epoch.replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
 
@@ -33,16 +55,19 @@ def get_bcolz_chunk(exchange_name, symbol, data_frequency, period):
     """
     Download and extract a bcolz bundle.
 
-    :param exchange_name:
+    Parameters
-    :param symbol:
+    ----------
-    :param data_frequency:
+    exchange_name: str
-    :param period:
+    symbol: str
-    :return:
+    data_frequency: str
+    period: str
 
-    Note:
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
         Filename: bitfinex-daily-neo_eth-2017-10.tar.gz
-    """
 
+    """
     root = get_exchange_bundles_folder(exchange_name)
     name = '{exchange}-{frequency}-{symbol}-{period}'.format(
         exchange=exchange_name,
@@ -67,113 +92,189 @@ def get_bcolz_chunk(exchange_name, symbol, data_frequency, period):
 
 
 def get_delta(periods, data_frequency):
+    """
+    Get a time delta based on the specified data frequency.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    periods: int
+    data_frequency: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    timedelta
+
+    """
     return timedelta(minutes=periods) \
         if data_frequency == 'minute' else timedelta(days=periods)
 
 
-def get_periods_range(start_dt, end_dt, data_frequency):
+def get_periods_range(start_dt, end_dt, freq):
-    freq = 'T' if data_frequency == 'minute' else 'D'
+    """
+    Get a date range for the specified parameters.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    start_dt: datetime
+    end_dt: datetime
+    freq: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    DateTimeIndex
+
+    """
+    if freq == 'minute':
+        freq = 'T'
+
+    elif freq == 'daily':
+        freq = 'D'
 
     return pd.date_range(start_dt, end_dt, freq=freq)
 
 
-def get_periods(start_dt, end_dt, data_frequency):
+def get_periods(start_dt, end_dt, freq):
-    delta = end_dt - start_dt
+    """
+    The number of periods in the specified range.
 
-    if data_frequency == 'minute':
+    Parameters
-        delta_periods = delta.total_seconds() / 60
+    ----------
+    start_dt: datetime
+    end_dt: datetime
+    freq: str
 
-    elif data_frequency == 'daily':
+    Returns
-        delta_periods = delta.total_seconds() / 60 / 60 / 24
+    -------
+    int
 
-    else:
+    """
-        raise ValueError('frequency not supported')
+    return len(get_periods_range(start_dt, end_dt, freq))
-
-    return int(delta_periods)
 
 
-def get_start_dt(end_dt, bar_count, data_frequency):
+def get_start_dt(end_dt, bar_count, data_frequency, include_first=True):
+    """
+    The start date based on specified end date and data frequency.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    end_dt: datetime
+    bar_count: int
+    data_frequency: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    datetime
+
+    """
     periods = bar_count
     if periods > 1:
         delta = get_delta(periods, data_frequency)
         start_dt = end_dt - delta
+
+        if not include_first:
+            start_dt += get_delta(1, data_frequency)
     else:
         start_dt = end_dt
 
     return start_dt
 
 
-def get_adj_dates(start, end, assets, data_frequency):
+def get_period_label(dt, data_frequency):
     """
-    Contains a date range to the trading availability of the specified pairs.
+    The period label for the specified date and frequency.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dt: datetime
+    data_frequency: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
 
-    :param start:
-    :param end:
-    :param assets:
-    :param data_frequency:
-    :return:
     """
-    earliest_trade = None
+    return '{}-{:02d}'.format(dt.year, dt.month) if data_frequency == 'minute' \
-    last_entry = None
+        else '{}'.format(dt.year)
-    for asset in assets:
-        if earliest_trade is None or earliest_trade > asset.start_date:
-            earliest_trade = asset.start_date
-
-        end_asset = asset.end_minute if data_frequency == 'minute' else \
-            asset.end_daily
-        if end_asset is not None and \
-                (last_entry is None or end_asset > last_entry):
-            last_entry = end_asset
-
-    if start is None or earliest_trade > start:
-        start = earliest_trade
-
-    if end is None or (last_entry is not None and end > last_entry):
-        end = last_entry
-
-    if end is None or start >= end:
-        raise NoDataAvailableOnExchange(
-            exchange=asset.exchange.title(),
-            symbol=[asset.symbol.encode('utf-8')],
-            data_frequency=data_frequency,
-        )
-
-    return start, end
 
 
-def get_month_start_end(dt):
+def get_month_start_end(dt, first_day=None, last_day=None):
     """
-    Returns the first and last day of the month for the specified date.
+    The first and last day of the month for the specified date.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    dt: datetime
+    first_day: datetime
+    last_day: datetime
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    datetime, datetime
 
-    :param dt:
-    :return:
     """
     month_range = calendar.monthrange(dt.year, dt.month)
-    month_start = pd.to_datetime(datetime(
-        dt.year, dt.month, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0
-    ), utc=True)
 
-    month_end = pd.to_datetime(datetime(
+    if first_day:
-        dt.year, dt.month, month_range[1], 23, 59, 0, 0
+        month_start = first_day
-    ), utc=True)
+    else:
+        month_start = pd.to_datetime(datetime(
+            dt.year, dt.month, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0
+        ), utc=True)
+
+    if last_day:
+        month_end = last_day
+    else:
+        month_end = pd.to_datetime(datetime(
+            dt.year, dt.month, month_range[1], 23, 59, 0, 0
+        ), utc=True)
+
+        if month_end > pd.Timestamp.utcnow():
+            month_end = pd.Timestamp.utcnow().floor('1D')
 
     return month_start, month_end
 
 
-def get_year_start_end(dt):
+def get_year_start_end(dt, first_day=None, last_day=None):
     """
-    Returns the first and last day of the year for the specified date.
+    The first and last day of the year for the specified date.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+
+    dt: datetime
+    first_day: datetime
+    last_day: datetime
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    datetime, datetime
 
-    :param dt:
-    :return:
     """
-    year_start = pd.to_datetime(date(dt.year, 1, 1), utc=True)
+    year_start = first_day if first_day \
-    year_end = pd.to_datetime(date(dt.year, 12, 31), utc=True)
+        else pd.to_datetime(date(dt.year, 1, 1), utc=True)
+    year_end = last_day if last_day \
+        else pd.to_datetime(date(dt.year, 12, 31), utc=True)
+
+    if year_end > pd.Timestamp.utcnow():
+        year_end = pd.Timestamp.utcnow().floor('1D')
 
     return year_start, year_end
 
 
 def get_df_from_arrays(arrays, periods):
+    """
+    A DataFrame from the specified OHCLV arrays.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    arrays: Object
+    periods: DateTimeIndex
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    DataFrame
+
+    """
     ohlcv = dict()
     for index, field in enumerate(
             ['open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume']):
@@ -191,64 +292,68 @@ def range_in_bundle(asset, start_dt, end_dt, reader):
     Evaluate whether price data of an asset is included has been ingested in
     the exchange bundle for the given date range.
 
-    :param asset:
+    Parameters
-    :param start_dt:
+    ----------
-    :param end_dt:
+    asset: TradingPair
-    :param reader:
+    start_dt: datetime
-    :return:
+    end_dt: datetime
+    reader: BcolzBarMinuteReader
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    bool
+
     """
     has_data = True
-    if has_data and reader is not None:
+    dates = [start_dt, end_dt]
+
+    while dates and has_data:
         try:
-            start_close = \
+            dt = dates.pop(0)
-                reader.get_value(asset.sid, start_dt, 'close')
+            close = reader.get_value(asset.sid, dt, 'close')
 
-            if np.isnan(start_close):
+            if np.isnan(close):
                 has_data = False
 
-            else:
-                end_close = reader.get_value(asset.sid, end_dt, 'close')
-
-                if np.isnan(end_close):
-                    has_data = False
-
         except Exception as e:
             has_data = False
 
-    else:
-        has_data = False
-
     return has_data
 
 
-@deprecated
+def get_assets(exchange, include_symbols, exclude_symbols):
-def find_most_recent_time(bundle_name):
     """
-    Find most recent "time folder" for a given bundle.
+    Get assets from an exchange, including or excluding the specified
+    symbols.
 
-    :param bundle_name:
+    Parameters
-        The name of the targeted bundle.
+    ----------
+    exchange: Exchange
+    include_symbols: str
+    exclude_symbols: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    list[TradingPair]
 
-    :return folder:
-        The name of the time folder.
     """
-    try:
+    if include_symbols is not None:
-        bundle_folders = os.listdir(
+        include_symbols_list = include_symbols.split(',')
-            data_path([bundle_name]),
-        )
-    except OSError:
-        return None
 
-    most_recent_bundle = dict()
+        return exchange.get_assets(include_symbols_list)
-    for folder in bundle_folders:
-        date = from_bundle_ingest_dirname(folder)
-        if not most_recent_bundle or date > \
-                most_recent_bundle[most_recent_bundle.keys()[0]]:
-            most_recent_bundle = dict()
-            most_recent_bundle[folder] = date
 
-    if most_recent_bundle:
-        return most_recent_bundle.keys()[0]
     else:
-        return None
+        all_assets = exchange.get_assets()
 
+        if exclude_symbols is not None:
+            exclude_symbols_list = exclude_symbols.split(',')
+
+            assets = []
+            for asset in all_assets:
+                if asset.symbol not in exclude_symbols_list:
+                    assets.append(asset)
+
+            return assets
+
+        else:
+            return all_assets

catalyst/exchange/exchange.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import abc
-import re
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod, abstractproperty
 from datetime import timedelta
 from time import sleep
@@ -12,15 +11,17 @@ from logbook import Logger
 from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL
 from catalyst.data.data_portal import BASE_FIELDS
 from catalyst.exchange.bundle_utils import get_start_dt, \
-    get_delta, get_periods
+    get_delta, get_periods, get_periods_range
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bundle import ExchangeBundle
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import MismatchingBaseCurrencies, \
     InvalidOrderStyle, BaseCurrencyNotFoundError, SymbolNotFoundOnExchange, \
-    InvalidHistoryFrequencyError, PricingDataNotLoadedError
+    PricingDataNotLoadedError, \
+    NoDataAvailableOnExchange, ExchangeSymbolsNotFound
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_execution import ExchangeStopLimitOrder, \
     ExchangeLimitOrder, ExchangeStopOrder
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_portfolio import ExchangePortfolio
-from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols, \
+    get_frequency, resample_history_df
 from catalyst.finance.order import ORDER_STATUS
 from catalyst.finance.transaction import Transaction
 
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ class Exchange:
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = None
-        self.assets = {}
+        self.assets = dict()
+        self.local_assets = dict()
         self._portfolio = None
         self.minute_writer = None
         self.minute_reader = None
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ class Exchange:
         self.num_candles_limit = None
         self.max_requests_per_minute = None
         self.request_cpt = None
-        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self)
+        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self.name)
 
     @property
     def positions(self):
@@ -50,9 +52,11 @@ class Exchange:
     @property
     def portfolio(self):
         """
-        Return the Portfolio
+        The exchange portfolio
 
-        :return:
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ExchangePortfolio
         """
         if self._portfolio is None:
             self._portfolio = ExchangePortfolio(
@@ -70,6 +74,22 @@ class Exchange:
     def time_skew(self):
         pass
 
+    def is_open(self, dt):
+        """
+        Is the exchange open
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        dt: Timestamp
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+
+        """
+        # TODO: implement for each exchange.
+        return True
+
     def ask_request(self):
         """
         Asks permission to issue a request to the exchange.
@@ -78,7 +98,9 @@ class Exchange:
         The application will pause if the maximum requests per minute
         permitted by the exchange is exceeded.
 
-        :return boolean:
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
 
         """
         now = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
@@ -87,7 +109,7 @@ class Exchange:
             self.request_cpt[now] = 0
             return True
 
-        cpt_date = self.request_cpt.keys()[0]
+        cpt_date = list(self.request_cpt.keys())[0]
         cpt = self.request_cpt[cpt_date]
 
         if now > cpt_date + timedelta(minutes=1):
@@ -110,10 +132,16 @@ class Exchange:
 
     def get_symbol(self, asset):
         """
-        Get the exchange specific symbol of the given asset.
+        The exchange specific symbol of the specified market.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        asset: TradingPair
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str
 
-        :param asset: Asset
-        :return: symbol: str
         """
         symbol = None
 
@@ -131,22 +159,39 @@ class Exchange:
         """
         Get a list of symbols corresponding to each given asset.
 
-        :param assets: Asset[]
+        Parameters
-        :return:
+        ----------
+        assets: list[TradingPair]
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        list[str]
+
         """
         symbols = []
-
         for asset in assets:
             symbols.append(self.get_symbol(asset))
 
         return symbols
 
-    def get_assets(self, symbols=None):
+    def get_assets(self, symbols=None, data_frequency=None):
+        """
+        The list of markets for the specified symbols.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        symbols: list[str]
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        list[TradingPair]
+
+        """
         assets = []
 
         if symbols is not None:
             for symbol in symbols:
-                asset = self.get_asset(symbol)
+                asset = self.get_asset(symbol, data_frequency)
                 assets.append(asset)
         else:
             for key in self.assets:
@@ -154,21 +199,49 @@ class Exchange:
 
         return assets
 
-    def get_asset(self, symbol):
+    def _find_asset(self, asset, symbol, data_frequency, is_local=False):
+        assets = self.assets if not is_local else self.local_assets
+
+        for key in assets:
+            has_data = (data_frequency == 'minute'
+                        and assets[key].end_minute is not None) \
+                       or (data_frequency == 'daily'
+                           and assets[key].end_daily is not None)
+            if not asset and assets[key].symbol.lower() == symbol.lower() \
+                    and (not data_frequency or has_data):
+                asset = assets[key]
+
+        return asset
+
+    def get_asset(self, symbol, data_frequency=None):
         """
-        Find an Asset on the current exchange based on its Catalyst symbol
+        The market for the specified symbol.
-        :param symbol: the [target]_[base] currency pair symbol
+
-        :return: Asset
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        symbol: str
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        TradingPair
+
         """
         asset = None
 
-        for key in self.assets:
+        log.debug('searching asset {} on the server'.format(symbol))
-            if not asset and self.assets[key].symbol.lower() == symbol.lower():
+        asset = self._find_asset(asset, symbol, data_frequency, False)
-                asset = self.assets[key]
+
+        log.debug('asset {} not found on the server, searching local '
+                  'assets'.format(symbol))
+        asset = self._find_asset(asset, symbol, data_frequency, True)
 
         if not asset:
-            supported_symbols = [pair.symbol.encode('utf-8') for pair in
+            all_values = list(self.assets.values()) + \
-                                 self.assets.values()]
+                         list(self.local_assets.values())
+            supported_symbols = sorted([
+                asset.symbol for asset in all_values
+            ])
+
             raise SymbolNotFoundOnExchange(
                 symbol=symbol,
                 exchange=self.name.title(),
@@ -177,28 +250,31 @@ class Exchange:
 
         return asset
 
-    def fetch_symbol_map(self):
+    def fetch_symbol_map(self, is_local=False):
-        return get_exchange_symbols(self.name)
+        return get_exchange_symbols(self.name, is_local)
 
-    def load_assets(self):
+    def load_assets(self, is_local=False):
         """
         Populate the 'assets' attribute with a dictionary of Assets.
         The key of the resulting dictionary is the exchange specific
         currency pair symbol. The universal symbol is contained in the
         'symbol' attribute of each asset.
 
-
         Notes
         -----
         The sid of each asset is calculated based on a numeric hash of the
         universal symbol. This simple approach avoids maintaining a mapping
         of sids.
 
-        This method can be overridden if an exchange offers equivalent data
+        This method can be omerridden if an exchange offers equivalent data
         via its api.
-        """
 
-        symbol_map = self.fetch_symbol_map()
+        """
+        try:
+            symbol_map = self.fetch_symbol_map(is_local)
+        except ExchangeSymbolsNotFound:
+            return None
+
         for exchange_symbol in symbol_map:
             asset = symbol_map[exchange_symbol]
 
@@ -250,7 +326,10 @@ class Exchange:
                 exchange_symbol=exchange_symbol
             )
 
-            self.assets[exchange_symbol] = trading_pair
+            if is_local:
+                self.local_assets[exchange_symbol] = trading_pair
+            else:
+                self.assets[exchange_symbol] = trading_pair
 
     def check_open_orders(self):
         """
@@ -258,8 +337,10 @@ class Exchange:
         For each executed order found, create a transaction and apply to the
         Portfolio.
 
-        :return:
+        Returns
-        transactions: Transaction[]
+        -------
+        list[Transaction]
+
         """
         transactions = list()
         if self.portfolio.open_orders:
@@ -342,17 +423,24 @@ class Exchange:
         """
         Similar to 'get_spot_value' but for a single asset
 
-        Note
+        Notes
-        ----
+        -----
         We're writing each minute bar to disk using zipline's machinery.
         This is especially useful when running multiple algorithms
         concurrently. By using local data when possible, we try to reaching
         request limits on exchanges.
 
-        :param asset:
+        Parameters
-        :param field:
+        ----------
-        :param data_frequency:
+        asset: TradingPair
-        :return value: The spot value of the given asset / field
+        field: str
+        data_frequency: str
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+            The spot value of the given asset / field
+
         """
         log.debug(
             'fetching spot value {field} for symbol {symbol}'.format(
@@ -361,7 +449,8 @@ class Exchange:
             )
         )
 
-        ohlc = self.get_candles(data_frequency, asset)
+        freq = '1T' if data_frequency == 'minute' else '1D'
+        ohlc = self.get_candles(freq, asset)
         if field not in ohlc:
             raise KeyError('Invalid column: %s' % field)
 
@@ -371,25 +460,37 @@ class Exchange:
         return value
 
     def get_series_from_candles(self, candles, start_dt, end_dt,
-                                field, previous_value=None):
+                                data_frequency, field, previous_value=None):
         """
         Get a series of field data for the specified candles.
 
-        :param candles:
+        Parameters
-        :param start_dt:
+        ----------
-        :param end_dt:
+        candles: list[dict[str, float]]
-        :param field:
+        start_dt: datetime
-        :param previous_value:
+        end_dt: datetime
-        :return:
+        data_frequency: str
-        """
+        field: str
+        previous_value: float
 
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Series
+
+        """
         dates = [candle['last_traded'] for candle in candles]
         values = [candle[field] for candle in candles]
-
-        periods = pd.date_range(start_dt, end_dt)
         series = pd.Series(values, index=dates)
 
-        series.reindex(periods, method='ffill', fill_value=previous_value)
+        periods = get_periods_range(
+            start_dt, end_dt, data_frequency
+        )
+        # TODO: ensure that this working as expected, if not use fillna
+        series = series.reindex(
+            periods,
+            method='ffill',
+            fill_value=previous_value,
+        )
 
         return series
 
@@ -408,10 +509,11 @@ class Exchange:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        assets : list of catalyst.data.Asset objects
+        assets : list[TradingPair]
             The assets whose data is desired.
 
-        end_dt: not applicable to cryptocurrencies
+        end_dt: datetime
+            The date of the last bar
 
         bar_count: int
             The number of bars desired.
@@ -433,28 +535,90 @@ class Exchange:
 
         Returns
         -------
-        A dataframe containing the requested data.
+        DataFrame
+            A dataframe containing the requested data.
+
         """
+        freq, candle_size, unit, data_frequency = get_frequency(
+            frequency, data_frequency
+        )
+        adj_bar_count = candle_size * bar_count
+        start_dt = get_start_dt(end_dt, adj_bar_count, data_frequency)
 
-        freq_match = re.match(r'([0-9].*)(m|M|d|D)', frequency, re.M | re.I)
+        # The get_history method supports multiple asset
-        if freq_match:
+        candles = self.get_candles(
-            candle_size = int(freq_match.group(1))
+            freq=freq,
-            unit = freq_match.group(2)
+            assets=assets,
+            bar_count=bar_count,
+            start_dt=start_dt,
+            end_dt=end_dt
+        )
 
-        else:
+        series = dict()
-            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(frequency)
+        for asset in candles:
+            asset_series = self.get_series_from_candles(
+                candles=candles[asset],
+                start_dt=start_dt,
+                end_dt=end_dt,
+                data_frequency=frequency,
+                field=field,
+            )
+            series[asset] = asset_series
 
-        if unit.lower() == 'd':
+        df = pd.DataFrame(series)
-            if data_frequency == 'minute':
+        df.dropna(inplace=True)
-                data_frequency = 'daily'
 
-        elif unit.lower() == 'm':
+        return df
-            if data_frequency == 'daily':
-                data_frequency = 'minute'
 
-        else:
+    def get_history_window_with_bundle(self,
-            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(frequency)
+                                       assets,
+                                       end_dt,
+                                       bar_count,
+                                       frequency,
+                                       field,
+                                       data_frequency=None,
+                                       ffill=True,
+                                       force_auto_ingest=False):
 
+        """
+        Public API method that returns a dataframe containing the requested
+        history window.  Data is fully adjusted.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        assets : list[TradingPair]
+            The assets whose data is desired.
+
+        end_dt: datetime
+            The date of the last bar.
+
+        bar_count: int
+            The number of bars desired.
+
+        frequency: string
+            "1d" or "1m"
+
+        field: string
+            The desired field of the asset.
+
+        data_frequency: string
+            The frequency of the data to query; i.e. whether the data is
+            'daily' or 'minute' bars.
+
+        # TODO: fill how?
+        ffill: boolean
+            Forward-fill missing values. Only has effect if field
+            is 'price'.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DataFrame
+            A dataframe containing the requested data.
+
+        """
+        freq, candle_size, unit, data_frequency = get_frequency(
+            frequency, data_frequency
+        )
         adj_bar_count = candle_size * bar_count
         try:
             series = self.bundle.get_history_window_series_and_load(
@@ -462,9 +626,10 @@ class Exchange:
                 end_dt=end_dt,
                 bar_count=adj_bar_count,
                 field=field,
-                data_frequency=data_frequency
+                data_frequency=data_frequency,
+                force_auto_ingest=force_auto_ingest
             )
-        except PricingDataNotLoadedError:
+        except (PricingDataNotLoadedError, NoDataAvailableOnExchange):
             series = dict()
 
         for asset in assets:
@@ -477,24 +642,30 @@ class Exchange:
                     series[asset].index[-1] + get_delta(1, data_frequency) \
                         if asset in series else start_dt
 
-                trailing_bar_count = \
-                    get_periods(trailing_dt, end_dt, data_frequency)
-
                 # The get_history method supports multiple asset
+                # Use the original frequency to let each api optimize
+                # the size of result sets
+                trailing_bar_count = get_periods(
+                    trailing_dt, end_dt, freq
+                )
                 candles = self.get_candles(
-                    data_frequency=data_frequency,
+                    freq=freq,
                     assets=asset,
                     bar_count=trailing_bar_count,
+                    start_dt=start_dt,
                     end_dt=end_dt
                 )
 
                 last_value = series[asset].iloc(0) if asset in series \
                     else np.nan
 
+                # Create a series with the common data_frequency, ffill
+                # missing values
                 candle_series = self.get_series_from_candles(
                     candles=candles,
                     start_dt=trailing_dt,
                     end_dt=end_dt,
+                    data_frequency=data_frequency,
                     field=field,
                     previous_value=last_value
                 )
@@ -505,23 +676,9 @@ class Exchange:
                 else:
                     series[asset] = candle_series
 
-        df = pd.DataFrame(series)
+        df = resample_history_df(pd.DataFrame(series), freq, field)
-
+        # TODO: consider this more carefully
-        if candle_size > 1:
+        df.dropna(inplace=True)
-            if field == 'open':
-                agg = 'first'
-            elif field == 'high':
-                agg = 'max'
-            elif field == 'low':
-                agg = 'min'
-            elif field == 'close':
-                agg = 'last'
-            elif field == 'volume':
-                agg = 'sum'
-            else:
-                raise ValueError('Invalid field.')
-
-            df = df.resample('{}T'.format(candle_size)).agg(agg)
 
         return df
 
@@ -530,7 +687,6 @@ class Exchange:
         Update the portfolio cash and position balances based on the
         latest ticker prices.
 
-        :return:
         """
         log.debug('synchronizing portfolio with exchange {}'.format(self.name))
         balances = self.get_balances()
@@ -552,7 +708,7 @@ class Exchange:
             portfolio.starting_cash = portfolio.cash
 
         if portfolio.positions:
-            assets = portfolio.positions.keys()
+            assets = list(portfolio.positions.keys())
             tickers = self.tickers(assets)
 
             portfolio.positions_value = 0.0
@@ -574,16 +730,20 @@ class Exchange:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        asset : Asset
+        asset : TradingPair
             The asset that this order is for.
+
         amount : int
             The amount of shares to order. If ``amount`` is positive, this is
             the number of shares to buy or cover. If ``amount`` is negative,
             this is the number of shares to sell or short.
+
         limit_price : float, optional
             The limit price for the order.
+
         stop_price : float, optional
             The stop price for the order.
+
         style : ExecutionStyle, optional
             The execution style for the order.
 
@@ -608,6 +768,7 @@ class Exchange:
         :class:`catalyst.finance.execution.ExecutionStyle`
         :func:`catalyst.api.order_value`
         :func:`catalyst.api.order_percent`
+
         """
         if amount == 0:
             log.warn('skipping order amount of 0')
@@ -657,8 +818,12 @@ class Exchange:
     @abstractmethod
     def get_balances(self):
         """
-        Retrieve wallet balances for the exchange
+        Retrieve wallet balances for the exchange.
-        :return balances: A dict of currency => available balance
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        dict[TradingPair, float]
+
         """
         pass
 
@@ -667,17 +832,25 @@ class Exchange:
         """
         Place an order on the exchange.
 
-        :param asset : Asset
+        Parameters
-            The asset that this order is for.
+        ----------
-        :param amount : int
+        asset: TradingPair
+            The target market.
+
+        amount: float
             The amount of shares to order. If ``amount`` is positive, this is
             the number of shares to buy or cover. If ``amount`` is negative,
             this is the number of shares to sell or short.
-        :param style : ExecutionStyle
+
-            The execution style for the order.
+        is_buy: bool
-        :param is_buy: boolean
             Is it a buy order?
-        :return:
+
+        style: ExecutionStyle
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Order
+
         """
         pass
 
@@ -732,23 +905,32 @@ class Exchange:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_candles(self, data_frequency, assets, bar_count=None,
+    def get_candles(self, freq, assets, bar_count=None,
                     start_dt=None, end_dt=None):
         """
         Retrieve OHLCV candles for the given assets
 
-        :param data_frequency:
+        Parameters
-            The candle frequency: minute or daily
+        ----------
-        :param assets: list[TradingPair]
+        freq: str
+            The frequency alias per convention:
+            http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/timeseries.html#offset-aliases
+
+        assets: list[TradingPair]
             The targeted assets.
-        :param bar_count:
+
+        bar_count: int
             The number of bar desired. (default 1)
-        :param end_dt: datetime, optional
+
+        end_dt: datetime, optional
             The last bar date.
-        :param start_dt: datetime, optional
+
+        start_dt: datetime, optional
             The first bar date.
 
-        :return dict[TradingPair, dict[str, Object]]: OHLCV data
+        Returns
+        -------
+        dict[TradingPair, dict[str, Object]]
             A dictionary of OHLCV candles. Each TradingPair instance is
             mapped to a list of dictionaries with this structure:
                 open: float
@@ -768,8 +950,14 @@ class Exchange:
         """
         Retrieve current tick data for the given assets
 
-        :param assets:
+        Parameters
-        :return:
+        ----------
+        assets: list[TradingPair]
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        list[dict[str, float]
+
         """
         pass
 
@@ -777,19 +965,23 @@ class Exchange:
     def get_account(self):
         """
         Retrieve the account parameters.
-        :return:
         """
         pass
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def get_orderbook(self, asset, order_type):
+    def get_orderbook(self, asset, order_type, limit):
         """
         Retrieve the the orderbook for the given trading pair.
 
-        :param asset: TradingPair
+        Parameters
-        :param order_type: str
+        ----------
+        asset: TradingPair
+        order_type: str
             The type of orders: bid, ask or all
+        limit: int
 
-        :return:
+        Returns
+        -------
+        list[dict[str, float]
         """
         pass

catalyst/exchange/exchange_algorithm.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-import os
 import pickle
 import signal
 import sys
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ from catalyst.assets._assets import TradingPair
 import catalyst.protocol as zp
 from catalyst.algorithm import TradingAlgorithm
 from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL
-from catalyst.data.minute_bars import BcolzMinuteBarWriter, \
-    BcolzMinuteBarReader
 from catalyst.errors import OrderInBeforeTradingStart
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_blotter import ExchangeBlotter
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import (
@@ -38,8 +35,8 @@ from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import (
     OrphanOrderError)
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_execution import ExchangeStopLimitOrder, \
     ExchangeLimitOrder, ExchangeStopOrder
-from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_minute_writer_root, \
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import save_algo_object, get_algo_object, \
-    save_algo_object, get_algo_object, get_algo_folder, get_algo_df, \
+    get_algo_folder, get_algo_df, \
     save_algo_df
 from catalyst.exchange.live_graph_clock import LiveGraphClock
 from catalyst.exchange.simple_clock import SimpleClock
@@ -113,13 +110,16 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase(TradingAlgorithm):
             else self.sim_params.end_session
 
         if exchange_name is None:
-            exchange = self.exchanges.values()[0]
+            exchange = list(self.exchanges.values())[0]
         else:
             exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
 
+        data_frequency = self.data_frequency \
+            if self.sim_params.arena == 'backtest' else None
         return self.asset_finder.lookup_symbol(
             symbol=symbol_str,
             exchange=exchange,
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
             as_of_date=_lookup_date
         )
 
@@ -127,7 +127,13 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase(TradingAlgorithm):
         """
         Creates a dictionary representing the state of the tracker.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        start_dt: datetime
+        end_dt: datetime
 
+        Notes
+        -----
         I rewrote this in an attempt to better control the stats.
         I don't want things to happen magically through complex logic
         pertaining to backtesting.
@@ -176,17 +182,19 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase(TradingAlgorithm):
 
         # we want the key to be absent, not just empty
         # Only include transactions for given dt
-        stats['transactions'] = dict()
+        stats['transactions'] = []
         for date in period.processed_transactions:
             if start_dt <= date < end_dt:
-                stats['transactions'][date] = \
+                transactions = period.processed_transactions[date]
-                    period.processed_transactions[date]
+                for t in transactions:
+                    stats['transactions'].append(t.to_dict())
 
-        stats['orders'] = dict()
+        stats['orders'] = []
         for date in period.orders_by_modified:
             if start_dt <= date < end_dt:
-                stats['orders'][date] = \
+                orders = period.orders_by_modified[date]
-                    period.orders_by_modified[date]
+                for order in orders:
+                    stats['orders'].append(orders[order].to_dict())
 
         return stats
 
@@ -195,6 +203,7 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBacktest(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBacktest, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
+        self.frame_stats = list()
         self.blotter = ExchangeBlotter(
             data_frequency=self.data_frequency,
             # Default to NeverCancel in catalyst
@@ -239,6 +248,42 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBacktest(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         else:
             return MarketOrder()
 
+    def is_last_frame_of_day(self, data):
+        # TODO: adjust here to support more intervals
+        next_frame_dt = data.current_dt + timedelta(minutes=1)
+        if next_frame_dt.date() > data.current_dt.date():
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def handle_data(self, data):
+        super(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBacktest, self).handle_data(data)
+
+        if self.data_frequency == 'minute':
+            frame_stats = self.prepare_period_stats(
+                data.current_dt, data.current_dt + timedelta(minutes=1)
+            )
+            self.frame_stats.append(frame_stats)
+
+    def _create_stats_df(self):
+        stats = pd.DataFrame(self.frame_stats)
+        stats.set_index('period_close', inplace=True, drop=False)
+        return stats
+
+    def analyze(self, perf):
+        stats = self._create_stats_df() if self.data_frequency == 'minute' \
+            else perf
+        super(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBacktest, self).analyze(stats)
+
+    def run(self, data=None, overwrite_sim_params=True):
+        perf = super(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBacktest, self).run(
+            data, overwrite_sim_params
+        )
+        # Rebuilding the stats to support minute data
+        stats = self._create_stats_df() if self.data_frequency == 'minute' \
+            else perf
+        return stats
+
 
 class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -246,7 +291,7 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         self.live_graph = kwargs.pop('live_graph', None)
 
         self._clock = None
-        self.minute_stats = deque(maxlen=60)
+        self.frame_stats = deque(maxlen=60)
 
         self.pnl_stats = get_algo_df(self.algo_namespace, 'pnl_stats')
 
@@ -267,35 +312,24 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         self.stats_minutes = 5
 
         super(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        # TODO: fix precision before re-enabling
-        # self._create_minute_writer()
 
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.signal_handler)
 
         log.info('initialized trading algorithm in live mode')
 
-    def _create_minute_writer(self):
-        root = get_exchange_minute_writer_root(self.exchange.name)
-        filename = os.path.join(root, 'metadata.json')
-
-        if os.path.isfile(filename):
-            writer = BcolzMinuteBarWriter.open(
-                root, self.sim_params.end_session)
-        else:
-            # TODO: need to be able to write more precise numbers
-            writer = BcolzMinuteBarWriter(
-                rootdir=root,
-                calendar=self.trading_calendar,
-                minutes_per_day=1440,
-                start_session=self.sim_params.start_session,
-                end_session=self.sim_params.end_session,
-                write_metadata=True
-            )
-
-        self.exchange.minute_writer = writer
-        self.exchange.minute_reader = BcolzMinuteBarReader(root)
-
     def signal_handler(self, signal, frame):
+        """
+        Handles the keyboard interruption signal.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        signal
+        frame
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+
+        """
         self.is_running = False
 
         if self._analyze is None:
@@ -384,7 +418,11 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         """
         We skip the entire performance tracker business and update the
         portfolio directly.
-        :return:
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        ExchangePortfolio
+
         """
         # TODO: build cumulative portfolio
         return self.perf_tracker.get_portfolio(False)
@@ -450,6 +488,17 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
                 )
 
     def add_pnl_stats(self, period_stats):
+        """
+        Save p&l stats.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        period_stats
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+
+        """
         starting = period_stats['starting_cash']
         current = period_stats['portfolio_value']
         appreciation = (current / starting) - 1
@@ -466,6 +515,17 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         save_algo_df(self.algo_namespace, 'pnl_stats', self.pnl_stats)
 
     def add_custom_signals_stats(self, period_stats):
+        """
+        Save custom signals stats.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        period_stats
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+
+        """
         log.debug('adding custom signals stats: {}'.format(self.recorded_vars))
         df = pd.DataFrame(
             data=[self.recorded_vars],
@@ -477,6 +537,17 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
                      self.custom_signals_stats)
 
     def add_exposure_stats(self, period_stats):
+        """
+        Save exposure stats.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        period_stats
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+
+        """
         data = dict(
             long_exposure=period_stats['long_exposure'],
             base_currency=period_stats['ending_cash']
@@ -489,18 +560,30 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         )
         self.exposure_stats = pd.concat([self.exposure_stats, df])
 
-        save_algo_df(self.algo_namespace, 'exposure_stats',
+        save_algo_df(
-                     self.exposure_stats)
+            self.algo_namespace, 'exposure_stats', self.exposure_stats
+        )
 
     def handle_data(self, data):
+        """
+        Wrapper around the handle_data method of each algo.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        data
+
+        """
         if not self.is_running:
             return
 
         self._synchronize_portfolio()
 
         transactions = self._check_open_orders()
-        for transaction in transactions:
+        if len(transactions) > 0:
-            self.perf_tracker.process_transaction(transaction)
+            for transaction in transactions:
+                self.perf_tracker.process_transaction(transaction)
+
+            self.perf_tracker.update_performance()
 
         if self._handle_data:
             self._handle_data(self, data)
@@ -515,22 +598,22 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
             # Performance tracker and keep only minute and cumulative
             self.perf_tracker.update_performance()
 
-            minute_stats = self.prepare_period_stats(
+            frame_stats = self.prepare_period_stats(
                 data.current_dt, data.current_dt + timedelta(minutes=1))
 
             # Saving the last hour in memory
-            self.minute_stats.append(minute_stats)
+            self.frame_stats.append(frame_stats)
 
-            self.add_pnl_stats(minute_stats)
+            self.add_pnl_stats(frame_stats)
             if self.recorded_vars:
-                self.add_custom_signals_stats(minute_stats)
+                self.add_custom_signals_stats(frame_stats)
-                recorded_cols = self.recorded_vars.keys()
+                recorded_cols = list(self.recorded_vars.keys())
             else:
                 recorded_cols = None
 
-            self.add_exposure_stats(minute_stats)
+            self.add_exposure_stats(frame_stats)
 
-            print_df = pd.DataFrame(list(self.minute_stats))
+            print_df = pd.DataFrame(list(self.frame_stats))
             log.info(
                 'statistics for the last {stats_minutes} minutes:\n{stats}'.format(
                     stats_minutes=self.stats_minutes,
@@ -556,6 +639,7 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         except Exception as e:
             log.warn('unable to calculate performance: {}'.format(e))
 
+        # TODO: pickle does not seem to work in python 3
         try:
             save_algo_object(
                 algo_name=self.algo_namespace,
@@ -618,15 +702,16 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
         The cumulative portfolio does not contain open orders but exchange
         portfolios do.
 
-        :param asset: TradingPair
+        Parameters
-        :param amount: float
+        ----------
-        :param limit_price: float
+        asset: TradingPair
-        :param stop_price: float
+        amount: float
-        :param style: Style
+        limit_price: float
-        :return order: Order
+        stop_price: float
+        style: Style
+        order: Order
             The catalyst order object or None
         """
-
         amount, style = self._calculate_order(asset, amount,
                                               limit_price, stop_price,
                                               style)
@@ -688,15 +773,53 @@ class ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive(ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBase):
                         'get_open_orders. Use `asset` instead.')
     @api_method
     def get_open_orders(self, asset=None):
+        """Retrieve all of the current open orders.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        asset : Asset
+            If passed and not None, return only the open orders for the given
+            asset instead of all open orders.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        open_orders : dict[list[Order]] or list[Order]
+            If no asset is passed this will return a dict mapping Assets
+            to a list containing all the open orders for the asset.
+            If an asset is passed then this will return a list of the open
+            orders for this asset.
+        """
         return self._get_open_orders(asset)
 
     @api_method
     def get_order(self, order_id, exchange_name):
+        """Lookup an order based on the order id returned from one of the
+        order functions.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        order_id : str
+            The unique identifier for the order.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        order : Order
+            The order object.
+        execution_price: float
+            The execution price per share of the order
+        """
         exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
         return exchange.get_order(order_id)
 
     @api_method
     def cancel_order(self, order_param, exchange_name):
+        """Cancel an open order.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        order_param : str or Order
+            The order_id or order object to cancel.
+        """
         exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
 
         order_id = order_param

catalyst/exchange/exchange_bcolz.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class BcolzExchangeBarWriter(BcolzMinuteBarWriter):
             end_session = end_session.floor('1d')
 
         minutes_per_day = 1440 if self._data_frequency == 'minute' else 1
-        default_ohlc_ratio = kwargs.pop('default_ohlc_ratio', 1000000)
+        default_ohlc_ratio = kwargs.pop('default_ohlc_ratio', 100000000)
         calendar = get_calendar('OPEN')
 
         super(BcolzExchangeBarWriter, self) \
@@ -39,17 +39,25 @@ class BcolzExchangeBarReader(BcolzMinuteBarReader):
         return self._data_frequency
 
     def load_raw_arrays(self, fields, start_dt, end_dt, sids):
+        """
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        fields : list of str
+           'open', 'high', 'low', 'close', or 'volume'
+        start_dt: Timestamp
+           Beginning of the window range.
+        end_dt: Timestamp
+           End of the window range.
+        sids : list of int
+           The asset identifiers in the window.
 
-        # if self._data_frequency == 'minute':
+        Returns
-        #     return super(BcolzExchangeBarReader, self) \
+        -------
-        #         .load_raw_arrays(fields, start_dt, end_dt, sids)
+        list of np.ndarray
-        #
+            A list with an entry per field of ndarrays with shape
-        # else:
+            (minutes in range, sids) with a dtype of float64, containing the
-        #     return self._load_daily_raw_arrays(fields, start_dt, end_dt, sids)
+            values for the respective field over start and end dt range.
-
+        """
-        return self._load_raw_arrays(fields, start_dt, end_dt, sids)
-
-    def _load_raw_arrays(self, fields, start_dt, end_dt, sids):
         start_idx = self._find_position_of_minute(start_dt)
         end_idx = self._find_position_of_minute(end_dt)
 
@@ -79,8 +87,9 @@ class BcolzExchangeBarReader(BcolzMinuteBarReader):
                 if mask is None:
                     mask = a != 0
 
+                inverse_ratio = self._ohlc_ratio_inverse_for_sid(sid)
                 out[:len(mask), i][mask] = (
-                    a[mask] * self._ohlc_ratio_inverse_for_sid(sid)
+                    a[mask] * inverse_ratio
                 )
 
             if field in fields:

catalyst/exchange/exchange_blotter.py

@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL
 from catalyst.finance.blotter import Blotter
 from catalyst.finance.commission import CommissionModel
 from catalyst.finance.slippage import SlippageModel
-from catalyst.finance.transaction import Transaction
+from catalyst.finance.transaction import create_transaction
 
 log = Logger('exchange_blotter', level=LOG_LEVEL)
 
 # It seems like we need to accept greater slippage risk in cryptos
 # Orders won't often close at Equity levels.
-# TODO: consider adjusting dynamically based on trading pair
+# TODO: should work with set_commission and set_slippage
-DEFAULT_SLIPPAGE_SPREAD = 0.02
+DEFAULT_SLIPPAGE_SPREAD = 0.0001
-DEFAULT_MAKER_FEE = 0.001
+DEFAULT_MAKER_FEE = 0.0015
-DEFAULT_TAKER_FEE = 0.002
+DEFAULT_TAKER_FEE = 0.0025
 
 
 class TradingPairFeeSchedule(CommissionModel):
@@ -97,12 +97,8 @@ class TradingPairFixedSlippage(SlippageModel):
 
             execution_price, execution_volume = self.process_order(data, order)
 
-            transaction = Transaction(
+            transaction = create_transaction(
-                asset=order.asset,
+                order, dt, execution_price, execution_volume
-                amount=abs(execution_volume),
-                dt=dt,
-                price=execution_price,
-                order_id=order.id
             )
 
             self._volume_for_bar += abs(transaction.amount)

catalyst/exchange/exchange_data_portal.py

@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
 import abc
 from time import sleep
 
@@ -19,13 +6,14 @@ import pandas as pd
 from catalyst.assets._assets import TradingPair
 from logbook import Logger
 
-from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL
+from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL, AUTO_INGEST
 from catalyst.data.data_portal import DataPortal
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bundle import ExchangeBundle
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import (
     ExchangeRequestError,
     ExchangeBarDataError,
     PricingDataNotLoadedError)
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_frequency, resample_history_df
 
 log = Logger('DataPortalExchange', level=LOG_LEVEL)
 
@@ -33,7 +21,6 @@ log = Logger('DataPortalExchange', level=LOG_LEVEL)
 class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
-        self.exchanges = kwargs.pop('exchanges', None)
         # TODO: put somewhere accessible by each algo
         self.retry_get_history_window = 5
         self.retry_get_spot_value = 5
@@ -61,11 +48,10 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
             if len(exchange_assets) > 1:
                 df_list = []
                 for exchange_name in exchange_assets:
-                    exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
                     assets = exchange_assets[exchange_name]
 
                     df_exchange = self.get_exchange_history_window(
-                        exchange,
+                        exchange_name,
                         assets,
                         end_dt,
                         bar_count,
@@ -80,9 +66,9 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
                 return pd.concat(df_list)
 
             else:
-                exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_assets.keys()[0]]
+                exchange_name = list(exchange_assets.keys())[0]
                 return self.get_exchange_history_window(
-                    exchange,
+                    exchange_name,
                     assets,
                     end_dt,
                     bar_count,
@@ -134,7 +120,7 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_exchange_history_window(self,
-                                    exchange,
+                                    exchange_name,
                                     assets,
                                     end_dt,
                                     bar_count,
@@ -148,9 +134,8 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
                         attempt_index=0):
         try:
             if isinstance(assets, TradingPair):
-                exchange = self.exchanges[assets.exchange]
                 spot_values = self.get_exchange_spot_value(
-                    exchange, [assets], field, dt, data_frequency)
+                    assets.exchange, [assets], field, dt, data_frequency)
 
                 if not spot_values:
                     return np.nan
@@ -165,18 +150,17 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
 
                     exchange_assets[asset.exchange].append(asset)
 
-                if len(exchange_assets.keys()) == 1:
+                if len(list(exchange_assets.keys())) == 1:
-                    exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_assets.keys()[0]]
+                    exchange_name = list(exchange_assets.keys())[0]
                     return self.get_exchange_spot_value(
-                        exchange, assets, field, dt, data_frequency)
+                        exchange_name, assets, field, dt, data_frequency)
 
                 else:
                     spot_values = []
                     for exchange_name in exchange_assets:
-                        exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
                         assets = exchange_assets[exchange_name]
                         exchange_spot_values = self.get_exchange_spot_value(
-                            exchange,
+                            exchange_name,
                             assets,
                             field,
                             dt,
@@ -211,7 +195,7 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
         return self._get_spot_value(assets, field, dt, data_frequency)
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def get_exchange_spot_value(self, exchange, assets, field, dt,
+    def get_exchange_spot_value(self, exchange_name, assets, field, dt,
                                 data_frequency):
         return
 
@@ -226,10 +210,11 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBase(DataPortal):
 
 class DataPortalExchangeLive(DataPortalExchangeBase):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.exchanges = kwargs.pop('exchanges', None)
         super(DataPortalExchangeLive, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_exchange_history_window(self,
-                                    exchange,
+                                    exchange_name,
                                     assets,
                                     end_dt,
                                     bar_count,
@@ -237,6 +222,26 @@ class DataPortalExchangeLive(DataPortalExchangeBase):
                                     field,
                                     data_frequency,
                                     ffill=True):
+        """
+        Fetching price history window from the exchange.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        exchange_name: Exchange
+        assets: list[TradingPair]
+        end_dt: datetime
+        bar_count: int
+        frequency: str
+        field: str
+        data_frequency: str
+        ffill: bool
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DataFrame
+
+        """
+        exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
         df = exchange.get_history_window(
             assets,
             end_dt,
@@ -247,8 +252,25 @@ class DataPortalExchangeLive(DataPortalExchangeBase):
             ffill)
         return df
 
-    def get_exchange_spot_value(self, exchange, assets, field, dt,
+    def get_exchange_spot_value(self, exchange_name, assets, field, dt,
                                 data_frequency):
+        """
+        A spot value for the exchange.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        exchange_name: str
+        assets: list[TradingPair]
+        field: str
+        dt: datetime
+        data_frequency: str
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+
+        """
+        exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
         exchange_spot_values = exchange.get_spot_value(
             assets, field, dt, data_frequency)
 
@@ -257,16 +279,16 @@ class DataPortalExchangeLive(DataPortalExchangeBase):
 
 class DataPortalExchangeBacktest(DataPortalExchangeBase):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.exchange_names = kwargs.pop('exchange_names', None)
+
         super(DataPortalExchangeBacktest, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
         self.exchange_bundles = dict()
-
         self.history_loaders = dict()
         self.minute_history_loaders = dict()
 
-        for exchange_name in self.exchanges:
+        for name in self.exchange_names:
-            exchange = self.exchanges[exchange_name]
+            self.exchange_bundles[name] = ExchangeBundle(name)
-            self.exchange_bundles[exchange_name] = ExchangeBundle(exchange)
 
     def _get_first_trading_day(self, assets):
         first_date = None
@@ -276,7 +298,7 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBacktest(DataPortalExchangeBase):
         return first_date
 
     def get_exchange_history_window(self,
-                                    exchange,
+                                    exchange_name,
                                     assets,
                                     end_dt,
                                     bar_count,
@@ -287,57 +309,98 @@ class DataPortalExchangeBacktest(DataPortalExchangeBase):
         """
         Fetching price history window from the exchange bundle.
 
-        Using a try... except approach to minimize reads most of the time,
+        Parameters
-        when the data exists.
+        ----------
+        exchange: Exchange
+        assets: list[TradingPair]
+        end_dt: datetime
+        bar_count: int
+        frequency: str
+        field: str
+        data_frequency: str
+        ffill: bool
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DataFrame
 
-        :param exchange:
-        :param assets:
-        :param end_dt:
-        :param bar_count:
-        :param frequency:
-        :param field:
-        :param data_frequency:
-        :param ffill:
-        :return:
         """
+        bundle = self.exchange_bundles[exchange_name]  # type: ExchangeBundle
+
+        freq, candle_size, unit, adj_data_frequency = get_frequency(
+            frequency, data_frequency
+        )
+        adj_bar_count = candle_size * bar_count
+        trailing_bar_count = candle_size - 1
+
+        if data_frequency == 'minute' and adj_data_frequency == 'daily':
+            end_dt = end_dt.floor('1D')
 
-        bundle = self.exchange_bundles[exchange.name]
         series = bundle.get_history_window_series_and_load(
             assets=assets,
             end_dt=end_dt,
-            bar_count=bar_count,
+            bar_count=adj_bar_count,
             field=field,
-            data_frequency=data_frequency
+            data_frequency=adj_data_frequency,
+            algo_end_dt=self._last_available_session,
+            trailing_bar_count=trailing_bar_count
         )
-        return pd.DataFrame(series)
 
-    def get_exchange_spot_value(self, exchange, assets, field, dt,
+        df = resample_history_df(pd.DataFrame(series), freq, field)
-                                data_frequency):
+        return df
-        bundle = self.exchange_bundles[exchange.name]
 
+    def get_exchange_spot_value(self,
+                                exchange_name,
+                                assets,
+                                field,
+                                dt,
+                                data_frequency
+                                ):
+        """
+        A spot value for the exchange bundle. Try to ingest data if not in
+        the bundle.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        exchange_name: str
+        assets: list[TradingPair]
+        field: str
+        dt: datetime
+        data_frequency: str
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+
+        """
+        bundle = self.exchange_bundles[exchange_name]
         if data_frequency == 'daily':
             dt = dt.floor('1D')
         else:
             dt = dt.floor('1 min')
 
-        try:
+        if AUTO_INGEST:
-            return bundle.get_spot_values(assets, field, dt, data_frequency)
+            try:
-
+                return bundle.get_spot_values(
-        except PricingDataNotLoadedError:
+                    assets, field, dt, data_frequency
-            log.info(
-                'pricing data for {symbol} not found on {dt}'
-                ', updating the bundles.'.format(
-                    symbol=[asset.symbol for asset in assets],
-                    dt=dt
                 )
-            )
+            except PricingDataNotLoadedError:
-            bundle.ingest_assets(
+                log.info(
-                assets=assets,
+                    'pricing data for {symbol} not found on {dt}'
-                start_dt=self._first_trading_day,
+                    ', updating the bundles.'.format(
-                end_dt=self._last_available_session,
+                        symbol=[asset.symbol for asset in assets],
-                data_frequency=data_frequency,
+                        dt=dt
-                show_progress=True
+                    )
-            )
+                )
-            return bundle.get_spot_values(
+                bundle.ingest_assets(
-                assets, field, dt, data_frequency, True
+                    assets=assets,
-            )
+                    start_dt=self._first_trading_day,
+                    end_dt=self._last_available_session,
+                    data_frequency=data_frequency,
+                    show_progress=True
+                )
+                return bundle.get_spot_values(
+                    assets, field, dt, data_frequency, True
+                )
+        else:
+            return bundle.get_spot_values(assets, field, dt, data_frequency)

catalyst/exchange/exchange_errors.py

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ from catalyst.errors import ZiplineError
 
 def silent_except_hook(exctype, excvalue, exctraceback):
     if exctype in [PricingDataBeforeTradingError, PricingDataNotLoadedError,
-                   SymbolNotFoundOnExchange, NoDataAvailableOnExchange, 
+                   SymbolNotFoundOnExchange, NoDataAvailableOnExchange,
-                   ExchangeAuthEmpty ]:
+                   ExchangeAuthEmpty]:
         fn = traceback.extract_tb(exctraceback)[-1][0]
         ln = traceback.extract_tb(exctraceback)[-1][1]
-        print "Error traceback: {1} (line {2})\n" \
+        print("Error traceback: {1} (line {2})\n"
-              "{0.__name__}:  {3}".format(exctype, fn, ln, excvalue)
+              "{0.__name__}:  {3}".format(exctype, fn, ln, excvalue))
     else:
         sys.__excepthook__(exctype, excvalue, exctraceback)
 
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ class AlgoPickleNotFound(ZiplineError):
     ).strip()
 
 
+class InvalidHistoryFrequencyAlias(ZiplineError):
+    msg = (
+        'Invalid frequency alias {freq}. Valid suffixes are M (minute) '
+        'and D (day). For example, these aliases would be valid '
+        '1M, 5M, 1D.'
+    ).strip()
+
+
 class InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(ZiplineError):
     msg = (
         'Frequency {frequency} not supported by the exchange.'
@@ -203,18 +211,32 @@ class PricingDataBeforeTradingError(ZiplineError):
 
 
 class PricingDataNotLoadedError(ZiplineError):
-    msg = ('Pricing data {field} for trading pairs {symbols} trading on '
+    msg = ('Missing data for {exchange} {symbols} in date range '
-           'exchange {exchange} since {first_trading_day} is unavailable. '
+           '[{start_dt} - {end_dt}]'
-           'The bundle data is either out-of-date or has not been loaded yet. '
+           '\nPlease run: `catalyst ingest-exchange -x {exchange} -f '
-           'Please ingest data using the command '
+           '{data_frequency} -i {symbol_list}`. See catalyst documentation '
-           '`catalyst ingest-exchange -x {exchange} -f {data_frequency} -i {symbol_list}`. '
+           'for details.').strip()
-           'See catalyst documentation for details.').strip()
+
+class PricingDataValueError(ZiplineError):
+    msg = ('Unable to retrieve pricing data for {exchange} {symbol} '
+           '[{start_dt} - {end_dt}]: {error}').strip()
+
+
+class DataCorruptionError(ZiplineError):
+    msg = ('Unable to validate data for {exchange} {symbols} in date range '
+           '[{start_dt} - {end_dt}]. The data is either corrupted or '
+           'unavailable. Please try deleting this bundle:'
+           '\n`catalyst clean-exchange -x {exchange}\n'
+           'Then, ingest the data again. Please contact the Catalyst team if '
+           'the issue persists.').strip()
 
 
 class ApiCandlesError(ZiplineError):
     msg = ('Unable to fetch candles from the remote API: {error}.').strip()
 
+
 class NoDataAvailableOnExchange(ZiplineError):
-    msg = ('Requested data for trading pair {symbol} is not available on exchange {exchange} '
+    msg = (
-           'in `{data_frequency}` frequency at this time. '
+        'Requested data for trading pair {symbol} is not available on exchange {exchange} '
-           'Check `http://enigma.co/catalyst/status` for market coverage.').strip()
+        'in `{data_frequency}` frequency at this time. '
+        'Check `http://enigma.co/catalyst/status` for market coverage.').strip()

catalyst/exchange/exchange_execution.py

@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@ from catalyst.finance.execution import LimitOrder, StopOrder, StopLimitOrder
 class ExchangeLimitOrder(LimitOrder):
     def get_limit_price(self, is_buy):
         """
-        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers
+        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers.
-        :param is_buy:
+
-        :return:
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        is_buy: bool
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+
         """
         return self.limit_price
 
@@ -14,9 +21,16 @@ class ExchangeLimitOrder(LimitOrder):
 class ExchangeStopOrder(StopOrder):
     def get_stop_price(self, is_buy):
         """
-        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers
+        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers.
-        :param is_buy:
+
-        :return:
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        is_buy: bool
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+
         """
         return self.stop_price
 
@@ -24,16 +38,30 @@ class ExchangeStopOrder(StopOrder):
 class ExchangeStopLimitOrder(StopLimitOrder):
     def get_limit_price(self, is_buy):
         """
-        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers
+        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers.
-        :param is_buy:
+
-        :return:
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        is_buy: bool
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+
         """
         return self.limit_price
 
     def get_stop_price(self, is_buy):
         """
-        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers
+        We may be trading Satoshis with 8 decimals, we cannot round numbers.
-        :param is_buy:
+
-        :return:
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        is_buy: bool
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+
         """
         return self.stop_price

catalyst/exchange/exchange_portfolio.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from logbook import Logger
 
 from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL
 from catalyst.protocol import Portfolio, Positions, Position
+from catalyst.utils.deprecate import deprecated
 
 log = Logger('ExchangePortfolio', level=LOG_LEVEL)
 
@@ -29,10 +30,15 @@ class ExchangePortfolio(Portfolio):
         self.positions_value = 0.0
         self.open_orders = dict()
 
-    def calculate_pnl(self):
-        log.debug('calculating pnl')
-
     def create_order(self, order):
+        """
+        Create an open order and store in memory.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        order: Order
+
+        """
         log.debug('creating order {}'.format(order.id))
         self.open_orders[order.id] = order
 
@@ -47,6 +53,18 @@ class ExchangePortfolio(Portfolio):
         log.debug('open order added to portfolio')
 
     def execute_order(self, order, transaction):
+        """
+        Update the open orders and positions to apply an executed order.
+
+        Unlike with backtesting, we do not need to add slippage and fees.
+        The executed price includes transaction fees.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        order: Order
+        transaction: Transaction
+
+        """
         log.debug('executing order {}'.format(order.id))
         del self.open_orders[order.id]
 
@@ -71,7 +89,9 @@ class ExchangePortfolio(Portfolio):
 
         log.debug('updated portfolio with executed order')
 
+    @deprecated
     def execute_transaction(self, transaction):
+        # TODO: almost duplicate of execute_order. Not sure why Poloniex needs this.
         log.debug('executing transaction {}'.format(transaction.order_id))
 
         order_position = self.positions[transaction.asset] \
@@ -96,6 +116,14 @@ class ExchangePortfolio(Portfolio):
         log.debug('updated portfolio with executed order')
 
     def remove_order(self, order):
+        """
+        Removing an open order.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        order: Order
+
+        """
         log.info('removing cancelled order {}'.format(order.id))
         del self.open_orders[order.id]
 

catalyst/exchange/exchange_utils.py

@@ -1,21 +1,56 @@
+import hashlib
 import json
 import os
 import pickle
-import urllib
+import re
+import shutil
 from datetime import date, datetime
 
 import pandas as pd
+from catalyst.assets._assets import TradingPair
+from six.moves.urllib import request
 
-from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import ExchangeAuthNotFound, \
+from catalyst.constants import DATE_FORMAT, SYMBOLS_URL
-    ExchangeSymbolsNotFound
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import ExchangeSymbolsNotFound, \
+    InvalidHistoryFrequencyError, InvalidHistoryFrequencyAlias
 from catalyst.utils.paths import data_root, ensure_directory, \
     last_modified_time
 
-SYMBOLS_URL = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/enigmaco/catalyst-exchanges/' \
+
-              '{exchange}/symbols.json'
+def get_sid(symbol):
+    """
+    Create a sid by hashing the symbol of a currency pair.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    symbol: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    int
+        The resulting sid.
+
+    """
+    sid = int(
+        hashlib.sha256(symbol.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest(), 16
+    ) % 10 ** 6
+    return sid
 
 
 def get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ=None):
+    """
+    The root path of an exchange folder.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchange_name: str
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
     if not environ:
         environ = os.environ
 
@@ -26,29 +61,75 @@ def get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ=None):
     return exchange_folder
 
 
-def get_exchange_symbols_filename(exchange_name, environ=None):
+def get_exchange_symbols_filename(exchange_name, is_local=False, environ=None):
+    """
+    The absolute path of the exchange's symbol.json file.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchange_name:
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
+    name = 'symbols.json' if not is_local else 'symbols_local.json'
     exchange_folder = get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ)
-    return os.path.join(exchange_folder, 'symbols.json')
+    return os.path.join(exchange_folder, name)
 
 
 def download_exchange_symbols(exchange_name, environ=None):
+    """
+    Downloads the exchange's symbols.json from the repository.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchange_name: str
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
     filename = get_exchange_symbols_filename(exchange_name)
     url = SYMBOLS_URL.format(exchange=exchange_name)
-    response = urllib.urlretrieve(url=url, filename=filename)
+    response = request.urlretrieve(url=url, filename=filename)
     return response
 
 
-def get_exchange_symbols(exchange_name, environ=None):
+def get_exchange_symbols(exchange_name, is_local=False, environ=None):
-    filename = get_exchange_symbols_filename(exchange_name)
+    """
+    The de-serialized content of the exchange's symbols.json.
 
-    if not os.path.isfile(filename) or \
+    Parameters
-            pd.Timedelta(pd.Timestamp('now', tz='UTC') - last_modified_time(filename)).days > 1:
+    ----------
+    exchange_name: str
+    is_local: bool
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Object
+
+    """
+    filename = get_exchange_symbols_filename(exchange_name, is_local)
+
+    if not is_local and (not os.path.isfile(filename) or pd.Timedelta(
+                pd.Timestamp('now', tz='UTC') - last_modified_time(
+                filename)).days > 1):
         download_exchange_symbols(exchange_name, environ)
 
     if os.path.isfile(filename):
         with open(filename) as data_file:
-            data = json.load(data_file)
+            try:
-            return data
+                data = json.load(data_file)
+                return data
+
+            except ValueError:
+                return dict()
     else:
         raise ExchangeSymbolsNotFound(
             exchange=exchange_name,
@@ -56,7 +137,63 @@ def get_exchange_symbols(exchange_name, environ=None):
         )
 
 
+def save_exchange_symbols(exchange_name, assets, is_local=False, environ=None):
+    """
+    Save assets into an exchange_symbols file.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchange_name: str
+    assets: list[dict[str, object]]
+    is_local: bool
+    environ
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+
+    """
+    asset_dicts = dict()
+    for symbol in assets:
+        asset_dicts[symbol] = assets[symbol].to_dict()
+
+    filename = get_exchange_symbols_filename(
+        exchange_name, is_local, environ
+    )
+    with open(filename, 'wt') as handle:
+        json.dump(asset_dicts, handle, indent=4, default=symbols_serial)
+
+
+def get_symbols_string(assets):
+    """
+    A concatenated string of symbols from a list of assets.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    assets: list[TradingPair]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
+    array = [assets] if isinstance(assets, TradingPair) else assets
+    return ', '.join([asset.symbol for asset in array])
+
+
 def get_exchange_auth(exchange_name, environ=None):
+    """
+    The de-serialized contend of the exchange's auth.json file.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchange_name: str
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Object
+
+    """
     exchange_folder = get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ)
     filename = os.path.join(exchange_folder, 'auth.json')
 
@@ -67,10 +204,43 @@ def get_exchange_auth(exchange_name, environ=None):
     else:
         data = dict(name=exchange_name, key='', secret='')
         with open(filename, 'w') as f:
-            json.dump(data, f, sort_keys=False, indent=2, separators=(',', ':'))
+            json.dump(data, f, sort_keys=False, indent=2,
+                      separators=(',', ':'))
             return data
 
+
+def delete_algo_folder(algo_name, environ=None):
+    """
+    Delete the folder containing the algo state.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    algo_name: str
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
+    folder = get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ)
+    shutil.rmtree(folder)
+
+
 def get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ=None):
+    """
+    The algorithm root folder of the algorithm.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    algo_name: str
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
     if not environ:
         environ = os.environ
 
@@ -82,6 +252,21 @@ def get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ=None):
 
 
 def get_algo_object(algo_name, key, environ=None, rel_path=None):
+    """
+    The de-serialized object of the algo name and key.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    algo_name: str
+    key: str
+    environ:
+    rel_path: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Object
+
+    """
     if algo_name is None:
         return None
 
@@ -103,6 +288,18 @@ def get_algo_object(algo_name, key, environ=None, rel_path=None):
 
 
 def save_algo_object(algo_name, key, obj, environ=None, rel_path=None):
+    """
+    Serialize and save an object by algo name and key.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    algo_name: str
+    key: str
+    obj: Object
+    environ:
+    rel_path: str
+
+    """
     folder = get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ)
 
     if rel_path is not None:
@@ -115,16 +312,22 @@ def save_algo_object(algo_name, key, obj, environ=None, rel_path=None):
         pickle.dump(obj, handle, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
 
 
-def append_algo_object(algo_name, key, obj, environ=None):
-    algo_folder = get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ)
-    filename = os.path.join(algo_folder, key + '.p')
-
-    mode = 'a+b' if os.path.isfile(filename) else 'wb'
-    with open(filename, mode) as handle:
-        pickle.dump(obj, handle, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
-
-
 def get_algo_df(algo_name, key, environ=None, rel_path=None):
+    """
+    The de-serialized DataFrame of an algo name and key.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    algo_name: str
+    key: str
+    environ:
+    rel_path: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    DataFrame
+
+    """
     folder = get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ)
 
     if rel_path is not None:
@@ -143,19 +346,43 @@ def get_algo_df(algo_name, key, environ=None, rel_path=None):
 
 
 def save_algo_df(algo_name, key, df, environ=None, rel_path=None):
-    folder = get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ)
+    """
+    Serialize to csv and save a DataFrame by algo name and key.
 
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    algo_name: str
+    key: str
+    df: pd.DataFrame
+    environ:
+    rel_path: str
+
+    """
+    folder = get_algo_folder(algo_name, environ)
     if rel_path is not None:
         folder = os.path.join(folder, rel_path)
         ensure_directory(folder)
 
     filename = os.path.join(folder, key + '.csv')
 
-    with open(filename, 'wb') as handle:
+    with open(filename, 'wt') as handle:
-        df.to_csv(handle)
+        df.to_csv(handle, encoding='UTF_8')
 
 
 def get_exchange_minute_writer_root(exchange_name, environ=None):
+    """
+    The minute writer folder for the exchange.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchange_name: str
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    BcolzExchangeBarWriter
+
+    """
     exchange_folder = get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ)
 
     minute_data_folder = os.path.join(exchange_folder, 'minute_data')
@@ -163,7 +390,21 @@ def get_exchange_minute_writer_root(exchange_name, environ=None):
 
     return minute_data_folder
 
+
 def get_exchange_bundles_folder(exchange_name, environ=None):
+    """
+    The temp folder for bundle downloads by algo name.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchange_name: str
+    environ:
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
     exchange_folder = get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ)
 
     temp_bundles = os.path.join(exchange_folder, 'temp_bundles')
@@ -172,9 +413,161 @@ def get_exchange_bundles_folder(exchange_name, environ=None):
     return temp_bundles
 
 
-def perf_serial(obj):
+def symbols_serial(obj):
-    """JSON serializer for objects not serializable by default json code"""
+    """
+    JSON serializer for objects not serializable by default json code
 
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    obj: Object
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(obj, (datetime, date)):
+        return obj.floor('1D').strftime(DATE_FORMAT)
+
+    raise TypeError("Type %s not serializable" % type(obj))
+
+
+def perf_serial(obj):
+    """
+    JSON serializer for objects not serializable by default json code
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    obj: Object
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
     if isinstance(obj, (datetime, date)):
         return obj.isoformat()
+
     raise TypeError("Type %s not serializable" % type(obj))
+
+
+def get_common_assets(exchanges):
+    """
+    The assets available in all specified exchanges.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    exchanges: list[Exchange]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    list[TradingPair]
+
+    """
+    symbols = []
+    for exchange_name in exchanges:
+        s = [asset.symbol for asset in exchanges[exchange_name].get_assets()]
+        symbols.append(s)
+
+    inter_symbols = set.intersection(*map(set, symbols))
+
+    assets = []
+    for symbol in inter_symbols:
+        for exchange_name in exchanges:
+            asset = exchanges[exchange_name].get_asset(symbol)
+            assets.append(asset)
+
+    return assets
+
+
+def get_frequency(freq, data_frequency):
+    """
+    Get the frequency parameters.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    We're trying to use Pandas convention for frequency aliases.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    freq: str
+    data_frequency: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str, int, str, str
+
+    """
+    if freq == 'minute':
+        unit = 'T'
+        candle_size = 1
+
+    elif freq == 'daily':
+        unit = 'D'
+        candle_size = 1
+
+    else:
+        freq_match = re.match(r'([0-9].*)?(m|M|d|D|h|H|T)', freq, re.M | re.I)
+        if freq_match:
+            candle_size = int(freq_match.group(1)) if freq_match.group(1) \
+                else 1
+            unit = freq_match.group(2)
+
+        else:
+            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(frequency=freq)
+
+    if unit.lower() == 'd':
+        alias = '{}D'.format(candle_size)
+
+        if data_frequency == 'minute':
+            data_frequency = 'daily'
+
+    elif unit.lower() == 'm' or unit == 'T':
+        alias = '{}T'.format(candle_size)
+
+        if data_frequency == 'daily':
+            data_frequency = 'minute'
+
+    # elif unit.lower() == 'h':
+    #     candle_size = candle_size * 60
+    #
+    #     alias = '{}T'.format(candle_size)
+    #     if data_frequency == 'daily':
+    #         data_frequency = 'minute'
+
+    else:
+        raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyAlias(freq=freq)
+
+    return alias, candle_size, unit, data_frequency
+
+
+def resample_history_df(df, freq, field):
+    """
+    Resample the OHCLV DataFrame using the specified frequency.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    df: DataFrame
+    freq: str
+    field: str
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    DataFrame
+
+    """
+    if field == 'open':
+        agg = 'first'
+    elif field == 'high':
+        agg = 'max'
+    elif field == 'low':
+        agg = 'min'
+    elif field == 'close':
+        agg = 'last'
+    elif field == 'volume':
+        agg = 'sum'
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Invalid field.')
+
+    resampled_df = df.resample(freq).agg(agg)
+    return resampled_df

catalyst/exchange/factory.py

@@ -5,28 +5,39 @@ from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_auth
 from catalyst.exchange.poloniex.poloniex import Poloniex
 
 
-def get_exchange(exchange_name):
+def get_exchange(exchange_name, base_currency=None):
     exchange_auth = get_exchange_auth(exchange_name)
     if exchange_name == 'bitfinex':
         return Bitfinex(
             key=exchange_auth['key'],
             secret=exchange_auth['secret'],
-            base_currency=None,  # TODO: make optional at the exchange
+            base_currency=base_currency,
             portfolio=None
         )
+
     elif exchange_name == 'bittrex':
         return Bittrex(
             key=exchange_auth['key'],
             secret=exchange_auth['secret'],
-            base_currency=None,
+            base_currency=base_currency,
             portfolio=None
         )
+
     elif exchange_name == 'poloniex':
         return Poloniex(
             key=exchange_auth['key'],
             secret=exchange_auth['secret'],
-            base_currency=None,
+            base_currency=base_currency,
             portfolio=None
         )
+
     else:
         raise ExchangeNotFoundError(exchange_name=exchange_name)
+
+
+def get_exchanges(exchange_names):
+    exchanges = dict()
+    for exchange_name in exchange_names:
+        exchanges[exchange_name] = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+
+    return exchanges

catalyst/exchange/live_graph_clock.py

@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
 import pandas as pd
 from catalyst.gens.sim_engine import (
     BAR,
@@ -33,8 +20,8 @@ class LiveGraphClock(object):
 
     This mixes the clock with a live graph.
 
-    Note
+    Notes
-    ----
+    -----
     This seemingly awkward approach allows us to run the program using a single
     thread. This is important because Matplotlib does not play nice with
     multi-threaded environments. Zipline probably does not either.
@@ -53,7 +40,7 @@ class LiveGraphClock(object):
 
     def __init__(self, sessions, context, time_skew=pd.Timedelta('0s')):
 
-        global mdates, plt                  #TODO: Could be cleaner
+        global mdates, plt  # TODO: Could be cleaner
         import matplotlib.dates as mdates
         from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
         from matplotlib import style
@@ -95,11 +82,12 @@ class LiveGraphClock(object):
         """
         Trying to assign reasonable parameters to the time axis.
 
-        TODO: room for improvement
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        ax:
 
-        :param ax:
-        :return:
         """
+        # TODO: room for improvement
         ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(mdates.DayLocator(interval=1))
         ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(self.fmt)
 
@@ -113,9 +101,21 @@ class LiveGraphClock(object):
         ax.grid(True)
 
     def set_legend(self, ax):
+        """
+        Set legend on the chart.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        ax
+
+        """
         ax.legend(loc='upper left', ncol=1, fontsize=10, numpoints=1)
 
     def draw_pnl(self):
+        """
+        Draw p&l line on the chart.
+
+        """
         ax = self.ax_pnl
         df = self.context.pnl_stats
 
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ class LiveGraphClock(object):
         self.format_ax(ax)
 
     def draw_custom_signals(self):
+        """
+        Draw custom signals on the chart.
+
+        """
         ax = self.ax_custom_signals
         df = self.context.custom_signals_stats
 
@@ -154,6 +158,10 @@ class LiveGraphClock(object):
         self.format_ax(ax)
 
     def draw_exposure(self):
+        """
+        Draw exposure line on the chart.
+
+        """
         ax = self.ax_exposure
         context = self.context
         df = context.exposure_stats

catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from catalyst.exchange.exchange_errors import (
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_execution import ExchangeLimitOrder, \
     ExchangeStopLimitOrder
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols_filename, \
-    download_exchange_symbols
+    download_exchange_symbols, get_symbols_string
 from catalyst.exchange.poloniex.poloniex_api import Poloniex_api
 from catalyst.finance.order import Order, ORDER_STATUS
 from catalyst.finance.transaction import Transaction
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ log = Logger('Poloniex', level=LOG_LEVEL)
 
 class Poloniex(Exchange):
     def __init__(self, key, secret, base_currency, portfolio=None):
-        self.api = Poloniex_api(key=key, secret=secret.encode('UTF-8'))
+        self.api = Poloniex_api(key=key, secret=secret)
         self.name = 'poloniex'
-        self.assets = {}
+
+        self.assets = dict()
         self.load_assets()
+
+        self.local_assets = dict()
+        self.load_assets(is_local=True)
+
         self.base_currency = base_currency
         self._portfolio = portfolio
         self.minute_writer = None
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ class Poloniex(Exchange):
         self.max_requests_per_minute = 60
         self.request_cpt = dict()
 
-        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self)
+        self.bundle = ExchangeBundle(self.name)
 
     def sanitize_curency_symbol(self, exchange_symbol):
         """
@@ -119,9 +124,9 @@ class Poloniex(Exchange):
         return order, executed_price
 
     def get_balances(self):
-        log.debug('retrieving wallets balances')
+        balances = self.api.returnbalances()
         try:
-            balances = self.api.returnbalances()
+            log.debug('retrieving wallets balances')
         except Exception as e:
             log.debug(e)
             raise ExchangeRequestError(error=e)
@@ -171,12 +176,12 @@ class Poloniex(Exchange):
         # TODO: fetch account data and keep in cache
         return None
 
-    def get_candles(self, data_frequency, assets, bar_count=None,
+    def get_candles(self, freq, assets, bar_count=None,
                     start_dt=None, end_dt=None):
         """
         Retrieve OHLVC candles from Poloniex
 
-        :param data_frequency:
+        :param freq:
         :param assets:
         :param bar_count:
         :return:
@@ -186,41 +191,58 @@ class Poloniex(Exchange):
         '5m', '15m', '30m', '2h', '4h', '1D'
         """
 
-        # TODO: implement end_dt and start_dt filters
+        if end_dt is None:
+            end_dt = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
 
-        if (
+        log.debug(
-                        data_frequency == '5m' or data_frequency == 'minute'):  # TODO: Polo does not have '1m'
+            'retrieving {bars} {freq} candles on {exchange} from '
+            '{end_dt} for markets {symbols}, '.format(
+                bars=bar_count,
+                freq=freq,
+                exchange=self.name,
+                end_dt=end_dt,
+                symbols=get_symbols_string(assets)
+            )
+        )
+
+        if freq == '1T' and (bar_count == 1 or bar_count is None):
+            # TODO: use the order book instead
+            # We use the 5m to fetch the last bar
             frequency = 300
-        elif (data_frequency == '15m'):
+        elif freq == '5T':
+            frequency = 300
+        elif freq == '15T':
             frequency = 900
-        elif (data_frequency == '30m'):
+        elif freq == '30T':
             frequency = 1800
-        elif (data_frequency == '2h'):
+        elif freq == '120T':
             frequency = 7200
-        elif (data_frequency == '4h'):
+        elif freq == '240T':
             frequency = 14400
-        elif (data_frequency == '1D' or data_frequency == 'daily'):
+        elif freq == '1D':
             frequency = 86400
         else:
-            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(
+            # Poloniex does not offer 1m data candles
-                frequency=data_frequency
+            # It is likely to error out there frequently
-            )
+            raise InvalidHistoryFrequencyError(frequency=freq)
 
         # Making sure that assets are iterable
         asset_list = [assets] if isinstance(assets, TradingPair) else assets
         ohlc_map = dict()
 
         for asset in asset_list:
+            delta = end_dt - pd.to_datetime('1970-1-1', utc=True)
+            end = int(delta.total_seconds())
 
-            end = int(time.time())
+            if bar_count is None:
-            if (bar_count is None):
                 start = end - 2 * frequency
             else:
                 start = end - bar_count * frequency
 
             try:
-                response = self.api.returnchartdata(self.get_symbol(asset),
+                response = self.api.returnchartdata(
-                                                    frequency, start, end)
+                    self.get_symbol(asset), frequency, start, end
+                )
             except Exception as e:
                 raise ExchangeRequestError(error=e)
 

catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import json
 import time
 import hmac
 import hashlib
+import ssl
 
 from six.moves import urllib
 
@@ -19,19 +20,25 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
         self.max_requests_per_second = 6
         self.request_cpt = dict()
 
-        self.public  = ['returnTicker', 'return24Volume', 'returnOrderBook',
+        self.public = ['returnTicker', 'return24Volume', 'returnOrderBook',
-                        'returnTradeHistory', 'returnChartData',
+                       'returnTradeHistory', 'returnChartData',
-                        'returnCurrencies', 'returnLoanOrders']
+                       'returnCurrencies', 'returnLoanOrders']
-        self.trading = ['returnBalances','returnCompleteBalances','returnDepositAddresses',
+        self.trading = ['returnBalances', 'returnCompleteBalances',
-                        'generateNewAddress','returnDepositsWithdrawals','returnOpenOrders',
+                        'returnDepositAddresses',
-                        'returnTradeHistory','returnOrderTrades',
+                        'generateNewAddress', 'returnDepositsWithdrawals',
+                        'returnOpenOrders',
+                        'returnTradeHistory', 'returnOrderTrades',
                         'buy', 'sell', 'cancelOrder', 'moveOrder',
-                        'withdraw', 'returnFeeInfo','returnAvailableAccountBalances',
+                        'withdraw', 'returnFeeInfo',
+                        'returnAvailableAccountBalances',
                         'returnTradableBalances', 'transferBalance',
-                        'returnMarginAccountSummary','marginBuy','marginSell',
+                        'returnMarginAccountSummary', 'marginBuy',
-                        'getMarginPosition', 'closeMarginPosition','createLoanOffer',
+                        'marginSell',
-                        'cancelLoanOffer','returnOpenLoanOffers','returnActiveLoans',
+                        'getMarginPosition', 'closeMarginPosition',
-                        'returnLendingHistory','toggleAutoRenew']
+                        'createLoanOffer',
+                        'cancelLoanOffer', 'returnOpenLoanOffers',
+                        'returnActiveLoans',
+                        'returnLendingHistory', 'toggleAutoRenew']
 
     def ask_request(self):
         """
@@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
             self.request_cpt[now] = 0
             return True
 
-        cpt_date = self.request_cpt.keys()[0]
+        cpt_date = list(self.request_cpt.keys())[0]
         cpt = self.request_cpt[cpt_date]
 
         if now > cpt_date + 1:
@@ -59,9 +66,8 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
             return True
 
         if cpt >= self.max_requests_per_second:
-            
+
-            log.debug('max requests 6 reached, sleeping for 1 seconds')
+            time.sleep(1)
-            sleep(1)
 
             now = time.time()
             self.request_cpt = dict()
@@ -73,22 +79,36 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
     def query(self, method, req={}):
 
         if method in self.public:
-            url = 'https://poloniex.com/public?command=' + method + '&' + urllib.parse.urlencode(req)
+            url = 'https://poloniex.com/public?command=' + method + '&' + \
+                  urllib.parse.urlencode(req)
             headers = {}
             post_data = None
         elif method in self.trading:
             url = 'https://poloniex.com/tradingApi'
             req['command'] = method
-            req['nonce']   = int(time.time()*1000)
+            req['nonce'] = int(time.time() * 1000)
-            post_data      = urllib.parse.urlencode(req)
+            post_data = urllib.parse.urlencode(req)
-            signature      = hmac.new(self.secret, post_data, hashlib.sha512).hexdigest()
+
-            headers        = { 'Sign': signature, 'Key': self.key}
+            signature = hmac.new(self.secret.encode('utf-8'),
+                                 post_data.encode('utf-8'),
+                                 hashlib.sha512).hexdigest()
+            headers = {'Sign': signature, 'Key': self.key}
+
+            post_data = post_data.encode('utf-8')
         else:
-            raise ValueError('Method "' + method + '" not found in neither the Public API or Trading API endpoints')
+            raise ValueError(
+                'Method "' + method + '" not found in neither the Public API '
+                                      'or Trading API endpoints'
+            )
 
         self.ask_request()
-        req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=post_data, headers=headers)
+        req = urllib.request.Request(
-        return json.loads(urlopen(req).read())
+            url,
+            data=post_data,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+        return json.loads(
+            urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context()).read())
 
     def returnticker(self):
         return self.query('returnTicker', {})
@@ -100,15 +120,17 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
         return self.query('returnOrderBook', {'currencyPair': market})
 
     def returntradehistory(self, market, start=None, end=None):
-        if(start is not None and end is not None):
+        if (start is not None and end is not None):
-            return self.query('returntradehistory', 
+            return self.query('returntradehistory',
-                              {'currencyPair': market, 'start': start, 'end': end })
+                              {'currencyPair': market, 'start': start,
+                               'end': end})
         else:
-            return self.query('returntradehistory', {'currencyPair': market })
+            return self.query('returntradehistory', {'currencyPair': market})
 
     def returnchartdata(self, market, period, start, end=9999999999):
-        return self.query('returnChartData', {'currencyPair': market, 'period': period,
+        return self.query('returnChartData',
-                          'start': start, 'end': end})
+                          {'currencyPair': market, 'period': period,
+                           'start': start, 'end': end})
 
     def returncurrencies(self):
         return self.query('returnCurrencies', {})
@@ -120,7 +142,7 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
         return self.query('returnBalances')
 
     def returncompletebalances(self, account):
-        if(account):
+        if (account):
             return self.query('returnCompleteBalances', {'account': account})
         else:
             return self.query('returnCompleteBalances')
@@ -132,43 +154,54 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
         return self.query('generateNewAddress', {'currency': currency})
 
     def returnDepositsWithdrawals(self, start, end):
-        return self.query('returnDepositsWithdrawals', {'start': start, 'end': end})
+        return self.query('returnDepositsWithdrawals',
+                          {'start': start, 'end': end})
 
     def returnopenorders(self, market):
         return self.query('returnOpenOrders', {'currencyPair': market})
 
     def returntradehistory(self, market):
-        #TODO: optional start and/or end and limit
+        # TODO: optional start and/or end and limit
         return self.query('returnTradeHistory', {'currencyPair': market})
 
     def returnordertrades(self, ordernumber):
         return self.query('returnOrderTrades', {'orderNumber': ordernumber})
 
-    def buy(self, market, amount, rate, fillorkill=0, immediateorcancel=0, postonly=0):
+    def buy(self, market, amount, rate, fillorkill=0, immediateorcancel=0,
-        if(fillorkill):
+            postonly=0):
-            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount,
+        if (fillorkill):
+            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
+                                      'amount': amount,
                                       'fillOrKill': fillorkill, })
-        elif(immediateorcancel):
+        elif (immediateorcancel):
-            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount,
+            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
+                                      'amount': amount,
                                       'immediateOrCancel': immediateorcancel, })
-        elif(postonly):
+        elif (postonly):
-            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount,
+            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
+                                      'amount': amount,
                                       'postOnly': postonly, })
         else:
-            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount, })
+            return self.query('buy', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
+                                      'amount': amount, })
 
-    def sell(self, market, amount, rate, fillorkill=0, immediateorcancel=0, postonly=0):
+    def sell(self, market, amount, rate, fillorkill=0, immediateorcancel=0,
-        if(fillorkill):
+             postonly=0):
-            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount,
+        if (fillorkill):
-                                      'fillOrKill': fillorkill, })
+            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
-        elif(immediateorcancel):
+                                       'amount': amount,
-            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount,
+                                       'fillOrKill': fillorkill, })
-                                      'immediateOrCancel': immediateorcancel, })
+        elif (immediateorcancel):
-        elif(postonly):
+            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
-            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount,
+                                       'amount': amount,
-                                      'postOnly': postonly, })
+                                       'immediateOrCancel': immediateorcancel, })
+        elif (postonly):
+            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
+                                       'amount': amount,
+                                       'postOnly': postonly, })
         else:
-            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate':rate, 'amount': amount, })
+            return self.query('sell', {'currencyPair': market, 'rate': rate,
+                                       'amount': amount, })
 
     def cancelorder(self, ordernumber):
         return self.query('cancelOrder', {'orderNumber': ordernumber})
@@ -180,4 +213,3 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
 
     def returnfeeinfo(self):
         return self.query('returnFeeInfo')
-

catalyst/exchange/stats_utils.py

@@ -1,14 +1,138 @@
+import numbers
+
+import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
 
+def trend_direction(series):
+    if series[-1] is np.nan or series[-1] is np.nan:
+        return None
+
+    if series[-1] > series[-2]:
+        return 'up'
+    else:
+        return 'down'
+
+
+def crossover(source, target):
+    """
+    The `x`-series is defined as having crossed over `y`-series if the value
+    of `x` is greater than the value of `y` and the value of `x` was less than
+    the value of `y` on the bar immediately preceding the current bar.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    source: Series
+    target: Series
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    bool
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(target, numbers.Number):
+        if source[-1] is np.nan or source[-2] is np.nan \
+                or target is np.nan:
+            return False
+
+        if source[-1] >= target > source[-2]:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    else:
+        if source[-1] is np.nan or source[-2] is np.nan \
+                or target[-1] is np.nan or target[-2] is np.nan:
+            return False
+
+        if source[-1] > target[-1] and source[-2] < target[-2]:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+
+def crossunder(source, target):
+    """
+    The `x`-series is defined as having crossed under `y`-series if the value
+    of `x` is less than the value of `y` and the value of `x` was greater than
+    the value of `y` on the bar immediately preceding the current bar.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    source: Series
+    target: Series
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    bool
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(target, numbers.Number):
+        if source[-1] is np.nan or source[-2] is np.nan \
+                or target is np.nan:
+            return False
+
+        if source[-1] < target <= source[-2]:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+    else:
+        if source[-1] is np.nan or source[-2] is np.nan \
+                or target[-1] is np.nan or target[-2] is np.nan:
+            return False
+
+        if source[-1] < target[-1] and source[-2] >= target[-2]:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+
+def vwap(df):
+    """
+    Volume-weighted average price (VWAP) is a ratio generally used by
+    institutional investors and mutual funds to make buys and sells so as not
+    to disturb the market prices with large orders. It is the average share
+    price of a stock weighted against its trading volume within a particular
+    time frame, generally one day.
+
+    Read more: Volume Weighted Average Price - VWAP
+    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vwap.asp#ixzz4xt922daE
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    df: pd.DataFrame
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+
+    """
+    if 'close' not in df.columns or 'volume' not in df.columns:
+        raise ValueError('price data must include `volume` and `close`')
+
+    vol_sum = np.nansum(df['volume'].values)
+
+    try:
+        ret = np.nansum(df['close'].values * df['volume'].values) / vol_sum
+    except ZeroDivisionError:
+        ret = np.nan
+
+    return ret
+
+
 def get_pretty_stats(stats_df, recorded_cols=None, num_rows=10):
     """
     Format and print the last few rows of a statistics DataFrame.
     See the pyfolio project for the data structure.
 
-    :param stats_df:
+    Parameters
-    :param num_rows:
+    ----------
-    :return:
+    stats_df: DataFrame
+    num_rows: int
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
     """
     stats_df.set_index('period_close', drop=True, inplace=True)
     stats_df.dropna(axis=1, how='all', inplace=True)
@@ -49,3 +173,49 @@ def get_pretty_stats(stats_df, recorded_cols=None, num_rows=10):
         columns=columns,
         formatters=formatters
     )
+
+
+def df_to_string(df):
+    """
+    Create a formatted str representation of the DataFrame.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    df: DataFrame
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+
+    """
+    pd.set_option('display.expand_frame_repr', False)
+    pd.set_option('precision', 8)
+    pd.set_option('display.width', 1000)
+    pd.set_option('display.max_colwidth', 1000)
+
+    return df.to_string()
+
+
+def extract_transactions(perf):
+    """
+    Compute indexes for buy and sell transactions
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    perf: DataFrame
+        The algo performance DataFrame.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    DataFrame
+        A DataFrame of transactions.
+
+    """
+    trans_list = perf.transactions.values
+    all_trans = [t for sublist in trans_list for t in sublist]
+    all_trans.sort(key=lambda t: t['dt'])
+
+    transactions = pd.DataFrame(all_trans)
+    if not transactions.empty:
+        transactions.set_index('dt', inplace=True, drop=True)
+    return transactions

catalyst/exchange/validator.py

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+import pandas as pd
+import six
+from catalyst.assets._assets import TradingPair, get_calendar
+from logbook import Logger
+from pandas.util.testing import assert_frame_equal
+
+from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL
+from catalyst.exchange.asset_finder_exchange import AssetFinderExchange
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_data_portal import DataPortalExchangeBacktest
+from catalyst.exchange.factory import get_exchanges
+from catalyst.utils.paths import ensure_directory
+
+log = Logger('Validator', level=LOG_LEVEL)
+
+
+def output_df(df, assets, name=None):
+    """
+    Outputs a price DataFrame to a temp folder.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    df: pd.DataFrame
+    assets
+    name
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(assets, TradingPair):
+        exchange_folder = assets.exchange
+        asset_folder = assets.symbol
+    else:
+        exchange_folder = ','.join([asset.exchange for asset in assets])
+        asset_folder = ','.join([asset.symbol for asset in assets])
+
+    folder = os.path.join(
+        tempfile.gettempdir(), 'catalyst', exchange_folder, asset_folder
+    )
+    ensure_directory(folder)
+
+    if name is None:
+        name = 'output'
+
+    path = os.path.join(folder, '{}.csv'.format(name))
+    df.to_csv(path)
+
+    return path
+
+
+class Validator(object):
+    def __init__(self, data_portal):
+        self.data_portal = data_portal
+
+    def compare_bundle_with_exchange(self, exchange, assets, end_dt, bar_count,
+                                     sample_minutes):
+        """
+        Creates DataFrames from the bundle and exchange for the specified
+        data set.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        exchange: Exchange
+        assets
+        end_dt
+        bar_count
+        sample_minutes
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+
+        """
+        freq = '{}T'.format(sample_minutes)
+
+        log.info('creating data sample from bundle')
+        df1 = self.data_portal.get_history_window(
+            assets=assets,
+            end_dt=end_dt,
+            bar_count=bar_count,
+            frequency=freq,
+            field='close',
+            data_frequency='minute'
+        )
+        path = output_df(df1, assets, '{}_resampled'.format(freq))
+        log.info('saved resampled bundle candles: {}\n{}'.format(
+            path, df1.tail(10))
+        )
+
+        log.info('creating data sample from exchange api')
+        candles = exchange.get_candles(
+            end_dt=end_dt,
+            freq='{}T'.format(sample_minutes),
+            assets=assets,
+            bar_count=bar_count
+        )
+
+        series = dict()
+        for asset in assets:
+            series[asset] = pd.Series(
+                data=[candle['close'] for candle in candles[asset]],
+                index=[candle['last_traded'] for candle in candles[asset]]
+            )
+
+        df2 = pd.DataFrame(series)
+        path = output_df(df2, assets, '{}_api'.format(freq))
+        log.info('saved exchange api candles: {}\n{}'.format(
+            path, df2.tail(10))
+        )
+
+        try:
+            assert_frame_equal(df1, df2)
+            return True
+        except:
+            log.warn('differences found in dataframes')
+            return False
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    exchanges = get_exchanges(['poloniex'])
+    exchange = six.next(six.itervalues(exchanges))
+    assets = exchange.get_assets(symbols=['eth_btc'])
+
+    open_calendar = get_calendar('OPEN')
+    asset_finder = AssetFinderExchange()
+    data_portal = DataPortalExchangeBacktest(
+        exchanges=exchanges,
+        asset_finder=asset_finder,
+        trading_calendar=open_calendar,
+        first_trading_day=None  # will set dynamically based on assets
+    )
+    validator = Validator(data_portal=data_portal)
+
+    validator.compare_bundle_with_exchange(
+        exchange=exchange,
+        assets=assets,
+        end_dt=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-10 1:00', utc=True),
+        bar_count=200,
+        sample_minutes=30
+    )

catalyst/finance/execution.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class LimitOrder(ExecutionStyle):
     Execution style representing an order to be executed at a price equal to or
     better than a specified limit price.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, limit_price, exchange=None):
         """
         Store the given price.
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ class StopOrder(ExecutionStyle):
     Execution style representing an order to be placed once the market price
     reaches a specified stop price.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, stop_price, exchange=None):
         """
         Store the given price.
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ class StopLimitOrder(ExecutionStyle):
     Execution style representing a limit order to be placed with a specified
     limit price once the market reaches a specified stop price.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, limit_price, stop_price, exchange=None):
         """
         Store the given prices
@@ -144,31 +147,20 @@ class StopLimitOrder(ExecutionStyle):
 def asymmetric_round_price_to_penny(price, prefer_round_down,
                                     diff=(0.0095 - .005)):
     """
-    Asymmetric rounding function for adjusting prices to two places in a way
+    Modified the original function because we do not want to round
-    that "improves" the price.  For limit prices, this means preferring to
+    prices on crypto exchange.
-    round down on buys and preferring to round up on sells.  For stop prices,
-    it means the reverse.
 
-    If prefer_round_down == True:
+    Parameters
-        When .05 below to .95 above a penny, use that penny.
+    ----------
-    If prefer_round_down == False:
+    price: float
-        When .95 below to .05 above a penny, use that penny.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    float
 
-    In math-speak:
-    If prefer_round_down: [<X-1>.0095, X.0195) -> round to X.01.
-    If not prefer_round_down: (<X-1>.0005, X.0105] -> round to X.01.
     """
-    # Subtracting an epsilon from diff to enforce the open-ness of the upper
+    # TODO: consider overriding outside of the original function
-    # bound on buys and the lower bound on sells.  Using the actual system
+    return price
-    # epsilon doesn't quite get there, so use a slightly less epsilon-ey value.
-    epsilon = float_info.epsilon * 10
-    diff = diff - epsilon
-
-    # relies on rounding half away from zero, unlike numpy's bankers' rounding
-    rounded = round(price - (diff if prefer_round_down else -diff), 2)
-    if zp_math.tolerant_equals(rounded, 0.0):
-        return 0.0
-    return rounded
 
 
 def check_stoplimit_prices(price, label):

catalyst/finance/risk/cumulative.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from pandas.tseries.tools import normalize_date
 
 from six import iteritems
 
-from . risk import (
+from .risk import (
     check_entry,
     choose_treasury
 )
@@ -37,12 +37,11 @@ from empyrical import (
     sharpe_ratio,
     sortino_ratio,
 )
-
+import warnings
 from catalyst.constants import LOG_LEVEL
 
 log = logbook.Logger('Risk Cumulative', level=LOG_LEVEL)
 
-
 choose_treasury = functools.partial(choose_treasury, lambda *args: '10year',
                                     compound=False)
 
@@ -145,6 +144,8 @@ class RiskMetricsCumulative(object):
         self.num_trading_days = 0
 
     def update(self, dt, algorithm_returns, benchmark_returns, leverage):
+        warnings.filterwarnings('error')
+
         # Keep track of latest dt for use in to_dict and other methods
         # that report current state.
         self.latest_dt = dt
@@ -191,9 +192,12 @@ class RiskMetricsCumulative(object):
             if len(self.benchmark_returns) == 1:
                 self.benchmark_returns = np.append(0.0, self.benchmark_returns)
 
-        self.benchmark_cumulative_returns[dt_loc] = cum_returns(
+        try:
-            self.benchmark_returns
+            self.benchmark_cumulative_returns[dt_loc] = cum_returns(
-        )[-1]
+                self.benchmark_returns
+            )[-1]
+        except Exception:
+            self.benchmark_cumulative_returns[dt_loc] = 0
 
         benchmark_cumulative_returns_to_date = \
             self.benchmark_cumulative_returns[:dt_loc + 1]
@@ -268,10 +272,17 @@ algorithm_returns ({algo_count}) in range {start} : {end} on {dt}"
         self.downside_risk[dt_loc] = downside_risk(
             self.algorithm_returns
         )
-        self.sortino[dt_loc] = sortino_ratio(
+
-            self.algorithm_returns,
+        try:
-            _downside_risk=self.downside_risk[dt_loc]
+            risk = self.downside_risk[dt_loc]
-        )
+            self.sortino[dt_loc] = sortino_ratio(
+                self.algorithm_returns,
+                _downside_risk=risk
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            # TODO: what causes it to error out?
+            self.sortino[dt_loc] = 0
+
         self.information[dt_loc] = information_ratio(
             self.algorithm_returns,
             self.benchmark_returns,
@@ -283,6 +294,8 @@ algorithm_returns ({algo_count}) in range {start} : {end} on {dt}"
         self.max_leverage = self.calculate_max_leverage()
         self.max_leverages[dt_loc] = self.max_leverage
 
+        warnings.resetwarnings()
+
     def to_dict(self):
         """
         Creates a dictionary representing the state of the risk report.
@@ -294,18 +307,18 @@ algorithm_returns ({algo_count}) in range {start} : {end} on {dt}"
         rval = {
             'trading_days': self.num_trading_days,
             'benchmark_volatility':
-            self.benchmark_volatility[dt_loc],
+                self.benchmark_volatility[dt_loc],
             'algo_volatility':
-            self.algorithm_volatility[dt_loc],
+                self.algorithm_volatility[dt_loc],
             'treasury_period_return': self.treasury_period_return,
             # Though the two following keys say period return,
             # they would be more accurately called the cumulative return.
             # However, the keys need to stay the same, for now, for backwards
             # compatibility with existing consumers.
             'algorithm_period_return':
-            self.algorithm_cumulative_returns[dt_loc],
+                self.algorithm_cumulative_returns[dt_loc],
             'benchmark_period_return':
-            self.benchmark_cumulative_returns[dt_loc],
+                self.benchmark_cumulative_returns[dt_loc],
             'beta': self.beta[dt_loc],
             'alpha': self.alpha[dt_loc],
             'sharpe': self.sharpe[dt_loc],

catalyst/finance/risk/period.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import functools
+import warnings
 
 import logbook
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
 from . import risk
-from . risk import check_entry
+from .risk import check_entry
 
 from empyrical import (
     alpha_beta_aligned,
@@ -78,14 +79,20 @@ class RiskMetricsPeriod(object):
         self.calculate_metrics()
 
     def calculate_metrics(self):
-        self.benchmark_period_returns = \
+        warnings.filterwarnings('error')
-            cum_returns(self.benchmark_returns).iloc[-1]
+
+        try:
+            self.benchmark_period_returns = \
+                cum_returns(self.benchmark_returns).iloc[-1]
+        except Exception:
+            # TODO: why is there an error
+            self.benchmark_period_returns = 0
 
         self.algorithm_period_returns = \
             cum_returns(self.algorithm_returns).iloc[-1]
 
         if not self.algorithm_returns.index.equals(
-            self.benchmark_returns.index
+                self.benchmark_returns.index
         ):
             message = "Mismatch between benchmark_returns ({bm_count}) and \
             algorithm_returns ({algo_count}) in range {start} : {end}"
@@ -128,10 +135,17 @@ class RiskMetricsPeriod(object):
         self.downside_risk = downside_risk(
             self.algorithm_returns.values
         )
-        self.sortino = sortino_ratio(
+
-            self.algorithm_returns.values,
+        try:
-            _downside_risk=self.downside_risk,
+            risk = self.downside_risk
-        )
+            self.sortino = sortino_ratio(
+                self.algorithm_returns.values,
+                _downside_risk=risk,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            # TODO: what causes it to error out?
+            self.sortino = 0
+
         self.information = information_ratio(
             self.algorithm_returns.values,
             self.benchmark_returns.values,
@@ -141,10 +155,12 @@ class RiskMetricsPeriod(object):
             self.benchmark_returns.values,
         )
         self.excess_return = self.algorithm_period_returns - \
-            self.treasury_period_return
+                             self.treasury_period_return
         self.max_drawdown = max_drawdown(self.algorithm_returns.values)
         self.max_leverage = self.calculate_max_leverage()
 
+        warnings.resetwarnings()
+
     def to_dict(self):
         """
         Creates a dictionary representing the state of the risk report.

catalyst/support/issue_44.py

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import pandas as pd
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols
+
+from catalyst.api import (
+    symbols,
+)
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    context.i = -1
+    context.base_currency = 'btc'
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    lookback = 60 * 24 * 7  # (minutes, hours, days)
+    context.i += 1
+    if context.i < lookback:
+        return
+
+    today = context.blotter.current_dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+    try:
+        # update universe everyday
+        new_day = 60 * 24
+        if not context.i % new_day:
+            context.universe = universe(context, today)
+
+        # get data every 30 minutes
+        minutes = 30
+        if not context.i % minutes and context.universe:
+            for coin in context.coins:
+                pair = str(coin.symbol)
+
+                # ohlcv data
+                open = data.history(coin, 'open', lookback,
+                                    '1m').ffill().bfill().resample(
+                    '30T').first()
+                high = data.history(coin, 'high', lookback,
+                                    '1m').ffill().bfill().resample('30T').max()
+                low = data.history(coin, 'low', lookback,
+                                   '1m').ffill().bfill().resample('30T').min()
+                close = data.history(coin, 'price', lookback,
+                                     '1m').ffill().bfill().resample(
+                    '30T').last()
+                volume = data.history(coin, 'volume', lookback,
+                                      '1m').ffill().bfill().resample(
+                    '30T').sum()
+
+                print(today, pair, close[-1])
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+
+def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+    pass
+
+
+def universe(context, today):
+    json_symbols = get_exchange_symbols('poloniex')
+    poloniex_universe_df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(
+        json_symbols).transpose().astype(str)
+    poloniex_universe_df['base_currency'] = poloniex_universe_df.apply(
+        lambda row: row.symbol.split('_')[1],
+        axis=1)
+    poloniex_universe_df['market_currency'] = poloniex_universe_df.apply(
+        lambda row: row.symbol.split('_')[0],
+        axis=1)
+    poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[
+        poloniex_universe_df['base_currency'] == context.base_currency]
+    poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[
+        poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'gas_btc']
+
+    # Markets currently not working on Catalyst 0.3.1
+    # 2017-01-01
+    # poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'bcn_btc']
+    # poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'burst_btc']
+    # poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'dgb_btc']
+    # poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'doge_btc']
+    # poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'emc2_btc']
+    # poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'pink_btc']
+    # poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[poloniex_universe_df.symbol != 'sc_btc']
+    print(poloniex_universe_df.head())
+
+    date = str(today).split(' ')[0]
+
+    poloniex_universe_df = poloniex_universe_df[
+        poloniex_universe_df.start_date < date]
+    context.coins = symbols(*poloniex_universe_df.symbol)
+    print(len(poloniex_universe_df))
+    return poloniex_universe_df.symbol.tolist()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    start_date = pd.to_datetime('2017-01-01', utc=True)
+    end_date = pd.to_datetime('2017-10-15', utc=True)
+
+    performance = run_algorithm(start=start_date, end=end_date,
+                                capital_base=10000.0,
+                                initialize=initialize,
+                                handle_data=handle_data,
+                                analyze=analyze,
+                                exchange_name='poloniex',
+                                data_frequency='minute',
+                                base_currency='btc',
+                                live=False,
+                                live_graph=False,
+                                algo_namespace='test')

catalyst/support/issue_47.py

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""
+Requires Catalyst version 0.3.0 or above
+Tested on Catalyst version 0.3.3
+
+These example aims to provide and easy way for users to learn how to collect data from the different exchanges.
+You simply need to specify the exchange and the market that you want to focus on.
+You will all see how to create a universe and filter it base on the exchange and the market you desire.
+
+The example prints out the closing price of all the pairs for a given market-exchange every 30 minutes.
+The example also contains the ohlcv minute data for the past seven days which could be used to create indicators
+Use this as the backbone to create your own trading strategies.
+
+Variables lookback date and date are used to ensure data for a coin existed on the lookback period specified.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+from datetime import timedelta
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_symbols
+
+from catalyst.api import (
+    symbols,
+)
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    context.i = -1  # counts the minutes
+    context.exchange = 'poloniex'  # must match the exchange specified in run_algorithm
+    context.base_currency = 'btc'  # must match the base currency specified in run_algorithm
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    lookback = 60 * 24 * 7  # (minutes, hours, days) of how far to lookback in the data history
+    context.i += 1
+
+    # current date formatted into a string
+    today = context.blotter.current_dt
+    date, time = today.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').split(' ')
+    lookback_date = today - timedelta(days=(
+    lookback / (60 * 24)))  # subtract the amount of days specified in lookback
+    lookback_date = lookback_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').split(' ')[
+        0]  # get only the date as a string
+
+    # update universe everyday
+    new_day = 60 * 24
+    if not context.i % new_day:
+        context.universe = universe(context, lookback_date, date)
+
+    # get data every 30 minutes
+    minutes = 30
+    if not context.i % minutes and context.universe:
+        # we iterate for every pair in the current universe
+        for coin in context.coins:
+            pair = str(coin.symbol)
+
+            # 30 minute interval ohlcv data (the standard data required for candlestick or indicators/signals)
+            # 30T means 30 minutes re-sampling of one minute data. change to your desire time interval.
+            opened = fill(data.history(coin, 'open', bar_count=lookback,
+                                       frequency='30T')).values
+            high = fill(data.history(coin, 'high', bar_count=lookback,
+                                     frequency='30T')).values
+            low = fill(data.history(coin, 'low', bar_count=lookback,
+                                    frequency='30T')).values
+            close = fill(data.history(coin, 'price', bar_count=lookback,
+                                      frequency='30T')).values
+            volume = fill(data.history(coin, 'volume', bar_count=lookback,
+                                       frequency='30T')).values
+
+            # close[-1] is the equivalent to current price
+            # displays the minute price for each pair every 30 minutes
+            print(
+            today, pair, opened[-1], high[-1], low[-1], close[-1], volume[-1])
+
+            # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+            # -------------------------------------- Insert Your Strategy Here -----------------------------------------
+            # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+    pass
+
+
+# Get the universe for a given exchange and a given base_currency market
+# Example: Poloniex btc Market
+def universe(context, lookback_date, current_date):
+    json_symbols = get_exchange_symbols(
+        context.exchange)  # get all the pairs for the exchange
+    universe_df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(json_symbols).transpose().astype(
+        str)  # convert into a dataframe
+    universe_df['base_currency'] = universe_df.apply(
+        lambda row: row.symbol.split('_')[1],
+        axis=1)
+    universe_df['market_currency'] = universe_df.apply(
+        lambda row: row.symbol.split('_')[0],
+        axis=1)
+    # Filter all the exchange pairs to only the ones for a give base currency
+    universe_df = universe_df[
+        universe_df['base_currency'] == context.base_currency]
+
+    # Filter all the pairs to ensure that pair existed in the current date range
+    universe_df = universe_df[universe_df.start_date < lookback_date]
+    universe_df = universe_df[universe_df.end_daily >= current_date]
+    context.coins = symbols(
+        *universe_df.symbol)  # convert all the pairs to symbols
+    return universe_df.symbol.tolist()
+
+
+# Replace all NA, NAN or infinite values with its nearest value
+def fill(series):
+    if isinstance(series, pd.Series):
+        return series.replace([np.inf, -np.inf], np.nan).ffill().bfill()
+    elif isinstance(series, np.ndarray):
+        return pd.Series(series).replace([np.inf, -np.inf],
+                                         np.nan).ffill().bfill().values
+    else:
+        return series
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    start_date = pd.to_datetime('2017-01-08', utc=True)
+    end_date = pd.to_datetime('2017-11-13', utc=True)
+
+    performance = run_algorithm(start=start_date, end=end_date,
+                                capital_base=10000.0,
+                                initialize=initialize,
+                                handle_data=handle_data,
+                                analyze=analyze,
+                                exchange_name='poloniex',
+                                data_frequency='minute',
+                                base_currency='btc',
+                                live=False,
+                                live_graph=False,
+                                algo_namespace='simple_universe')
+
+"""
+Run in Terminal (inside catalyst environment):
+python simple_universe.py
+"""

catalyst/support/issue_55.py

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import talib
+import pandas as pd
+
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.api import symbol
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    print('initializing')
+    context.asset = symbol('xcp_btc')
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    print('handling bar: {}'.format(data.current_dt))
+
+    price = data.current(context.asset, 'close')
+    print('got price {price}'.format(price=price))
+
+    try:
+        prices = data.history(
+            context.asset,
+            fields='close',
+            bar_count=1,
+            frequency='1D'
+        )
+        print('got {} price entries\n'.format(len(prices), prices))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+
+run_algorithm(
+    capital_base=1,
+    start=pd.to_datetime('2015-3-2', utc=True),
+    end=pd.to_datetime('2017-8-31', utc=True),
+    data_frequency='daily',
+    initialize=initialize,
+    handle_data=handle_data,
+    analyze=None,
+    exchange_name='poloniex',
+    algo_namespace='issue_55',
+    base_currency='btc'
+)

catalyst/support/issue_57.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import talib
+import pandas as pd
+
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.api import symbol
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    print('initializing')
+    context.asset = symbol('btc_usdt')
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    print('handling bar: {}'.format(data.current_dt))
+
+    price = data.current(context.asset, 'close')
+    print('got price {price}'.format(price=price))
+
+    try:
+        prices = data.history(
+            context.asset,
+            fields='close',
+            bar_count=60,
+            frequency='1D'
+        )
+        print('got {} price entries\n'.format(len(prices), prices))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+
+run_algorithm(
+    capital_base=1,
+    start=pd.to_datetime('2016-2-11', utc=True),
+    end=pd.to_datetime('2017-8-31', utc=True),
+    data_frequency='daily',
+    initialize=initialize,
+    handle_data=handle_data,
+    analyze=None,
+    exchange_name='bittrex',
+    algo_namespace='issue_57',
+    base_currency='btc'
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+)
+=======
+)
+>>>>>>> develop

catalyst/support/issue_74.py

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+from __future__ import division
+import os
+import pytz
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+from scipy.optimize import minimize
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from catalyst.api import record, symbol, symbols, order_target_percent
+from catalyst.utils.run_algo import run_algorithm
+
+np.set_printoptions(threshold='nan', suppress=True)
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    # Portfolio assets list
+    context.assets = symbols('btc_usdt', 'eth_usdt', 'ltc_usdt', 'dash_usdt',
+                             'xmr_usdt')
+    context.nassets = len(context.assets)
+    # Set the time window that will be used to compute expected return
+    # and asset correlations
+    context.window = 180
+    # Set the number of days between each portfolio rebalancing
+    context.rebalance_period = 30
+    context.i = 0
+
+
+def handle_data(context, data):
+    # Only rebalance at the beggining of the algorithm execution and
+    # every multiple of the rebalance period
+    if context.i == 0 or context.i % context.rebalance_period == 0:
+        n = context.window
+        prices = data.history(context.assets, fields='price',
+                           bar_count=n + 1, frequency='daily')
+        pr = np.asmatrix(prices)
+        t_prices = prices.iloc[1:n + 1]
+        t_val = t_prices.values
+        tminus_prices = prices.iloc[0:n]
+        tminus_val = tminus_prices.values
+        # Compute daily returns (r)
+        r = np.asmatrix(t_val / tminus_val - 1)
+        # Compute the expected returns of each asset with the average
+        # daily return for the selected time window
+        m = np.asmatrix(np.mean(r, axis=0))
+        # ###
+        stds = np.std(r, axis=0)
+        # Compute excess returns matrix (xr)
+        xr = r - m
+        # Matrix algebra to get variance-covariance matrix
+        cov_m = np.dot(np.transpose(xr), xr) / n
+        # Compute asset correlation matrix (informative only)
+        corr_m = cov_m / np.dot(np.transpose(stds), stds)
+
+        # Define portfolio optimization parameters
+        n_portfolios = 50000
+        results_array = np.zeros((3 + context.nassets, n_portfolios))
+        for p in xrange(n_portfolios):
+            weights = np.random.random(context.nassets)
+            weights /= np.sum(weights)
+            w = np.asmatrix(weights)
+            p_r = np.sum(np.dot(w, np.transpose(m))) * 365
+            p_std = np.sqrt(
+                np.dot(np.dot(w, cov_m), np.transpose(w))) * np.sqrt(365)
+
+            # store results in results array
+            results_array[0, p] = p_r
+            results_array[1, p] = p_std
+            # store Sharpe Ratio (return / volatility) - risk free rate element
+            # excluded for simplicity
+            results_array[2, p] = results_array[0, p] / results_array[1, p]
+            i = 0
+            for iw in weights:
+                results_array[3 + i, p] = weights[i]
+                i += 1
+
+        # convert results array to Pandas DataFrame
+        results_frame = pd.DataFrame(np.transpose(results_array),
+                                     columns=['r', 'stdev',
+                                              'sharpe'] + context.assets)
+        # locate position of portfolio with highest Sharpe Ratio
+        max_sharpe_port = results_frame.iloc[results_frame['sharpe'].idxmax()]
+        # locate positon of portfolio with minimum standard deviation
+        min_vol_port = results_frame.iloc[results_frame['stdev'].idxmin()]
+
+        # order optimal weights for each asset
+        for asset in context.assets:
+            if data.can_trade(asset):
+                order_target_percent(asset, max_sharpe_port[asset])
+
+        # create scatter plot coloured by Sharpe Ratio
+        plt.scatter(results_frame.stdev, results_frame.r,
+                    c=results_frame.sharpe, cmap='RdYlGn')
+        plt.xlabel('Volatility')
+        plt.ylabel('Returns')
+        plt.colorbar()
+        # plot red star to highlight position of portfolio with highest Sharpe Ratio
+        plt.scatter(max_sharpe_port[1], max_sharpe_port[0], marker='o',
+                    color='b', s=200)
+        # plot green star to highlight position of minimum variance portfolio
+        plt.show()
+        print(max_sharpe_port)
+        record(pr=pr, r=r, m=m, stds=stds, max_sharpe_port=max_sharpe_port,
+               corr_m=corr_m)
+    context.i += 1
+
+
+def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+    # Form DataFrame with selected data
+    data = results[['pr', 'r', 'm', 'stds', 'max_sharpe_port', 'corr_m',
+                    'portfolio_value']]
+
+    # Save results in CSV file
+    filename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
+    data.to_csv(filename + '.csv')
+
+
+# Bitcoin data is available from 2015-3-2. Dates vary for other tokens.
+start = datetime(2017, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, pytz.utc)
+end = datetime(2017, 8, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, pytz.utc)
+results = run_algorithm(initialize=initialize,
+                        handle_data=handle_data,
+                        analyze=analyze,
+                        start=start,
+                        end=end,
+                        exchange_name='poloniex',
+                        capital_base=100000, )

catalyst/support/rodrigo_1.py

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import pandas as pd
+from logbook import Logger, DEBUG
+
+from catalyst import run_algorithm
+from catalyst.api import (schedule_function, order_target_percent, symbol,
+                          date_rules, get_open_orders, cancel_order, record,
+                          set_commission, set_slippage)
+
+log = Logger('rodrigo_1', level=DEBUG)
+"""
+The initialize function sets any data or variables that 
+you'll use in your algorithm. 
+It's only called once at the beginning of your algorithm.
+"""
+
+
+def initialize(context):
+    # Select asset of interest
+    context.asset = symbol('BTC_USD')
+
+    # set_commission(TradingPairFeeSchedule(maker_fee=0.5, taker_fee=0.5))
+    # set_slippage(TradingPairFixedSlippage(spread=0.5))
+    # Set up a rebalance method to run every day
+    schedule_function(rebalance, date_rule=date_rules.every_day())
+
+
+"""
+Rebalance function scheduled to run once per day.
+"""
+
+
+def rebalance(context, data):
+    # To make market decisions, we're calculating the token's
+    # moving average for the last 5 days.
+
+    # We get the price history for the last 5 days.
+    price_history = data.history(context.asset, fields='price', bar_count=5,
+                                 frequency='1d')
+
+    # Then we take an average of those 5 days.
+    average_price = price_history.mean()
+
+    # We also get the coin's current price.
+    price = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
+
+    # Cancel any outstanding orders
+    orders = get_open_orders(context.asset) or []
+    for order in orders:
+        cancel_order(order)
+
+    # If our coin is currently listed on a major exchange
+    if data.can_trade(context.asset):
+        # If the current price is 1% above the 5-day average price,
+        # we open a long position. If the current price is below the
+        # average price, then we want to close our position to 0 shares.
+        if price > (1.01 * average_price):
+            # Place the buy order (positive means buy, negative means sell)
+            order_target_percent(context.asset, .99)
+            log.info("Buying %s" % (context.asset.symbol))
+        elif price < average_price:
+            # Sell all of our shares by setting the target position to zero
+            order_target_percent(context.asset, 0)
+            log.info("Selling %s" % (context.asset.symbol))
+
+    # Use the record() method to track up to five custom signals.
+    # Record Apple's current price and the average price over the last
+    # five days.
+    cash = context.portfolio.cash
+    leverage = context.account.leverage
+
+    record(price=price, average_price=average_price, cash=cash,
+           leverage=leverage)
+
+
+def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+    # Plot the portfolio and asset data.
+    ax1 = plt.subplot(511)
+    results[['portfolio_value']].plot(ax=ax1)
+    ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value (USD)')
+
+    ax2 = plt.subplot(512, sharex=ax1)
+    ax2.set_ylabel('{asset} (USD)'.format(asset=context.asset))
+    (results[[
+        'price',
+    ]]).plot(ax=ax2)
+
+    trans = results.ix[[t != [] for t in results.transactions]]
+    buys = trans.ix[
+        [t[0]['amount'] > 0 for t in trans.transactions]
+    ]
+    sells = trans.ix[
+        [t[0]['amount'] < 0 for t in trans.transactions]
+    ]
+
+    ax2.plot(
+        buys.index,
+        results.price[buys.index],
+        '^',
+        markersize=10,
+        color='g',
+    )
+    ax2.plot(
+        sells.index,
+        results.price[sells.index],
+        'v',
+        markersize=10,
+        color='r',
+    )
+
+    ax3 = plt.subplot(513, sharex=ax1)
+    results[['leverage']].plot(ax=ax3)
+    ax3.set_ylabel('Leverage ')
+
+    ax4 = plt.subplot(514, sharex=ax1)
+    results[['cash']].plot(ax=ax4)
+    ax4.set_ylabel('Cash (USD)')
+
+    results[[
+        'algorithm',
+        'benchmark',
+    ]] = results[[
+        'algorithm_period_return',
+        'benchmark_period_return',
+    ]]
+
+    ax5 = plt.subplot(515, sharex=ax1)
+    results[[
+        'algorithm',
+        'benchmark',
+    ]].plot(ax=ax5)
+    ax5.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+
+    plt.legend(loc=3)
+
+    # Show the plot.
+    plt.gcf().set_size_inches(18, 8)
+    plt.show()
+
+
+run_algorithm(
+    capital_base=100000,
+    start=pd.to_datetime('2017-1-1', utc=True),
+    end=pd.to_datetime('2017-10-22', utc=True),
+    data_frequency='minute',
+    initialize=initialize,
+    handle_data=None,
+    analyze=analyze,
+    exchange_name='bitfinex',
+    algo_namespace='rodrigo_1',
+    base_currency='usd'
+)

catalyst/utils/paths.py

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def catalyst_root(environ=None):
 
     root = environ.get('ZIPLINE_ROOT', None)
     if root is None:
-        root = expanduser('~/.catalyst')
+        root = os.path.join(expanduser('~'),'.catalyst')
 
     return root
 

catalyst/utils/run_algo.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import warnings
 from datetime import timedelta
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ from time import sleep
 import click
 import pandas as pd
 
+from catalyst.data.bundles import load
+from catalyst.data.data_portal import DataPortal
 from catalyst.exchange.bittrex.bittrex import Bittrex
 from catalyst.exchange.bitfinex.bitfinex import Bitfinex
 from catalyst.exchange.poloniex.poloniex import Poloniex
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ import catalyst.utils.paths as pth
 
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_algorithm import ExchangeTradingAlgorithmLive, \
     ExchangeTradingAlgorithmBacktest
-from catalyst.exchange.data_portal_exchange import DataPortalExchangeLive, \
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_data_portal import DataPortalExchangeLive, \
     DataPortalExchangeBacktest
 from catalyst.exchange.asset_finder_exchange import AssetFinderExchange
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_portfolio import ExchangePortfolio
@@ -167,10 +170,12 @@ def _run(handle_data,
         # This corresponds to the json file containing api token info
         exchange_auth = get_exchange_auth(exchange_name)
 
-        if live and (exchange_auth['key'] == '' or exchange_auth['secret'] == ''):
+        if live and (exchange_auth['key'] == '' \
+                             or exchange_auth['secret'] == ''):
             raise ExchangeAuthEmpty(
-                    exchange=exchange_name.title(), 
+                exchange=exchange_name.title(),
-                    filename=os.path.join(get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ), 'auth.json') )
+                filename=os.path.join(
+                    get_exchange_folder(exchange_name, environ), 'auth.json'))
 
         if exchange_name == 'bitfinex':
             exchanges[exchange_name] = Bitfinex(
@@ -258,17 +263,35 @@ def _run(handle_data,
                     )
 
             if base_currency in balances:
-                return balances[base_currency]
+                base_currency_available = balances[base_currency]
+                log.info(
+                    'base currency available in the account: {} {}'.format(
+                        base_currency_available, base_currency
+                    )
+                )
+
+                if capital_base is not None \
+                        and capital_base < base_currency_available:
+                    log.info(
+                        'using capital base limit: {} {}'.format(
+                            capital_base, base_currency
+                        )
+                    )
+                    amount = capital_base
+                else:
+                    amount = base_currency_available
+
+                return amount
             else:
                 raise BaseCurrencyNotFoundError(
                     base_currency=base_currency,
                     exchange=exchange_name
                 )
 
-        capital_base = 0
+        combined_capital_base = 0
         for exchange_name in exchanges:
             exchange = exchanges[exchange_name]
-            capital_base += fetch_capital_base(exchange)
+            combined_capital_base += fetch_capital_base(exchange)
 
         sim_params = create_simulation_parameters(
             start=start,
@@ -287,7 +310,7 @@ def _run(handle_data,
             algo_namespace=algo_namespace,
             live_graph=live_graph
         )
-    else:
+    elif exchanges:
         # Removed the existing Poloniex fork to keep things simple
         # We can add back the complexity if required.
 
@@ -297,7 +320,7 @@ def _run(handle_data,
         # can handle this later.
 
         data = DataPortalExchangeBacktest(
-            exchanges=exchanges,
+            exchange_names=[exchange_name for exchange_name in exchanges],
             asset_finder=None,
             trading_calendar=open_calendar,
             first_trading_day=start,
@@ -317,6 +340,36 @@ def _run(handle_data,
             exchanges=exchanges
         )
 
+    elif bundle is not None:
+        bundle_data = load(
+            bundle,
+            environ,
+            bundle_timestamp,
+        )
+
+        prefix, connstr = re.split(
+            r'sqlite:///',
+            str(bundle_data.asset_finder.engine.url),
+            maxsplit=1,
+        )
+        if prefix:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "invalid url %r, must begin with 'sqlite:///'" %
+                str(bundle_data.asset_finder.engine.url),
+            )
+
+        env = TradingEnvironment(asset_db_path=connstr, environ=environ)
+        first_trading_day = \
+            bundle_data.equity_minute_bar_reader.first_trading_day
+
+        data = DataPortal(
+            env.asset_finder, open_calendar,
+            first_trading_day=first_trading_day,
+            equity_minute_reader=bundle_data.equity_minute_bar_reader,
+            equity_daily_reader=bundle_data.equity_daily_bar_reader,
+            adjustment_reader=bundle_data.adjustment_reader,
+        )
+
     perf = algorithm_class(
         namespace=namespace,
         env=env,
@@ -416,7 +469,8 @@ def run_algorithm(initialize,
                   exchange_name=None,
                   base_currency=None,
                   algo_namespace=None,
-                  live_graph=False):
+                  live_graph=False,
+                  output=os.devnull):
     """Run a trading algorithm.
 
     Parameters
@@ -486,7 +540,9 @@ def run_algorithm(initialize,
     --------
     catalyst.data.bundles.bundles : The available data bundles.
     """
-    load_extensions(default_extension, extensions, strict_extensions, environ)
+    load_extensions(
+        default_extension, extensions, strict_extensions, environ
+    )
 
     # I'm not sure that we need this since the modified DataPortal
     # does not require extensions to be explicitly loaded.
@@ -527,7 +583,7 @@ def run_algorithm(initialize,
         bundle_timestamp=bundle_timestamp,
         start=start,
         end=end,
-        output=os.devnull,
+        output=output,
         print_algo=False,
         local_namespace=False,
         environ=environ,

docs/live-trading-wiki.md

@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-<h1>Live Trading</h1>
-This document explains how to get started with live trading.
-
-<h2>Supported Exchanges</h2>
-Catalyst can trade against these exchanges:
-
-* Bitfinex, id=`bitfinex`
-* Bittrex, id=`bittrex`
-
-<h3>Authentication</h3>
-Most exchanges require key/token combination for authentication. By
-convention, Catalyst uses an "auth.json" file to hold this data.
-
-This example illustrates the convention using the Bitfinex exchange.
-Here is how to generate key and secret values for bitfinex:
-https://docs.bitfinex.com/v1/docs/api-access. Most exchanges follow
-a similar process.
-
-The auth.json file:
-```json
-{
-  "name": "bitfinex",
-  "key": "my-key",
-  "secret": "my-secret"
-}
-```
-
-The file goes here:
-```
-~/.catalyst/data/exchanges/bitfinex/auth.json
-```
-
-Note that the 'bitfinex' directory corresponds to the id of the Bitfinex
-exchange as defined in the "Supported Exchanges" section above.
-Attempting to run an algorithm where the targeted exchange is missing
-its "auth.json" file will create the directory structure but result
-in an error.
-
-<h3>Currency Symbols</h3>
-Catalyst introduces a universal convention to reference
-trading pairs and individual currencies. This
-is required to ensure that the `symbol()` api predictably
-returns the correct asset regardless of the targeted exchange.
-
-Exchanges tend to use their own convention to represent currencies
-(e.g. XBT and BTC both represent Bitcoin on different exchanges).
-Trading pairs are also inconsistent. For example, Bitfinex
-puts the market currency before the base currency without a
-separator, Bittrex puts the base currency first and uses a dash
-seperator.
-
-Here is the Catalyst convention:
-
-*[Market Currency]_[Base Currency]* all lowercase.
-
-Currency symbols (e.g. btc, eth, ltc) follow the Bittrex convention.
-
-Here are some examples:
-```python
-# With Bitfinex
-bitcoin_usd_asset = symbol('btc_usd')
-ethereum_bitcoin_asset = symbol('eth_btc')
-
-# With Bittrex
-ethereum_bitcoin_asset = symbol('eth_btc')
-neo_ethereum_asset = symbol('neo_eth)
-```
-
-Note that the trading pairs are always referenced in the same manner.
-However, not all trading pairs are available on all exchanges. An
-error will occur if the specified trading pair is not trading
-on the exchange.
-
-<h2>Trading an Algorithm</h2>
-There is no special convention to follow when writing an
-algorithm for live trading. The same algorithm should work in
-backtest and live execution mode without modification.
-
-What differs are the arguments provided to the catalyst client or
-`run_algorithm()` interface. Here is example:
-
-```python
-run_algorithm(
-    initialize=initialize,
-    handle_data=handle_data,
-    analyze=analyze,
-    exchange_name='bitfinex',
-    live=True,
-    algo_namespace='my_algo_trading_xrp',
-    base_currency='btc'
-)
-```
-
-Here is the breakdown of the new arguments:
-* live: Boolean flag which enables live trading.
-* exchange_name: The name of the targeted exchange
-    (supported values: *bitfinex*, *bittrex*).
-* algo_namespace: A arbitrary label assigned to your algorithm for
-    data storage purposes.
-* base_currency: The base currency used to calculate the
-    statistics of your algorithm. Currently, the base currency of all
-    trading pairs of your algorithm must match this value.
-
-Here is a complete algorithm for reference:
-[Buy Low and Sell High](../catalyst/examples/buy_low_sell_high_live.py)

docs/source/beginner-tutorial.rst

@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ Basics
 ~~~~~~
 
 Catalyst is an open-source algorithmic trading simulator for crypto
-assets written in Python.
+assets written in Python. The source code can be found at: 
-
+https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst
-The source can be found at: https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst
 
 Some benefits include:
 
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ Some benefits include:
    build profitable, data-driven investment strategies.
 
 This tutorial assumes that you have Catalyst correctly installed, see the
-:doc:`installation instructions <install>` if you haven't set up 
+:doc:`Install<install>` section if you haven't set up Catalyst yet.
-Catalyst yet.
 
 Every ``catalyst`` algorithm consists of at least two functions you have to
 define:
@@ -40,10 +38,12 @@ Before the start of the algorithm, ``catalyst`` calls the
 need to access from one algorithm iteration to the next.
 
 After the algorithm has been initialized, ``catalyst`` calls the
-``handle_data()`` function once for each event. At every call, it passes
+``handle_data()`` function on each iteration, that's one per day (daily) or 
-the same ``context`` variable and an event-frame called ``data``
+once every minute (minute), depending on the frequency we choose to run our 
-containing the current trading bar with open, high, low, and close
+simulation. On every iteration, ``handle_data()`` passes the same ``context`` 
-(OHLC) prices as well as volume for each crypto asset in your universe. 
+variable and an event-frame called ``data`` containing the current trading bar 
+with open, high, low, and close (OHLC) prices as well as volume for each 
+crypto asset in your universe. 
 
 .. For more information on these functions, see the `relevant part of the
 .. Quantopian docs <https://www.quantopian.com/help#api-toplevel>`.
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ containing the current trading bar with open, high, low, and close
 My first algorithm
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Lets take a look at a very simple algorithm from the ``examples``
+Lets take a look at a very simple algorithm from the ``examples`` directory: 
-directory: `buy_btc_simple.py <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/catalyst/examples/buy_btc_simple.py>`_:
+`buy_btc_simple.py <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/catalyst/examples/buy_btc_simple.py>`_:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ directory: `buy_btc_simple.py <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master
 
 As you can see, we first have to import some functions we would like to
 use. All functions commonly used in your algorithm can be found in
-``catalyst.api``. Here we are using :func:`~catalyst.api.order()` which takes two
+``catalyst.api``. Here we are using :func:`~catalyst.api.order()` which takes 
-arguments: a cryptoasset object, and a number specifying how many assets you would
+twoarguments: a cryptoasset object, and a number specifying how many assets you 
-like to order (if negative, :func:`~catalyst.api.order()` will sell/short
+wouldlike to order (if negative, :func:`~catalyst.api.order()` will sell/short
 assets). In this case we want to order 1 bitcoin at each iteration. 
 
 .. For more documentation on ``order()``, see the `Quantopian docs
@@ -88,61 +88,102 @@ a bitcoin in the ``data`` event frame.
 
 .. (for more information see `here <https://www.quantopian.com/help#api-event-properties>`__.
 
-Running the algorithm
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-To can now test this algorithm on crypto data, ``catalyst`` provides three
-interfaces: 
-
--  A command-line interface,
--  ``IPython Notebook`` magic, 
--  and :func:`~catalyst.run_algorithm`.
-
 Ingesting data
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-In previous versions of Catalyst you needed to manually ingest data before running
+Before you can backtest your algorithm, you first need to load the historical 
-your algorithm to make it available at runtime. Starting with version 0.3, the
+pricing data that Catalyst needs to run your simulation through a process called
-algorithm will automagically ingest the data it needs the first time that encounters 
+``ingestion``. When you ingest data, Catalyst downloads that data in compressed 
-a data request for data that it doesn't have.
+form from the Enigma servers (which eventually will migrate to the Enigma Data 
+Marketplace), and stores it locally to make it available at runtime. 
 
-Still, we believe it is important for you to have a high-level understanding
+In order to ingest data, you need to run a command like the following:
-of how data is managed:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  catalyst ingest-exchange -x bitfinex -i btc_usd
+
+This instructs Catalyst to download pricing data from the ``Bitfinex`` exchange 
+for the ``btc_usd`` currency pair (this follows from the simple algorithm 
+presented above where we want to trade ``btc_usd``), and we're choosing to test
+our algorithm using historical pricing data from the Bitfinex exchange. By 
+default, Catalyst assumes that you want data with ``daily`` frequency (one candle
+bar per day). If you want instead ``minute`` frequency (one candle bar for every
+minute), you would need to specify it as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  catalyst ingest-exchange -x bitfinex -i btc_usd -f minute
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  Ingesting exchange bundle bitfinex...
+    [====================================]  Ingesting daily price data on bitfinex:  100%
+
+We believe it is important for you to have a high-level understanding of how 
+data is managed, hence the following overview:
 
 -  Pricing data is split and packaged into ``bundles``: chunks of data organized 
    as time series that are kept up to date daily on Enigma's servers. Catalyst 
-   downloads the bundles that needs at any given time, and reconstructs the whole
+   downloads the requested bundles and reconstructs the full dataset in your 
-   dataset in your hard drive.
+   hard drive.
 
--  Pricing data is provided in ``daily`` and ``minute`` resolution. Those are different
+-  Pricing data is provided in ``daily`` and ``minute`` resolution. Those are 
-   bundle datasets, and are managed separately.
+   different bundle datasets, and are managed separately.
 
--  Bundles are exchange-specific, as the pricing data is specific to the trades that
+-  Bundles are exchange-specific, as the pricing data is specific to the trades 
-   happen in each exchange. You can optionally specify which exchange you want pricing
+   that happen in each exchange. As a result, you can must specify which 
-   data from.
+   exchange you want pricing data from when ingesting data
 
--  Catalyst keeps track of all the downloaded bundles, so that it only has to download
+-  Catalyst keeps track of all the downloaded bundles, so that it only has to 
-   them once, and will do incremental updates as needed.
+   download them once, and will do incremental updates as needed.
 
--  When running in ``live trading`` mode, Catalyst will first look for historical 
+-  When running in ``live trading`` mode, Catalyst will first look for 
-   pricing data in the locally stored bundles. If there is anything missing, Catalyst will
+   historical pricing data in the locally stored bundles. If there is anything 
-   hit the exchange for the most recent data, and merge it with the local bundle to make
+   missing, Catalyst will hit the exchange for the most recent data, and merge 
-   it available for future iterations.
+   it with the local bundle to optimize the number of requests it needs to make 
+   to the exchange.
 
-If you want to learn more, check out the :ref:`ingesting data <ingesting-data>` section
+The ``ingest-exchange`` command in catalyst offers additional parameters to 
-for more detail.
+further tweak the data ingestion process. You can learn more by running the
+following from the command line:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  catalyst ingest-exchange --help
+
+Running the algorithm
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can now test your algorithm using cryptoassets' historical pricing data, 
+``catalyst`` provides three interfaces: 
+
+-  A command-line interface (CLI),
+-  a :func:`~catalyst.run_algorithm()` that you can call from other 
+   Python scripts,
+-  and the ``Jupyter Notebook`` magic.
+
+
+We'll start with the CLI, and introduce the ``run_algorithm()`` in the last 
+example of this tutorial. Some of the :doc:`example algorithms <example-algos>` 
+provide instructions on how to run them both from the CLI, and using the 
+:func:`~catalyst.run_algorithm` function. For the third method, refer to the 
+corresponding section on :doc:`Catalyst & Jupyter Notebook <jupyter>` after you 
+have assimilated the contents of this tutorial.
 
 Command line interface
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-After you installed Catalyst you should be able to execute the following
+After you installed Catalyst, you should be able to execute the following
-from your command line (e.g. ``cmd.exe`` on Windows, or the Terminal app
+from your command line (e.g. ``cmd.exe`` or the ``Anaconda Prompt`` on Windows, 
-on OSX). Displaying here a simplified output for eductional purposes:
+or the Terminal application on MacOS). 
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    $ catalyst --help
 
+This is the resulting output, simplified for eductional purposes:
+
 .. parsed-literal::
 
      Usage: catalyst [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
@@ -158,10 +199,11 @@ on OSX). Displaying here a simplified output for eductional purposes:
        live             Trade live with the given algorithm.
        run              Run a backtest for the given algorithm.
 
-There are three main modes you can run on Catalyst. The first being ``ingest-exchange`` 
+There are three main modes you can run on Catalyst. The first being 
-for data ingestion, which we have summarized in the previous section. The second 
+``ingest-exchange`` for data ingestion, which we have covered in the previous 
-is ``live`` to use your algorithm to trade live against a given exchange, and the 
+section. The second is ``live`` to use your algorithm to trade live against a 
-third mode ``run`` is to backtest your algorithm before trading live with it.
+given exchange, and the third mode ``run`` is to backtest your algorithm before 
+trading live with it.
 
 Let's start with backtesting, so run this other command to learn more about 
 the available options:
@@ -210,22 +252,24 @@ the available options:
 
 
 As you can see there are a couple of flags that specify where to find your
-algorithm (``-f``) as well as a parameter to specify which exchange to use. 
+algorithm (``-f``) as well as a the ``-x`` flag to specify which exchange to 
-There are also arguments for the date range to run the algorithm over 
+use. There are also arguments for the date range to run the algorithm over 
-(``--start`` and ``--end``). Finally, you'll want to save the performance 
+(``--start`` and ``--end``). You also need to set the base currency for your 
-metrics of your algorithm so that you can analyze how it performed. This is 
+algorithm through the ``-c`` flag, and the ``--capital_base``. All the 
-done via the ``--output`` flag and will cause it to write the performance 
+aforementioned parameters are required. Optionally, you will want to save the 
-``DataFrame`` in the pickle Python file format. Note that you can also define 
+performance metrics of your algorithm so that you can analyze how it performed. 
-a configuration file with these parameters that you can then conveniently pass 
+This is done via the ``--output`` flag and will cause it to write the 
-to the ``-c`` option so that you don't have to supply the command line args 
+performance ``DataFrame`` in the pickle Python file format. Note that you can 
-all the time (see the .conf files in the examples directory).
+also define a configuration file with these parameters that you can then 
+conveniently pass to the ``-c`` option so that you don't have to supply the 
+command line args all the time.
 
 Thus, to execute our algorithm from above and save the results to
 ``buy_btc_simple_out.pickle`` we would call ``catalyst run`` as follows:
 
-.. code-block:: python
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-    catalyst run -f buy_btc_simple.py -x bitfinex --start 2016-1-1 --end 2017-9-30 -o buy_btc_simple_out.pickle
+    catalyst run -f buy_btc_simple.py -x bitfinex --start 2016-1-1 --end 2017-9-30 -c usd --capital-base 100000 -o buy_btc_simple_out.pickle
 
 
 .. parsed-literal:: 
@@ -253,17 +297,25 @@ slippage model that ``catalyst`` uses).
 .. see the `Quantopian docs <https://www.quantopian.com/help#ide-slippage>`__
 .. for more information).
 
-Let's take a quick look at the performance ``DataFrame``. For this, we
+
-use ``pandas`` from inside the IPython Notebook and print the first ten
+Let's take a quick look at the performance ``DataFrame``. For this, we write 
-rows. and print the first ten rows. Note that ``catalyst`` makes heavy usage of 
+different Python script--let's call it ``print_results.py``--and we make use of 
-`pandas <http://pandas.pydata.org/>`_, especially for data input and 
+the fantastic ``pandas`` library to print the first ten rows. Note that 
-outputting so it's worth spending some time to learn it.
+``catalyst`` makes heavy usage of `pandas <http://pandas.pydata.org/>`_, 
+especially for data analysis and outputting so it's worth spending some time to 
+learn it.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
     import pandas as pd
     perf = pd.read_pickle('buy_btc_simple_out.pickle') # read in perf DataFrame
-    perf.head()
+    print(perf.head())
+
+Which we execute by running:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ python print_results.py
 
 .. raw:: html
 
@@ -429,30 +481,48 @@ and allows us to plot the price of bitcoin. For example, we could easily
 examine now how our portfolio value changed over time compared to the
 bitcoin price.
 
-.. code-block:: python
+Now we will run the simulation again, but this time we extend our original 
-
+algorithm with the addition of the ``analyze()`` function. Somewhat analogously 
-    %load_ext catalyst
+as how ``initialize()`` gets called once before the start of the algorith, 
+``analyze()`` gets called once at the end of the algorithm, and receives two 
+variables: ``context``, which we discussed at the very beginning, and ``perf``, 
+which is the pandas dataframe containing the performance data for our algorithm 
+that we reviewed above. Inside the ``analyze()`` function is where we can 
+analyze and visualize the results of our strategy. Here's the revised simple 
+algorithm (note the addition of Line 1, and Lines 11-18)
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    %pylab inline
-    figsize(12, 12)
     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    from catalyst.api import order, record, symbol
 
-    ax1 = plt.subplot(211)
+    def initialize(context):
-    perf.portfolio_value.plot(ax=ax1)
+        context.asset = symbol('btc_usd')
-    ax1.set_ylabel('portfolio value')
-    ax2 = plt.subplot(212, sharex=ax1)
-    perf.btc.plot(ax=ax2)
-    ax2.set_ylabel('bitcoin price')
 
-.. parsed-literal::
+    def handle_data(context, data):
+        order(context.asset, 1)
+        record(btc = data.current(context.asset, 'price'))
 
-    Populating the interactive namespace from numpy and matplotlib
+    def analyze(context, perf):
+        ax1 = plt.subplot(211)
+        perf.portfolio_value.plot(ax=ax1)
+        ax1.set_ylabel('portfolio value')
+        ax2 = plt.subplot(212, sharex=ax1)
+        perf.btc.plot(ax=ax2)
+        ax2.set_ylabel('bitcoin price')
+        plt.show()
 
-.. parsed-literal::
+Here we make use of the external visualization library called 
+`matplotlib <https://matplotlib.org/>`_, which you might recall we installed 
+alongside enigma-catalyst (with the exception of the ``Conda`` install, where it
+was included by default inside the conda environment we created). If for any 
+reason you don't have it installed, you can add it by running:
 
-    <matplotlib.text.Text at 0x10eaeadd0>
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  (catalyst)$ pip install matplotlib
+
+If everything works well, you'll see the following chart:
 
 .. image:: https://s3.amazonaws.com/enigmaco-docs/github.io/buy_btc_simple_graph.png
 
@@ -460,6 +530,22 @@ Our algorithm performance as assessed by the ``portfolio_value`` closely
 matches that of the bitcoin price. This is not surprising as our algorithm 
 only bought bitcoin every chance it got.
 
+  If you get an error when invoking matplotlib to visualize the performance 
+  results refer to `MacOS + Matplotlib <install.html#macos-virtualenv-matplotlib>`_. 
+  Alternatively, some users have reported the following error when running an algo 
+  in a Linux environment:
+
+  .. parsed-literal::
+
+      ImportError: No module named _tkinter, please install the python-tk package
+
+  Which can easily solved by running (in Ubuntu/Debian-based systems):
+
+  .. code-block:: python
+
+      sudo apt install python-tk
+
+
 
 Access to previous prices using ``history``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -478,74 +564,235 @@ If the short-mavg crosses from above we exit the positions as we assume
 the stock to go down further.
 
 As we need to have access to previous prices to implement this strategy
-we need a new concept: History
+we need a new concept: History. ``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 daily or ``'1m'`` for minute frequency, but note that you need to have 
+minute-level data when using ``1m``). This is a function we use in the 
+``handle_data()`` section.
 
-``data.history()`` is a convenience function that keeps a rolling window of
+You will note that the code below is substantially longer than the previous 
-data for you. The first argument is the number of bars you want to
+examples. Don't get overwhelmed by it as the logic is fairly simple and easy to 
-collect, the second argument is the unit (either ``'1d'`` for ``'1m'``
+follow. Most of the added some complexity has been added to beautify the output, 
-but note that you need to have minute-level data for using ``1m``). This is
+which you can skim through for now. A copy of this algorithm is available in 
-a function we use in the ``handle_data()`` section:
+the ``examples`` directory:
+`dual_moving_average.py <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/catalyst/examples/dual_moving_average.py>`_.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    %%catalyst --start 2016-4-1 --end 2017-9-30 -x bitfinex
+    import numpy as np
+    import pandas as pd
+    from logbook import Logger
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
 
-    from catalyst.api import order, record, symbol, order_target
+    from catalyst import run_algorithm
+    from catalyst.api import (order, record, symbol, order_target_percent, 
+            get_open_orders)
+    from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import extract_transactions
+
+    NAMESPACE = 'dual_moving_average'
+    log = Logger(NAMESPACE)
 
     def initialize(context):
-       context.i = 0
+        context.i = 0
-       context.asset = symbol('btc_usd')
+        context.asset = symbol('ltc_usd')
+        context.base_price = None
+
 
     def handle_data(context, data):
-       # Skip first 150 days to get full windows
+        # define the windows for the moving averages 
-       context.i += 1
+        short_window = 50
-       if context.i < 150:
+        long_window = 200
+
+        # Skip as many bars as long_window to properly compute the average
+        context.i += 1
+        if context.i < long_window:
            return
 
-       # Compute averages
+        # Compute moving averages calling data.history() for each 
-       # data.history() has to be called with the same params
+        # moving average with the appropriate parameters. We choose to use
-       # from above and returns a pandas dataframe.
+        # minute bars for this simulation -> freq="1m"
-       short_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price', bar_count=50, frequency="1d").mean()
+        # Returns a pandas dataframe.
-       long_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price', bar_count=150, frequency="1d").mean()
+        short_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price', 
+                            bar_count=short_window, frequency="1m").mean()
+        long_mavg = data.history(context.asset, 'price',
+                            bar_count=long_window, frequency="1m").mean()
 
-       # Trading logic
+        # Let's keep the price of our asset in a more handy variable
-       if short_mavg > long_mavg:
+        price = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
-           # order_target orders as many shares as needed to
+
-           # achieve the desired number of shares.
+        # If base_price is not set, we use the current value. This is the
-           order_target(context.asset, 100)
+        # price at the first bar which we reference to calculate price_change.
-       elif short_mavg < long_mavg:
+        if context.base_price is None:
-           order_target(context.asset, 0)
+            context.base_price = price
+        price_change = (price - context.base_price) / context.base_price
+
+        # Save values for later inspection
+        record(price=price,
+               cash=context.portfolio.cash,
+               price_change=price_change,
+               short_mavg=short_mavg,
+               long_mavg=long_mavg)
+
+        # Since we are using limit orders, some orders may not execute immediately
+        # we wait until all orders are executed before considering more trades.
+        orders = get_open_orders(context.asset)
+        if len(orders) > 0:
+            return
+
+        # Exit if we cannot trade
+        if not data.can_trade(context.asset):
+            return
+
+        # We check what's our position on our portfolio and trade accordingly
+        pos_amount = context.portfolio.positions[context.asset].amount
+
+        # Trading logic
+        if short_mavg > long_mavg and pos_amount == 0:
+           # we buy 100% of our portfolio for this asset
+           order_target_percent(context.asset, 1)
+        elif short_mavg < long_mavg and pos_amount > 0:
+           # we sell all our positions for this asset
+           order_target_percent(context.asset, 0)
 
-       # Save values for later inspection
-       record(btc=data.current(context.asset, 'price'),
-              short_mavg=short_mavg,
-              long_mavg=long_mavg)
 
     def analyze(context, perf):
-       import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-       fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12,12))
-       ax1 = fig.add_subplot(211)
-       perf.portfolio_value.plot(ax=ax1)
-       ax1.set_ylabel('portfolio value in $')
 
-       ax2 = fig.add_subplot(212)
+        # Get the base_currency that was passed as a parameter to the simulation
-       perf['btc'].plot(ax=ax2)
+        base_currency = context.exchanges.values()[0].base_currency.upper()
-       perf[['short_mavg', 'long_mavg']].plot(ax=ax2)
 
-       perf_trans = perf.ix[[t != [] for t in perf.transactions]]
+        # First chart: Plot portfolio value using base_currency
-       buys = perf_trans.ix[[t[0]['amount'] > 0 for t in perf_trans.transactions]]
+        ax1 = plt.subplot(411)
-       sells = perf_trans.ix[
+        perf.loc[:, ['portfolio_value']].plot(ax=ax1)
-           [t[0]['amount'] < 0 for t in perf_trans.transactions]]
+        ax1.legend_.remove()
-       ax2.plot(buys.index, perf.short_mavg.ix[buys.index],
+        ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value\n({})'.format(base_currency))
-                '^', markersize=10, color='m')
+        start, end = ax1.get_ylim()
-       ax2.plot(sells.index, perf.short_mavg.ix[sells.index],
+        ax1.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(start, end, (end-start)/5))
-                'v', markersize=10, color='k')
-       ax2.set_ylabel('price in $')
-       plt.legend(loc=0)
-       plt.show()
 
-Here we are explicitly defining an ``analyze()`` function that gets
+        # Second chart: Plot asset price, moving averages and buys/sells
-automatically called once the backtest is done.
+        ax2 = plt.subplot(412, sharex=ax1)
+        perf.loc[:, ['price','short_mavg','long_mavg']].plot(ax=ax2, label='Price')
+        ax2.legend_.remove()
+        ax2.set_ylabel('{asset}\n({base})'.format(
+            asset = context.asset.symbol,
+            base = base_currency
+            ))
+        start, end = ax2.get_ylim()
+        ax2.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(start, end, (end-start)/5))
+
+        transaction_df = extract_transactions(perf)
+        if not transaction_df.empty:
+            buy_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] > 0]
+            sell_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] < 0]
+            ax2.scatter(
+                buy_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+                perf.loc[buy_df.index, 'price'],
+                marker='^',
+                s=100,
+                c='green',
+                label=''
+            )
+            ax2.scatter(
+                sell_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+                perf.loc[sell_df.index, 'price'],
+                marker='v',
+                s=100,
+                c='red',
+                label=''
+            )
+
+        # Third chart: Compare percentage change between our portfolio
+        # and the price of the asset
+        ax3 = plt.subplot(413, sharex=ax1)
+        perf.loc[:, ['algorithm_period_return', 'price_change']].plot(ax=ax3)
+        ax3.legend_.remove()
+        ax3.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+        start, end = ax3.get_ylim()
+        ax3.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(start, end, (end-start)/5))
+
+        # Fourth chart: Plot our cash
+        ax4 = plt.subplot(414, sharex=ax1)
+        perf.cash.plot(ax=ax4)
+        ax4.set_ylabel('Cash\n({})'.format(base_currency))
+        start, end = ax4.get_ylim()
+        ax4.yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(0, end, end/5))
+
+        plt.show()
+
+
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
+        run_algorithm(
+                capital_base=1000,
+                data_frequency='minute',
+                initialize=initialize,
+                handle_data=handle_data,
+                analyze=analyze,
+                exchange_name='bitfinex',
+                algo_namespace=NAMESPACE,
+                base_currency='usd',
+                start=pd.to_datetime('2017-9-22', utc=True),
+                end=pd.to_datetime('2017-9-23', utc=True),
+            )
+
+In order to run the code above, you have to ingest the needed data first:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  catalyst ingest-exchange -x bitfinex -f minute -i ltc_usd
+
+And then run the code above with the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  catalyst run -f dual_moving_average.py -x bitfinex -s 2017-9-22 -e 2017-9-23 --capital-base 1000 --base-currency usd --data-frequency minute -o out.pickle
+
+Alternatively, we can make use of the ``run_algorithm()`` function included at 
+the end of the file, where we can specify all the simulation parameters, and 
+execute this file as a Python script:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  python dual_moving_average.py
+
+Either way, we obtain the following charts:
+
+.. image:: https://s3.amazonaws.com/enigmaco-docs/github.io/tutorial_dual_moving_average.png
+
+
+A few comments on the code above:
+
+  At the beginning of our code, we import a number of Python libraries that we
+  will be using in different parts of our script. It's good practice to keep all
+  imports at the beginning of the file, as they are available globally 
+  throughout our script. All the libraries imported in this example are already
+  present in your environment since they are prerequisites for the Catalyst 
+  installation.
+
+  Focus on the code that is inside ``handle_data()`` that is where all the 
+  trading logic occurs. You can safely dismiss most of the code in the 
+  ``analyze()`` section, which is mostly to customize the visualization of the 
+  performance of our algorithm using the matplotlib library. You can copy and
+  paste this whole section into other algorithms to obtain a similar display.
+
+  Inside the ``handle_data()``, we also used the ``order_target_percent()`` 
+  function above. This and other functions like it can make order management 
+  and portfolio rebalancing much easier.
+
+  The ``ltc_usd`` asset was arbitrarily chosen. The values of 50 and 200 for the 
+  ``short_window`` and ``long_window`` parameters are fairly common for a dual 
+  moving average crossover strategy from the world of traditional stocks (but 
+  bear in mind that they are usually used with daily bars instead of minute 
+  bars). The ``start`` and ``end`` dates have been chosen so as to demonstrate 
+  how our strategy can both perform better (blue line above green line on the 
+  ``Percent Change`` chart) and worse (green line above blue line towards the end) than the
+  price of the asset we are trading. 
+
+  You can change any of these parameters: ``asset``, ``short_window``, 
+  ``long_window``, ``start_date`` and ``end_date`` and compare the results, and 
+  you will see that in most cases, the performance is either worse than the 
+  price of the asset, or you are overfitting to one specific case. As we said 
+  at the beginning of this section, this strategy is probably not used by any 
+  serious trader anymore, but its educational purpose.
 
 Although it might not be directly apparent, the power of ``history()``
 (pun intended) can not be under-estimated as most algorithms make use of
@@ -557,21 +804,13 @@ the ``scikit-learn`` functions require ``numpy.ndarray``\ s rather than
 ``pandas.DataFrame``\ s, so you can simply pass the underlying
 ``ndarray`` of a ``DataFrame`` via ``.values``).
 
-We also used the ``order_target()`` function above. This and other
-functions like it can make order management and portfolio rebalancing
-much easier.
 
-
+Next steps
-Conclusions
+~~~~~~~~~~
-~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 We hope that this tutorial gave you a little insight into the
-architecture, API, and features of ``catalyst``. For next steps, check
+architecture, API, and features of Catalyst. For next steps, check
-out some of the
+out some of the other :doc:`example algorithms<example-algos>`.
-`examples <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/tree/master/catalyst/examples>`__.
-The natural next step would be too look into the 
-`buy_and_hodl <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/catalyst/examples/buy_and_hodl.py>`_ 
-example, which is a more elaborated and realistic version of the ``buy_btc_simple`` example presented in this tutorial.
 
 Feel free to ask questions on the ``#catalyst_dev`` channel of our 
 `Discord group <https://discord.gg/SJK32GY>`__ and report

docs/source/development-guidelines.rst

@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 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.
+This page is intended for developers of Catalyst, people who want to contribute to the Catalyst codebase or documentation, or people who want to install from source and make local changes to their copy of Catalyst.
 
-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.
+All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements and ideas are welcome. We `track issues <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/issues>`_ on `GitHub <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst>`_ and also have a `discord group <https://discord.gg/SJK32GY>`_ 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:
+First, you'll need to clone Catalyst by running:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   $ git clone git@github.com:your-github-username/zipline.git
+   $ git clone git@github.com:enigmampc/catalyst.git
 
 Then check out to a new branch where you can make your changes:
 
@@ -23,15 +19,13 @@ Then check out to a new branch where you can make your changes:
 		
    $ 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.
+If you don't already have them, you'll need some C library dependencies. You can follow the `install guide <install.html>`_ 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
+   $ mkvirtualenv catalyst
    $ ./etc/ordered_pip.sh ./etc/requirements.txt
    $ pip install -r ./etc/requirements_dev.txt
    $ pip install -r ./etc/requirements_blaze.txt 
@@ -42,104 +36,39 @@ Finally, you can build the C extensions by running:
 
    $ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
 
-To finish, make sure `tests`__ pass.
+.. To finish, make sure `tests`__ pass.
 
-__ #style-guide-running-tests
+.. __ #style-guide-running-tests
 
-If you get an error running nosetests after setting up a fresh virtualenv, please try running
+.. If you get an error running nosetests after setting up a fresh virtualenv, please try running
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+.. code-block
 
-   # where zipline is the name of your virtualenv
+..   # where zipline is the name of your virtualenv
-   $ deactivate zipline
+..   $ deactivate zipline
-   $ workon zipline
+..   $ workon zipline
 
 
-Development with Docker
+.. 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/
+   
+Git Branching Structure
 -----------------------
 
-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.
+If you want to contribute to the codebase of Catalyst, familiarize yourself with our branching structure, a fairly standardized one for that matter, that follows what is documented in the following article: `A successful Git branching model <http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/>`_. To contribute, create your local branch and submit a Pull Request (PR) to the **develop** branch.
 
-__ https://docs.docker.com/get-started/
+.. image:: https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9bde6fb64a9542a572e0e2017cbb58d9d2c440ac/687474703a2f2f6e7669652e636f6d2f696d672f6769742d6d6f64656c4032782e706e67
 
-
-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.
+If you'd like to contribute to the documentation on enigmampc.github.io, you can navigate to ``docs/source/`` where each `reStructuredText <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReStructuredText>`_ 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 ``index.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/
 
+We use `Sphinx <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/>`_ to generate documentation for Catalyst, which you will need to install by running:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -149,7 +78,7 @@ To build and view the docs locally, run:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   # assuming you're in the Zipline root directory
+   # assuming you're in the Catalyst root directory
    $ cd docs
    $ make html
    $ {BROWSER} build/html/index.html
@@ -162,7 +91,7 @@ Standard prefixes to start a commit message:
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
-   BLD: change related to building Zipline
+   BLD: change related to building Catalyst
    BUG: bug fix
    DEP: deprecate something, or remove a deprecated object
    DEV: development tool or utility
@@ -172,15 +101,13 @@ Standard prefixes to start a commit message:
    REV: revert an earlier commit
    STY: style fix (whitespace, PEP8, flake8, etc)
    TST: addition or modification of tests
-   REL: related to releasing Zipline
+   REL: related to releasing Catalyst
    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.
+Commit lines should be no longer than `72 characters <https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project>`_. 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:**
 
@@ -203,8 +130,6 @@ __ https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project
 Formatting Docstrings
 ---------------------
 
-When adding or editing docstrings for classes, functions, etc, we use `numpy`__ as the canonical reference.
+When adding or editing docstrings for classes, functions, etc, we use `numpy <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt>`_ as the canonical reference.
-
-__ https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt
 
 

docs/source/example-algos.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,444 @@
+|
+Example Algorithms
+==================
+
+This section documents a small number of example algorithms to complement the 
+beginner tutorial, and show how other trading algorithms can be implemented 
+using Catalyst:
+
+.. _buy_and_hodl:
+
+Buy and Hodl Algorithm
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+source: `examples/buy_and_hodl.py <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/catalyst/examples/buy_and_hodl.py>`_
+
+First ingest the historical pricing data needed to run this algorithm:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   catalyst ingest-exchange -x poloniex -f daily -i btc_usdt
+
+Then, you can run the code below with the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   catalyst run -f buy_and_hodl.py --start 2015-3-1 --end 2017-10-31 --capital-base 100000 -x poloniex -c btc -o bah.pickle
+
+This command will run the trading algorithm in the specified time range and 
+plot the resulting performance using the matplotlib library. You can choose any 
+date interval with the ``--start`` and ``--end`` parameters, but bear in mind 
+that 2015-3-1 is the earliest date that Catalyst supports (if you choose an 
+earlier date, you'll get an error), and the most recent date you can choose is 
+one day prior to the current date. 
+
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   #!/usr/bin/env python
+   #
+   # Copyright 2017 Enigma MPC, Inc.
+   # Copyright 2015 Quantopian, Inc.
+   #
+   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   # You may obtain a copy of the License at
+   #
+   #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+   #
+   # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   # limitations under the License.
+   import pandas as pd
+
+   from catalyst.api import (
+       order_target_value,
+       symbol,
+       record,
+       cancel_order,
+       get_open_orders,
+   )
+
+
+   def initialize(context):
+       context.ASSET_NAME = 'btc_usdt'
+       context.TARGET_HODL_RATIO = 0.8
+       context.RESERVE_RATIO = 1.0 - context.TARGET_HODL_RATIO
+
+       context.is_buying = True
+       context.asset = symbol(context.ASSET_NAME)
+
+       context.i = 0
+
+
+   def handle_data(context, data):
+       context.i += 1
+
+       starting_cash = context.portfolio.starting_cash
+       target_hodl_value = context.TARGET_HODL_RATIO * starting_cash
+       reserve_value = context.RESERVE_RATIO * starting_cash
+
+       # Cancel any outstanding orders
+       orders = get_open_orders(context.asset) or []
+       for order in orders:
+           cancel_order(order)
+
+       # Stop buying after passing the reserve threshold
+       cash = context.portfolio.cash
+       if cash <= reserve_value:
+           context.is_buying = False
+
+       # Retrieve current asset price from pricing data
+       price = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
+
+       # Check if still buying and could (approximately) afford another purchase
+       if context.is_buying and cash > price:
+           # Place order to make position in asset equal to target_hodl_value
+           order_target_value(
+               context.asset,
+               target_hodl_value,
+               limit_price=price * 1.1,
+               stop_price=price * 0.9,
+           )
+
+       record(
+           price=price,
+           volume=data.current(context.asset, 'volume'),
+           cash=cash,
+           starting_cash=context.portfolio.starting_cash,
+           leverage=context.account.leverage,
+       )
+
+
+   def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+       import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+       # Plot the portfolio and asset data.
+       ax1 = plt.subplot(611)
+       results[['portfolio_value']].plot(ax=ax1)
+       ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value (USD)')
+
+       ax2 = plt.subplot(612, sharex=ax1)
+       ax2.set_ylabel('{asset} (USD)'.format(asset=context.ASSET_NAME))
+       results[['price']].plot(ax=ax2)
+
+       trans = results.ix[[t != [] for t in results.transactions]]
+       buys = trans.ix[
+           [t[0]['amount'] > 0 for t in trans.transactions]
+       ]
+       ax2.plot(
+           buys.index,
+           results.price[buys.index],
+           '^',
+           markersize=10,
+           color='g',
+       )
+
+       ax3 = plt.subplot(613, sharex=ax1)
+       results[['leverage', 'alpha', 'beta']].plot(ax=ax3)
+       ax3.set_ylabel('Leverage ')
+
+       ax4 = plt.subplot(614, sharex=ax1)
+       results[['starting_cash', 'cash']].plot(ax=ax4)
+       ax4.set_ylabel('Cash (USD)')
+
+       results[[
+           'treasury',
+           'algorithm',
+           'benchmark',
+       ]] = results[[
+           'treasury_period_return',
+           'algorithm_period_return',
+           'benchmark_period_return',
+       ]]
+
+       ax5 = plt.subplot(615, sharex=ax1)
+       results[[
+           'treasury',
+           'algorithm',
+           'benchmark',
+       ]].plot(ax=ax5)
+       ax5.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+
+       ax6 = plt.subplot(616, sharex=ax1)
+       results[['volume']].plot(ax=ax6)
+       ax6.set_ylabel('Volume (mCoins/5min)')
+
+       plt.legend(loc=3)
+
+       # Show the plot.
+       plt.gcf().set_size_inches(18, 8)
+       plt.show()
+
+.. _mean_reversion:
+
+Mean Reversion Algorithm
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+source: `examples/mean_reversion_simple.py <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/catalyst/examples/mean_reversion_simple.py>`_
+
+This algorithm is based on a simple momentum strategy. When the cryptoasset goes
+up quickly, we're going to buy; when it goes down quickly, we're going to sell. 
+Hopefully, we'll ride the waves.
+
+We are choosing to run this trading algorithm with the ``neo_usd`` currency pair
+on the ``Bitfinex`` exchange. Thus, first ingest the historical pricing data
+that we need, with minute resolution:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   catalyst ingest-exchange -x bitfinex -f minute -i neo_usd
+
+To run this algorithm, we are opting for the Python interpreter, instead of the 
+command line (CLI). All of the parameters for the simulation are specified in 
+lines 218-245, so in order to run the algorithm we just type:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   python mean_reversion_simple.py
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   import pandas as pd
+   import talib
+   from logbook import Logger
+
+   from catalyst import run_algorithm
+   from catalyst.api import symbol, record, order_target_percent, get_open_orders
+   from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import extract_transactions
+
+   # We give a name to the algorithm which Catalyst will use to persist its state.
+   # In this example, Catalyst will create the `.catalyst/data/live_algos`
+   # directory. If we stop and start the algorithm, Catalyst will resume its
+   # state using the files included in the folder.
+   NAMESPACE = 'mean_reversion_simple'
+   log = Logger(NAMESPACE)
+
+   # To run an algorithm in Catalyst, you need two functions: initialize and
+   # handle_data.
+
+   def initialize(context):
+       # This initialize function sets any data or variables that you'll use in
+       # your algorithm.  For instance, you'll want to define the trading pair (or
+       # trading pairs) you want to backtest.  You'll also want to define any
+       # parameters or values you're going to use.
+
+       # In our example, we're looking at Ether in USD Tether.
+       context.neo_usd = symbol('neo_usd')
+       context.base_price = None
+       context.current_day = None
+
+
+   def handle_data(context, data):
+       # This handle_data function is where the real work is done.  Our data is
+       # minute-level tick data, and each minute is called a frame.  This function
+       # runs on each frame of the data.
+
+       # We flag the first period of each day.
+       # Since cryptocurrencies trade 24/7 the `before_trading_starts` handle
+       # would only execute once. This method works with minute and daily
+       # frequencies.
+       today = data.current_dt.floor('1D')
+       if today != context.current_day:
+           context.traded_today = False
+           context.current_day = today
+
+       # We're computing the volume-weighted-average-price of the security
+       # defined above, in the context.neo_usd variable.  For this example, we're 
+       # using three bars on the 15 min bars.
+
+       # The frequency attribute determine the bar size. We use this convention
+       # for the frequency alias:
+       # http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/timeseries.html#offset-aliases
+       prices = data.history(
+           context.neo_usd,
+           fields='close',
+           bar_count=50,
+           frequency='15T'
+       )
+
+       # Ta-lib calculates various technical indicator based on price and
+       # volume arrays.
+
+       # In this example, we are comp
+       rsi = talib.RSI(prices.values, timeperiod=14)
+
+       # We need a variable for the current price of the security to compare to
+       # the average. Since we are requesting two fields, data.current()
+       # returns a DataFrame with
+       current = data.current(context.neo_usd, fields=['close', 'volume'])
+       price = current['close']
+
+       # If base_price is not set, we use the current value. This is the
+       # price at the first bar which we reference to calculate price_change.
+       if context.base_price is None:
+           context.base_price = price
+
+       price_change = (price - context.base_price) / context.base_price
+       cash = context.portfolio.cash
+
+       # Now that we've collected all current data for this frame, we use
+       # the record() method to save it. This data will be available as
+       # a parameter of the analyze() function for further analysis.
+       record(
+           price=price,
+           volume=current['volume'],
+           price_change=price_change,
+           rsi=rsi[-1],
+           cash=cash
+       )
+
+       # We are trying to avoid over-trading by limiting our trades to
+       # one per day.
+       if context.traded_today:
+           return
+
+       # Since we are using limit orders, some orders may not execute immediately
+       # we wait until all orders are executed before considering more trades.
+       orders = get_open_orders(context.neo_usd)
+       if len(orders) > 0:
+           return
+
+       # Exit if we cannot trade
+       if not data.can_trade(context.neo_usd):
+           return
+
+       # Another powerful built-in feature of the Catalyst backtester is the
+       # portfolio object.  The portfolio object tracks your positions, cash,
+       # cost basis of specific holdings, and more.  In this line, we calculate
+       # how long or short our position is at this minute.   
+       pos_amount = context.portfolio.positions[context.neo_usd].amount
+
+       if rsi[-1] <= 30 and pos_amount == 0:
+           log.info(
+               '{}: buying - price: {}, rsi: {}'.format(
+                   data.current_dt, price, rsi[-1]
+               )
+           )
+           order_target_percent(context.neo_usd, 1)
+           context.traded_today = True
+
+       elif rsi[-1] >= 80 and pos_amount > 0:
+           log.info(
+               '{}: selling - price: {}, rsi: {}'.format(
+                   data.current_dt, price, rsi[-1]
+               )
+           )
+           order_target_percent(context.neo_usd, 0)
+           context.traded_today = True
+
+
+   def analyze(context=None, perf=None):
+       import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+       # The base currency of the algo exchange
+       base_currency = context.exchanges.values()[0].base_currency.upper()
+
+       # Plot the portfolio value over time.
+       ax1 = plt.subplot(611)
+       perf.loc[:, 'portfolio_value'].plot(ax=ax1)
+       ax1.set_ylabel('Portfolio Value ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+       # Plot the price increase or decrease over time.
+       ax2 = plt.subplot(612, sharex=ax1)
+       perf.loc[:, 'price'].plot(ax=ax2, label='Price')
+
+       ax2.set_ylabel('{asset} ({base})'.format(
+           asset=context.neo_usd.symbol, base=base_currency
+       ))
+
+       transaction_df = extract_transactions(perf)
+       if not transaction_df.empty:
+           buy_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] > 0]
+           sell_df = transaction_df[transaction_df['amount'] < 0]
+           ax2.scatter(
+               buy_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+               perf.loc[buy_df.index, 'price'],
+               marker='^',
+               s=100,
+               c='green',
+               label=''
+           )
+           ax2.scatter(
+               sell_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+               perf.loc[sell_df.index, 'price'],
+               marker='v',
+               s=100,
+               c='red',
+               label=''
+           )
+
+       ax4 = plt.subplot(613, sharex=ax1)
+       perf.loc[:, 'cash'].plot(
+           ax=ax4, label='Base Currency ({})'.format(base_currency)
+       )
+       ax4.set_ylabel('Cash ({})'.format(base_currency))
+
+       perf['algorithm'] = perf.loc[:, 'algorithm_period_return']
+
+       ax5 = plt.subplot(614, sharex=ax1)
+       perf.loc[:, ['algorithm', 'price_change']].plot(ax=ax5)
+       ax5.set_ylabel('Percent Change')
+
+       ax6 = plt.subplot(615, sharex=ax1)
+       perf.loc[:, 'rsi'].plot(ax=ax6, label='RSI')
+       ax6.axhline(70, color='darkgoldenrod')
+       ax6.axhline(30, color='darkgoldenrod')
+
+       if not transaction_df.empty:
+           ax6.scatter(
+               buy_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+               perf.loc[buy_df.index, 'rsi'],
+               marker='^',
+               s=100,
+               c='green',
+               label=''
+           )
+           ax6.scatter(
+               sell_df.index.to_pydatetime(),
+               perf.loc[sell_df.index, 'rsi'],
+               marker='v',
+               s=100,
+               c='red',
+               label=''
+           )
+       plt.legend(loc=3)
+
+       # Show the plot.
+       plt.gcf().set_size_inches(18, 8)
+       plt.show()
+       pass
+
+
+   if __name__ == '__main__':
+       # The execution mode: backtest or live
+       MODE = 'backtest'
+
+       if MODE == 'backtest':
+           # catalyst run -f catalyst/examples/mean_reversion_simple.py -x poloniex -s 2017-10-1 -e 2017-11-10 -c usdt -n mean-reversion --data-frequency minute --capital-base 10000
+           run_algorithm(
+               capital_base=10000,
+               data_frequency='minute',
+               initialize=initialize,
+               handle_data=handle_data,
+               analyze=analyze,
+               exchange_name='bitfinex',
+               algo_namespace=NAMESPACE,
+               base_currency='usd',
+               start=pd.to_datetime('2017-10-1', utc=True),
+               end=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-10', utc=True),
+           )
+
+       elif MODE == 'live':
+           run_algorithm(
+               initialize=initialize,
+               handle_data=handle_data,
+               analyze=analyze,
+               exchange_name='bitfinex',
+               live=True,
+               algo_namespace=NAMESPACE,
+               base_currency='usd',
+               live_graph=True
+           )

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@ Table of Contents
 
    install
    beginner-tutorial
+   jupyter
+   live-trading
    naming-convention
+   example-algos
+   utilities
+   videos
+   resources
+   development-guidelines
+   releases
 ..   bundles
 ..   development-guidelines
 ..   appendix
 ..   release-process
-..   releases
+

docs/source/install.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,160 @@
 Install
 =======
 
+To get started with Catalyst, you will need to install it in your computer. 
+Like any other piece of software, Catalyst has a number of dependencies 
+(other software on which it depends to run) that you will need to install, as 
+well. We recommend using a software named ``Conda`` that will manage all 
+these dependencies for you, and set up the environment needed to get you up 
+and running as easily as possible. This is the recommended installation method
+for Windows, MacOS and Linux. See :ref:`Installing with Conda <conda>`.
+
+What conda does is create a pre-configured environment, and inside that 
+environment install Catalyst using ``pip``, Python's package manager. Thus, 
+as an alternative installation method for MacOS and Linux, you can install 
+Catalyst directly with ``pip`` (we recommend in combination with a virtual 
+environemnt). See :ref:`Installing with pip <pip>`.
+
+Regardless of the method, each operating system (OS), has its own 
+prerequisites, make sure to review the corresponding sections for your system:
+:ref:`Linux <linux>`, :ref:`MacOS <macos>` and :ref:`Windows <windows>`.
+
+.. _conda:
+
+Installing with ``conda``
+-------------------------
+
+The preferred method to install Catalyst is via the ``conda`` package manager, 
+which comes as part of Continuum Analytics' `Anaconda
+<http://continuum.io/downloads>`_ distribution.
+
+The primary advantage of using Conda over ``pip`` is that conda natively
+understands the complex binary dependencies of packages like ``numpy`` and
+``scipy``.  This means that ``conda`` can install Catalyst and its 
+dependencies without requiring the use of a second tool to acquire Catalyst's 
+non-Python dependencies.
+
+  For Windows, you will first need to install the *Microsoft Visual C++ 
+  Compiler for Python 2.7*. Follow the instructions on the :ref:`Windows 
+  <windows>` section and come back here.
+
+For instructions on how to install ``conda``, see the `Conda Installation
+Documentation <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/download.html>`_. Alternatively, 
+you can install MiniConda, which is a smaller footprint (fewer packages and 
+smaller size) than its big brother Anaconda, but it still contains all the 
+main packages needed. To install MiniConda, you can follow these steps:
+
+1. Download `MiniConda <https://conda.io/miniconda.html>`_. Select Python 2.7 
+   for your Operating System.
+2. Install MiniConda. See the `Installation Instructions 
+   <https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/install/index.html>`_ if you need help.
+3. Ensure the correct installation by running ``conda list`` in a Terminal 
+   window, which should print the list of packages installed with Conda.
+
+  For Windows, if you accepted the default installation options, you didn't 
+  check an option to add Conda to the PATH, so trying to run ``conda`` from
+  a regular ``Command Prompt`` will result in the following error: ``'conda' 
+  is no recognized as an internal or external command, operatble program or 
+  batch file``. That's to be expected. You will nee to launch an ``Anaconda 
+  Prompt`` that was added at installation time to your list of programs 
+  available from the Start menu. 
+
+Once either Conda or MiniConda has been set up you can install Catalyst:
+
+1. Download the file `python2.7-environment.yml 
+   <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/etc/python2.7-environment.yml>`_.
+
+     To download, simply click on the 'Raw' button and save the file locally 
+     to a folder you can remember. Make sure that the file gets saved with the
+     ``.yml`` extension, and nothing like a ``.txt`` file or anything else.
+
+2. Open a Terminal window and enter [``cd/dir``] into the directory where you 
+   saved the above ``python2.7-environment.yml`` file.
+
+3. Install using this file. This step can take about 5-10 minutes to install.
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      conda env create -f python2.7-environment.yml
+
+4. Activate the environment (which you need to do every time you start a new 
+   session to run Catalyst):
+
+   **Linux or MacOS:**
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      source activate catalyst
+
+   **Windows:**
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      activate catalyst
+
+5. Verify that Catalyst is install correctly:
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+     catalyst --version
+
+   which should display the current version.
+
+Congratulations! You now have Catalyst installed.
+
+Troubleshooting ``conda`` Install
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If the command  ``conda env create -f python2.7-environment.yml`` in step 3 
+above failed for any reason, you can try setting up the environment manually 
+with the following steps:
+
+1. If the above installation failed, and you have a partially set up catalyst
+   environment, remove it first. If you are starting from scratch, proceed to 
+   step #2:
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      conda env remove --name catalyst
+
+2. Create the environment:
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      conda create --name catalyst python=2.7 scipy zlib
+
+3. Activate the environment:
+
+   **Linux or MacOS:**
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      source activate catalyst
+
+   **Windows:**
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      activate catalyst
+
+4. Install the Catalyst inside the environment:
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+      pip install enigma-catalyst matplotlib
+
+5. Verify that Catalyst is installed correctly:
+
+   .. code-block:: bash
+
+     catalyst --version
+
+   which should display the current version.
+
+Congratulations! You now have Catalyst properly installed.
+
+.. _pip:
+
 Installing with ``pip``
 -----------------------
 
@@ -9,148 +163,47 @@ Python package.
 
 There are two reasons for the additional complexity:
 
-1. Catalyst ships several C extensions that require access to the CPython C API.
+1. Catalyst ships several C extensions that require access to the CPython C 
-   In order to build the C extensions, ``pip`` needs access to the CPython
+   API. In order to build the C extensions, ``pip`` needs access to the 
-   header files for your Python installation.
+   CPython header files for your Python installation.
 
 2. Catalyst depends on `numpy <http://www.numpy.org/>`_, the core library for
    numerical array computing in Python.  Numpy depends on having the `LAPACK
    <http://www.netlib.org/lapack>`_ linear algebra routines available.
 
-Because LAPACK and the CPython headers are non-Python dependencies, the correct
+Because LAPACK and the CPython headers are non-Python dependencies, the 
-way to install them varies from platform to platform.  If you'd rather use a
+correctway to install them varies from platform to platform.  If you'd rather 
-single tool to install Python and non-Python dependencies, or if you're already
+use a single tool to install Python and non-Python dependencies, or if you're 
-using `Anaconda <http://continuum.io/downloads>`_ as your Python distribution,
+already using `Anaconda <http://continuum.io/downloads>`_ as your Python 
-you can skip to the :ref:`Installing with Conda <conda>` section.
+distribution, refer to the :ref:`Installing with Conda <conda>` section.
 
-Once you've installed the necessary additional dependencies (see below for
+Once you've installed the necessary additional dependencies for your system 
-your particular platform), you should be able to simply run
+(see below for your particular platform: :ref:`Linux`, :ref:`MacOS` or 
+:ref:`Windows`), you should be able to simply run
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   $ pip install enigma-catalyst
+   $ pip install enigma-catalyst matplotlib
+
+Note that in the command above we install two different packages. The second 
+one, ``matplotlib`` is a visualization library. While it's not strictly 
+required to run catalyst simulations or live trading, it comes in very handy
+to visualize the performance of your algorithms, and for this reason we 
+recommend you install it, as well.
 
 If you use Python for anything other than Catalyst, we **strongly** recommend
 that you install in a `virtualenv
 <https://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest>`_.  The `Hitchhiker's Guide to
 Python`_ provides an `excellent tutorial on virtualenv
-<http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/>`_. Here's a summarized
+<http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/>`_. Here's a 
-version:
+summarized version:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
+   $ pip install virtualenv
    $ virtualenv catalyst-venv
    $ source ./catalyst-venv/bin/activate
-   $ pip install enigma-
+   $ pip install enigma-catalyst matplotlib
-
-Though not required by Catalyst directly, our example algorithms use matplotlib 
-to visually display the results of the trading algorithms. If you wish to run 
-any examples or use matplotlib during development, it can be installed using:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    $ pip install matplotlib
-
-GNU/Linux
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-On `Debian-derived`_ Linux distributions, you can acquire all the necessary
-binary dependencies from ``apt`` by running:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   $ sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev python-dev gfortran pkg-config libfreetype6-dev
-
-On recent `RHEL-derived`_ derived Linux distributions (e.g. Fedora), the
-following should be sufficient to acquire the necessary additional
-dependencies:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   $ sudo dnf install atlas-devel gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran libgfortran python-devel redhat-rep-config
-
-On `Arch Linux`_, you can acquire the additional dependencies via ``pacman``:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   $ pacman -S lapack gcc gcc-fortran pkg-config
-
-.. Commenting it out until Catalyst fully supports Python 3.X
-..
-.. There are also AUR packages available for installing `Python 3.4
-.. <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python34/>`_ (Arch's default python is now
-.. 3.5, but Catalyst only currently supports 3.4), and `ta-lib
-.. <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ta-lib/>`_, an optional Catalyst dependency.
-.. Python 2 is also installable via:
-
-.. 
-
-..   $ pacman -S python2
-
-OSX
-~~~
-
-The version of Python shipped with OSX by default is generally out of date, and
-has a number of quirks because it's used directly by the operating system.  For
-these reasons, many developers choose to install and use a separate Python
-installation. The `Hitchhiker's Guide to Python`_ provides an excellent guide
-to `Installing Python on OSX <http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/>`_, which
-explains how to install Python with the `Homebrew`_ manager.
-
-Assuming you've installed Python with Homebrew, you'll also likely need the
-following brew packages:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   $ brew install freetype pkg-config gcc openssl
-
-OSX + virtualenv + matplotlib
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-A note about using matplotlib in virtual enviroments on OSX: it may be necessary to run
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   echo "backend: TkAgg" > ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
-
-in order to override the default ``macosx`` backend for your system, which may not 
-be accessible from inside the virtual environment. This will allow Catalyst to open 
-matplotlib charts from within a virtual environment, which is useful for displaying 
-the performance of your backtests.  To learn more about matplotlib backends, please refer to the
-`matplotlib backend documentation <https://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#what-is-a-backend>`_.
-
-
-Windows
-~~~~~~~
-
-In Windows, you will need the `Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 
-<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266>`_. This package 
-contains the compiler and the set of system headers necessary for producing 
-binary wheels for Python 2.7 packages. If it's not already in your system, download
-it and install it before proceeding to the next step.
-
-For windows, the easiest and best supported way to install Catalyst is to use
-:ref:`Conda <conda>`.
-
-Amazon Linux AMI
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-The packages ``pip`` and ``setuptools`` that come shipped by default are very outdated. 
-Thus, you first need to run:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-
-The default installation is also missing the C and C++ compilers, which you install by:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++
-
-Then you should follow the regular installation instructions outlined at the beginning 
-of this page.
-
 
 Troubleshooting ``pip`` Install
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -174,17 +227,24 @@ Troubleshooting ``pip`` Install
 ----
 
 **Issue**: 
-   Package enigma-catalyst cannot still be found, even after upgrading pip (see above), with an error similar to:
+   Package enigma-catalyst cannot still be found, even after upgrading pip 
+   (see above), with an error similar to:
 
    .. code-block:: bash
 
       Downloading/unpacking enigma-catalyst
-      Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement enigma-catalyst (from versions: 0.1.dev9, 0.2.dev2, 0.1.dev4, 0.1.dev5, 0.1.dev3, 0.2.dev1, 0.1.dev8, 0.1.dev6)
+      Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement enigma-catalyst 
+      (from versions: 0.1.dev9, 0.2.dev2, 0.1.dev4, 0.1.dev5, 0.1.dev3, 
+      0.2.dev1, 0.1.dev8, 0.1.dev6)
       Cleaning up...
       No distributions matching the version for enigma-catalyst
 
 **Solution**:
-   In some systems (this error has been reported in Ubuntu), pip is configured to only find stable versions by default. Since Catalyst is in alpha version, pip cannot find a matching version that satisfies the installation requirements. The solution is to include the `--pre` flag to include pre-release and development versions:
+   In some systems (this error has been reported in Ubuntu), pip is configured 
+   to only find stable versions by default. Since Catalyst is in alpha 
+   version, pip cannot find a matching version that satisfies the installation 
+   requirements. The solution is to include the `--pre` flag to include 
+   pre-release and development versions:
 
    .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -220,121 +280,185 @@ Troubleshooting ``pip`` Install
 ----
 
 **Issue**: 
-   Installation fails with error: ``fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory``
+   Installation fails with error: 
+   ``fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory``
 
 **Solution**: 
-   Some systems (this issue has been reported in Ubuntu) require `python-dev` for the proper build and installation of package dependencies. The solution is to install python-dev, which is independent of the virtual environment. In Ubuntu, you would need to run:
+   Some systems (this issue has been reported in Ubuntu) require `python-dev` 
+   for the proper build and installation of package dependencies. The solution 
+   is to install python-dev, which is independent of the virtual environment. 
+   In Ubuntu, you would need to run:
 
    .. code-block:: bash
 
       sudo apt-get install python-dev
 
 
-.. _conda:
+.. _linux:
 
-Installing with ``conda``
+GNU/Linux Requirements
--------------------------
+----------------------
 
-Another way to install Catalyst is via the ``conda`` package manager, which
+On `Debian-derived`_ Linux distributions, you can acquire all the necessary
-comes as part of Continuum Analytics' `Anaconda
+binary dependencies from ``apt`` by running:
-<http://continuum.io/downloads>`_ distribution.
 
-The primary advantage of using Conda over ``pip`` is that conda natively
+.. code-block:: bash
-understands the complex binary dependencies of packages like ``numpy`` and
-``scipy``.  This means that ``conda`` can install Catalyst and its dependencies
-without requiring the use of a second tool to acquire Catalyst's non-Python
-dependencies.
 
-For instructions on how to install ``conda``, see the `Conda Installation
+   $ sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev python-dev gfortran pkg-config libfreetype6-dev
-Documentation <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/download.html>`_. Alternatively, you 
-can install MiniConda, which is a smaller footprint (fewer packages and smaller 
-size) than its big brother Anaconda, but it still contains all the main packages 
-needed. To install MiniConda, you can follow these steps:
 
-1. Download `MiniConda <https://conda.io/miniconda.html>`_. Select Python 2.7 for 
+On recent `RHEL-derived`_ derived Linux distributions (e.g. Fedora), the
-   your Operating System.
+following should be sufficient to acquire the necessary additional
-2. Install MiniConda. See the `Installation Instructions <https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/install/index.html>`_
+dependencies:
-   if you need help.
-3. Ensure the correct installation by running ``conda list`` in a Terminal window,
-   which should print the list of packages installed with Conda.
 
-Once either Conda or MiniConda has been set up you can install Catalyst:
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-1. Download the file `python2.7-environment.yml <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/etc/python2.7-environment.yml>`_.
+   $ sudo dnf install atlas-devel gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran libgfortran python-devel redhat-rep-config
-2. Open a Terminal window and enter [``cd/dir``] into the directory where you saved
-   the above ``python2.7-environment.yml`` file.
-3. Install using this file. This step can take about 5-10 minutes to install.
 
-   .. code-block:: bash
+On `Arch Linux`_, you can acquire the additional dependencies via ``pacman``:
 
-      conda env create -f python2.7-environment.yml
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-4. Activate the environment (which you need to do every time you start a new session
+   $ pacman -S lapack gcc gcc-fortran pkg-config
-   to run Catalyst):
 
-   **Linux or OSX:**
+.. Commenting it out until Catalyst fully supports Python 3.X
+..
+.. There are also AUR packages available for installing `Python 3.4
+.. <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python34/>`_ (Arch's default python is now
+.. 3.5, but Catalyst only currently supports 3.4), and `ta-lib
+.. <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ta-lib/>`_, an optional Catalyst dependency.
+.. Python 2 is also installable via:
 
-   .. code-block:: bash
+.. 
 
-      source activate catalyst
+..   $ pacman -S python2
 
-   **Windows:**
+Amazon Linux AMI Notes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-   .. code-block:: bash
+The packages ``pip`` and ``setuptools`` that come shipped by default are very 
+outdated. Thus, you first need to run:
 
-      activate catalyst
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-Congratulations! You now have Catalyst installed.
+   pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
 
-Troubleshooting ``conda`` Install
+The default installation is also missing the C and C++ compilers, which you 
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+install by:
 
-If the command  ``conda env create -f python2.7-environment.yml`` in step 3 above failed 
+.. code-block:: bash
-for any reason, you can try setting up the environment manually with the following steps:
 
-1. Create the environment:
+   sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++
 
-   .. code-block:: bash
+Then you should follow the regular installation instructions outlined at the 
+beginning of this page.
 
-      conda create --name catalyst python=2.7 scipy
 
-2. Activate the environment:
+.. _MacOS:
 
-   **Linux or OSX:**
+MacOS Requirements
+------------------
 
-   .. code-block:: bash
+The version of Python shipped with MacOS by default is generally out of date, 
+and has a number of quirks because it's used directly by the operating system.
+For these reasons, many developers choose to install and use a separate Python
+installation. The `Hitchhiker's Guide to Python`_ provides an excellent guide
+to `Installing Python on MacOS <http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/>`_, 
+which explains how to install Python with the `Homebrew`_ manager.
 
-      source activate catalyst
+Assuming you've installed Python with Homebrew, you'll also likely need the
+following brew packages:
 
-   **Windows:**
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-   .. code-block:: bash
+   $ brew install freetype pkg-config gcc openssl
 
-      activate catalyst
+MacOS + virtualenv + matplotlib
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-3. Install the Catalyst inside the environment:
+A note about using matplotlib in virtual enviroments on MacOS: it may be 
+necessary to run
 
-   .. code-block:: bash
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-      pip install enigma-catalyst matplotlib
+   echo "backend: TkAgg" > ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
+
+in order to override the default ``MacOS`` backend for your system, which 
+may not be accessible from inside the virtual environment. This will allow 
+Catalyst to open matplotlib charts from within a virtual environment, which 
+is useful for displaying the performance of your backtests.  To learn more 
+about matplotlib backends, please refer to the
+`matplotlib backend documentation <https://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#what-is-a-backend>`_.
+
+.. _windows:
+
+Windows Requirements
+--------------------
+
+In Windows, you will first need to install the `Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler 
+for Python 2.7 
+<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266>`_. This 
+package contains the compiler and the set of system headers necessary for 
+producing binary wheels for Python 2.7 packages. If it's not already in your 
+system, download it and install it before proceeding to the next step.
+
+Once you have the above compiler installed, the easiest and best supported way 
+to install Catalyst in Windows is to use :ref:`Conda <conda>`. If you didn't 
+any problems installing the compiler, jump to the :ref:`Conda <conda>` section, 
+otherwise keep on reading to troubleshoot the C++ compiler installtion.
+
+Some problems we have encountered installing the **Visual C++ Compiler** 
+mentioned above are as follows:
+
+- **The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation**.
+  
+  In some systems, there is a default *Windows Software Restriction* policy 
+  that prevents the installation of some software packages like this one. 
+  You'll have to change the Registry to circumvent this:
+
+  - Click ``Start``, and search for ``regedit`` and launch the 
+    ``Registry Editor``
+  - Navigate to the following folder:
+    ``HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer``
+  - If the last folder does not exist, create it by right-clicking on the 
+    parent folder and choosing -> ``New`` -> ``Key`` and typing ``Installer``
+  - If there is an entry for ``DisableMSI``, set the Value data to 0.
+  - If there is no such entry, click on the ``Edit`` menu -> ``New`` -> 
+    ``DWORD (32-bit) Value`` and enter ``DisableMSI`` as the Name (and by 
+    default you get 0 as the Value Data)
+
+|
+- **The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. 
+  This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2503.**
+
+  We have observed this when trying to install a package without enough 
+  administrator permissions. Even when you are logged in as an Administrator, 
+  you have to explictily install this package with administrator privileges:
+
+  - Click ``Start`` and find ``CMD`` or ``Command Prompt``
+  - Right click on it and choose ``Run as administrator``
+  - ``cd`` into the folder where you downloaded ``VCForPython27.msi``
+  - Run ``msiexec /i VCForPython27.msi``
 
 Getting Help
 ------------
 
-If after following the instructions above, and going through the *Troubleshooting* sections, 
+If after following the instructions above, and going through the 
-you still experience problems installing Catalyst, you can seek additional help through the 
+*Troubleshooting* sections, you still experience problems installing Catalyst,
-following channels:
+you can seek additional help through the following channels:
 
-- Join our `Discord community <https://discord.gg/SJK32GY>`_, and head over the #catalyst_dev 
+- Join our `Discord community <https://discord.gg/SJK32GY>`_, and head over 
-  channel where many other users (as well as the project developers) hang out, and can assist 
+  the #catalyst_dev channel where many other users (as well as the project 
-  you with your particular issue. The more descriptive and the more information you can provide, 
+  developers) hang out, and can assist you with your particular issue. The 
-  the easiest will be for others to help you out.
+  more descriptive and the more information you can provide, the easiest will 
+  be for others to help you out.
 
 - Report the problem you are experiencing on our 
-  `GitHub repository <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/issues>`_ following the guidelines 
+  `GitHub repository <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/issues>`_ 
-  provided therein. Before you do so, take a moment to browse through all `previous reported issues
+  following the guidelines provided therein. Before you do so, take a moment 
-  <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue>`_ in the likely case
+  to browse through all `previous reported issues
-  that someone else experienced that same issue before, and you get a hint on how to solve it.
+  <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue>`_ 
+  in the likely case that someone else experienced that same issue before, 
+  and you get a hint on how to solve it.
 
 
 .. _`Debian-derived`: https://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros

docs/source/live-trading.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+Live Trading
+============
+This document explains how to get started with live trading.
+
+Supported Exchanges
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Catalyst can trade against these exchanges:
+
+- Bitfinex, id= ``bitfinex``
+- Bittrex, id= ``bittrex``
+- Poloniex, id= ``poloniex``
+
+Authentication
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Most exchanges require token key/secret combination for authentication. By
+convention, Catalyst uses an ``auth.json`` file to hold this data.
+
+This example illustrates the convention using the *Bitfinex* exchange.
+Here is how to generate key and secret values for the Bitfinex exchange:
+https://docs.bitfinex.com/v1/docs/api-access. Most exchanges follow
+a similar process.
+
+The auth.json file:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+  {
+    "name": "bitfinex",
+    "key": "my-key",
+    "secret": "my-secret"
+  }
+
+
+The file goes here: ``~/.catalyst/data/exchanges/bitfinex/auth.json``
+
+Note that the `bitfinex` part in the directory above corresponds to the id of the Bitfinex
+exchange as defined in the "Supported Exchanges" section above.
+Attempting to run an algorithm where the targeted exchange is missing
+its ``auth.json`` file will create the directory structure and create an empty
+auth.json file, but will result in an error.
+
+Currency Symbols
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Catalyst introduces a universal convention to reference
+trading pairs and individual currencies. This
+is required to ensure that the ``symbol()`` api predictably
+returns the correct asset regardless of the targeted exchange.
+
+Exchanges tend to use their own convention to represent currencies
+(e.g. XBT and BTC both represent Bitcoin on different exchanges).
+Trading pairs are also inconsistent. For example, Bitfinex
+puts the market currency before the base currency without a
+separator, Bittrex puts the base currency first and uses a dash
+seperator.
+
+Here is the Catalyst convention:
+
+*[Market Currency]_[Base Currency]* all lowercase.
+
+Currency symbols (e.g. btc, eth, ltc) follow the Bittrex convention.
+
+Here are some examples:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+  # With Bitfinex
+  bitcoin_usd_asset = symbol('btc_usd')
+  ethereum_bitcoin_asset = symbol('eth_btc')
+
+  # With Bittrex
+  ethereum_bitcoin_asset = symbol('eth_btc')
+  neo_ethereum_asset = symbol('neo_eth)
+
+Note that the trading pairs are always referenced in the same manner.
+However, not all trading pairs are available on all exchanges. An
+error will occur if the specified trading pair is not trading
+on the exchange. To check which currency pairs are available on each 
+of the supported exchanges, see `Catalyst Market Coverage <https://www.enigma.co/catalyst/status`_.
+
+Trading an Algorithm
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+There is no special convention to follow when writing an
+algorithm for live trading. The same algorithm should work in
+backtest and live execution mode without modification.
+
+What differs are the arguments provided to the catalyst client or
+`run_algorithm()` interface. Here is the same example in both interfaces:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  catalyst live -f my_algo_code -x bitfinex -c btc -n my_algo_name 
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  run_algorithm(
+      initialize=initialize,
+      handle_data=handle_data,
+      analyze=analyze,
+      exchange_name='bitfinex',
+      live=True,
+      algo_namespace='my_algo_name',
+      base_currency='btc'
+  )
+
+
+Here is the breakdown of the new arguments:
+
+- ``live``: Boolean flag which enables live trading.
+- ``exchange_name``: The name of the targeted exchange
+  (supported values: *bitfinex*, *bittrex*).
+- ``algo_namespace``: A arbitrary label assigned to your algorithm for
+  data storage purposes.
+- ``base_currency``: The base currency used to calculate the
+  statistics of your algorithm. Currently, the base currency of all
+  trading pairs of your algorithm must match this value.
+
+Here is a complete algorithm for reference:
+`Buy Low and Sell High <https://github.com/enigmampc/catalyst/blob/master/catalyst/examples/buy_low_sell_high_live.py>`_

docs/source/releases.rst

@@ -2,24 +2,268 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/1.1.1.txt
+Version 0.3.10
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-11-28
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/1.1.0.txt
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/1.0.2.txt
+- Fixed issue with fetching assets with daily frequency
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/1.0.1.txt
+Version 0.3.9
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-11-28
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/1.0.0.txt
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/0.9.0.txt
+- Fixed sortino warning issues (:issue:`77`)
+- Adjusted computation of last candle of data.history (:issue:`71`)
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/0.8.4.txt
+Build
+~~~~~
+- Added capital_base parameter to live mode to limit cash (:issue:`79`)
+- Added support for csv ingestion (:issue:`65`)
+- Improved cash display in running stats (:issue:`80`)
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/0.8.3.txt
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/0.8.0.txt
+Version 0.3.8
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-11-14
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/0.7.0.txt
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. include:: whatsnew/0.6.1.txt
+- Fixed a warning filter issue introduced with the latest release
+
+Version 0.3.7
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-11-14
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fixed an SSL cert issue (:issue:`64`)
+- Fixed cumulative stats warnings (:issue:`63`)
+- Disabled auto-ingestion because of unresolved caching issues (:issue:`47`)
+- Standardized live-trading stats (:issue:`61`)
+
+Build
+~~~~~
+
+- Added a mean-reversion sample algo
+- Added minutely stats in the analyze() function (:issue:`62`)
+- Added specificity to some error messages
+
+Version 0.3.6
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-11-4
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fixed an issue with single bar data.history() (:issue:`55`)
+
+Version 0.3.5
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-11-4
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Added workaround for: KeyError: Timestamp error (:issue:`53`)
+
+Version 0.3.4
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-11-2
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fixed issue with auto-ingestion of minute data (:issue:`47`)
+- Fixed issue with sell orders in backtesting
+- Fixed data frequency issues with data.history() in backtesting
+- Fixed an issue with can_trade()
+- Reduced the commission and slippage values to account for lower volume
+  transactions
+
+Build
+~~~~~
+
+- Added more unit tests
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Improved installation notes for Windows C++ compiler and Conda
+- Addition of
+  `Jupyter Notebook guide <https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst/jupyter.html>`_
+- Addition of
+  `Live Trading page <https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst/live-trading.html>`_
+- Addition of
+  `Videos page <https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst/videos.html>`_
+- Addition of
+  `Resources page <https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst/resources.html>`_
+- Addition of `Development Guidelines
+  <https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst/development-guidelines.html>`_
+- Addition of
+  `Release Notes <https://enigmampc.github.io/catalyst/releases.html>`_
+- Updated code docstrings
+
+
+Version 0.3.3
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-10-26
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fix missing -x in ingest-exchange
+- Fix issue with daily chunks end date (data bundles)
+- Fix issue in the prepare_chunk logic (data bundles)
+
+Build
+~~~~~
+
+- Added data validation unit tests
+
+
+Version 0.3.2
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-10-25
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fix to work with empty data bundles
+- Fix Windows path of ``$HOME/.catalyst`` folder
+- Fix ``etc/python2.7-environment.yml`` for Windows Conda install
+- Fix hash method to create sid numbers compatible across platforms
+- Fix an issue with asset date in chunks
+
+Build
+~~~~~
+
+- Python3 adjustments
+- Added method to clean bundle folders, and remove symbols.json
+- Implemented and improved unit tests
+
+
+Version 0.3.1
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-10-22
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fixed OS-dependent path issue in data bundle
+- Changed handling of empty ``auth.json``, instead of throwing an error for
+  missing file
+- Updated ``etc/python2.7-environment.yml`` to work with Catalyst version 0.3
+- Updated ``catalyst/examples/buy_and_hodl.py``  and
+  ``catalyst/examples/buy_low_sell_high.py`` to work with Catalyst version 0.3
+
+
+Version 0.3
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-10-20
+
+- Standardized live and backtesting syntax
+- Added a repository for historical data
+- Added supported for multiple exchanges per algorithm
+- Added a standardized dictionary of symbols for each exchange
+- Added auto-ingestion of bundle data while backtesting
+- Bug fixes
+
+
+Version 0.2.dev5
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+**Release Date**: 2017-10-03
+
+- Fixes bug in data.history function that was formatting 'volume' data as
+  integers, now they are returned as floats with up to 9 decimals of precision.
+  Data bundles redone.
+
+Version 0.2.dev4
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+**Release Date**: 2017-09-20
+
+- Fixes bug in the pricing resolution of 1-minute data, now set to 8 decimal
+  places. Pricing resolution of daily data remains set to 9 decimal places.
+- The current data bundle takes 340MB compressed for download, and 460MB
+  uncompressed on disk for Catalyst to use.
+
+Version 0.2.dev3
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+**Release Date**: 2017-09-20
+
+- 1-minute resolution OHLCV data bundle for backtesting from Poloniex exchange
+- Implementation of trading of fractional crypto assets (i.e. 0.01 BTC)
+- Minimum trade size of a coin can be configured on a per-coin basis, defaults
+  to 0.00000001 in backtesting (most exchanges set the minimum trade to larger
+  amounts, which will impact live trading)
+- Increased pricing resolution from 3 to 9 decimal places
+- The current data bundle takes 40MB compressed for download, and 99MB
+  uncompressed on disk for Catalyst to use.
+
+Version 0.2.dev2
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+**Release Date**: 2017-09-07
+
+- Fix path issue
+
+Version 0.2.dev1
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+**Release Date**: 2017-09-03
+
+- Implementation of live trading:
+
+  - Comprehensive trading functionality against exchanges Bitfinex and Bittrex.
+  - Support for all trading pairs available on each exchange.
+  - Multiple algorithms can trade simultaneously against a single exchange
+    using the same account.
+  - Each algorithm has a persisted state (i.e. algorithm can be stopped and
+    restarted preserving the state without data loss) that tracks all open
+    orders, executed transactions and portfolio positions.
+
+- Minute by minute portfolio performance metrics.
+
+  - Daily summary performance statistics compatible with pyfolio, a Python
+    library for performance and risk analysis of financial portfolios
+
+Version 0.1.dev9
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+**Release Date**: 2017-08-28
+
+- Retrieval of crypto benchmark from bundle, instead of hitting Poloniex
+  exchange directly
+- Change of bundle storage provider from Dropbox to AWS
+- Fix issue with 1/1000 scaling issue of prices in bundle
+
+Version 0.1.dev8
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+**Release Date**: 2017-08-18
+
+- Fixes issue in the creation of bundles (:issue:`27`)
+
+
+Version 0.1.dev7
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+- Fixes issues in empty benchmark (:issue:`16`)
+- Fixes issue of normalizing timestamps before comparison (:issue:`24`)
+- Generic data bundles
+- CLI UI improvements
+
+Version 0.1.dev6
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+**Release Date**: 2017-07-13
+
+- Initial public release

docs/source/resources.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Resources
+=========
+
+-  `Catalyst Whitepaper <https://www.enigma.co/enigma_catalyst.pdf>`_ 
+
+
+Related 3rd Party APIs
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- `Zipline <http://www.zipline.io/appendix.html>`_ is a Pythonic Algorithmic 
+  Trading Library, and the project Catalyst forked off in the spring of 2017.
+- `Quantopian <https://www.quantopian.com/help>`_ provides a platform for 
+  freelance quantitative analysts develop, test, and use trading algorithms to 
+  buy and sell securities. They aim to create a crowd-sourced hedge fund by
+  fostering their community of freelance traders. Quantopian's backtesting and 
+  live-trading engine is powered by *Zipline*.
+- `Pandas <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/api.html>`_ is a Python
+  library providing high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data 
+  analysis tools. Catalyst relies heavily on pandas, and many API functions 
+  return data as Pandas dataframes.
+- `Numpy <https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/>`_ is the fundamental 
+  package for scientific computing with Python. Some of the data computation 
+  that your algorithms will need, will be optimized leveraging Numpy.
+- `Matplotlib <https://matplotlib.org/1.5.3/api/index.html>`_ is a Python 2D 
+  plotting library that many of examples rely on to plot the performance of 
+  trading algorithms

docs/source/utilities.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+Utilities
+=========
+
+This section covers a variety of utilites that provide complimentary 
+functionality to your trading algorithms. These are code snippets that you can
+add to any algorithm to add the desired functionality.
+
+If you are looking for example trading algorithms, see the corresponding section.
+
+Output to CSV file
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Add this script to the analyze method to create and save a CSV file with the 
+results from the trading algorithm. This file will include the default 
+parameters of the results DataFrame plus any recorded variables and will be 
+saved in the same location where your trading algorithm is saved. The exact 
+script that you need to use depends on the interface that you are using to run 
+your trading algorithm, which could be the CLI or a Python Interpreter.
+
+1. Script to use with CLI:
+
+   .. code-block:: python
+
+      def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+          import sys
+          import os
+          from os.path import basename
+          
+          # Save results in CSV file
+          filename = os.path.splitext(basename(sys.argv[3]))[0]
+          results.to_csv(filename + '.csv')
+
+2. Script to use with Python Interpreter:
+
+   .. code-block:: python
+
+      def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+          import os
+          from os.path import basename
+          
+          # Save results in CSV file
+          filename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
+          results.to_csv(filename + '.csv')
+
+Extracting market data
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Use this script to save the price and volume data of one cryptoasset in a CSV 
+file, which will be saved in the same location and with the same name as your 
+Python file. To get custom data, simply modify the asset's symbol and the dates. 
+Run this script directly from your development environment: python scriptname.py, 
+where the contents of 'scriptname.py' are as follows. Two different version are 
+provided as an example for daily- and minute-resolution data respectively:
+
+Simpler case for daily data
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   import os
+   import pytz
+   from datetime import datetime
+
+   from catalyst.api import record, symbol, symbols
+   from catalyst.utils.run_algo import run_algorithm
+
+   def initialize(context):
+      # Portfolio assets list
+      context.asset = symbol('btc_usdt') # Bitcoin on Poloniex
+                          
+   def handle_data(context, data):
+      # Variables to record for a given asset: price and volume
+      price = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
+      volume = data.current(context.asset, 'volume')
+      record(price=price, volume=volume)
+      
+   def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+      
+      # Generate DataFrame with Price and Volume only
+      data = results[['price','volume']]
+      
+      # Save results in CSV file
+      filename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
+      data.to_csv(filename + '.csv')
+      
+   ''' Bitcoin data is available on Poloniex since 2015-3-1. 
+       Dates vary for other tokens. In the example below, we choose the 
+       full month of July of 2017.
+   '''
+   start = datetime(2017, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, pytz.utc)
+   end = datetime(2017, 7, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, pytz.utc) 
+   results = run_algorithm(initialize=initialize, 
+                           handle_data=handle_data, 
+                           analyze=analyze, 
+                           start=start, 
+                           end=end, 
+                           exchange_name='poloniex', 
+                           capital_base=10000, 
+                           base_currency = 'usdt')
+
+More versatile case for minute data
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   import os
+   import csv
+   import pytz
+   from datetime import datetime
+
+   from catalyst.api import record, symbol, symbols
+   from catalyst.utils.run_algo import run_algorithm
+
+
+   def initialize(context):
+   # Portfolio assets list
+   context.asset     = symbol('btc_usdt') # Bitcoin on Poloniex
+
+   # Creates a .CSV file with the same name as this script to store results
+   context.csvfile   = open(os.path.splitext(
+                            os.path.basename(__file__))[0]+'.csv', 'w+')
+   context.csvwriter = csv.writer(context.csvfile)
+
+   def handle_data(context, data):
+   # Variables to record for a given asset: price and volume
+   # Other options include 'open', 'high', 'open', 'close'
+   # Please note that 'price' equals 'close'
+   date   = context.blotter.current_dt     # current time in each iteration
+   price  = data.current(context.asset, 'price')
+   volume = data.current(context.asset, 'volume')
+
+   # Writes one line to CSV on each iteration with the chosen variables    
+   context.csvwriter.writerow([date,price,volume])
+
+   def analyze(context=None, results=None):
+   # Close open file properly at the end
+   context.csvfile.close()
+
+
+   # Bitcoin data is available from 2015-3-2. Dates vary for other tokens.    
+   start = datetime(2017, 7, 30, 0, 0, 0, 0, pytz.utc)
+   end = datetime(2017, 7, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, pytz.utc) 
+   results = run_algorithm(initialize=initialize, 
+                           handle_data=handle_data,
+                           analyze=analyze, 
+                           start=start, 
+                           end=end,
+                           exchange_name='poloniex', 
+                           data_frequency='minute',
+                           base_currency ='usdt', 
+                           capital_base=10000 )

docs/source/videos.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Videos
+======
+
+
+Installation: MacOS
+-------------------
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZnsslmHljvw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+|
+|
+Installation: Windows
+---------------------
+
+Where things go smoothly:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8HqcEbZmkk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+|
+Where things don't:
+
+.. raw:: html
+   
+   <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qLkQcWlUBy8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+|
+|
+Backtesting a Strategy
+----------------------
+
+This algorithm is based on a simple momentum strategy. When the cryptoasset
+goes up quickly, we’re going to buy; when it goes down quickly, we’re going to 
+sell. Hopefully, we’ll ride the waves.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JOBRwst9jUY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+

docs/source/welcome.rst

@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 .. image:: https://s3.amazonaws.com/enigmaco-docs/enigma-catalyst.jpg
 |
-Catalyst is a data-driven crypto investment platform. It supports both 
+Catalyst is an algorithmic trading library for crypto-assets written in Python.
-backtesting and live-trading in a number of different crypto-exchanges. 
+It allows trading strategies to be easily expressed and backtested against 
-Catalyst empowers users to share and curate data and build profitable, 
+historical data (with daily and minute resolution), providing analytics and 
-data-driven investment strategies.
+insights regarding a particular strategy's performance. Catalyst also supports
+live-trading of crypto-assets starting with three exchanges (Bitfinex, Bittrex, 
+and Poloniex) with more being added over time. Catalyst empowers users to share 
+and curate data and build profitable, data-driven investment strategies. Please 
+visit `enigma.co <https://www.enigma.co>`_ to learn more about Catalyst, or 
+refer to the `whitepaper <https://www.enigma.co/enigma_catalyst.pdf>`_ for 
+further technical details.
+
+Catalyst builds on top of the well-established 
+`Zipline <https://github.com/quantopian/zipline>`_ project. We did our best to 
+minimize structural changes to the general API to maximize compatibility with 
+existing trading algorithms, developer knowledge, and tutorials. Join us on 
+`Discord <https://discord.gg/SJK32GY>`_ where we have a *#catalyst_dev* channel 
+for questions around Catalyst, algorithmic trading and technical support.
 
 Features
 ========
@@ -25,4 +38,6 @@ Features
    integrate nicely into the existing PyData eco-system.
 -  Statistic and machine learning libraries like matplotlib, scipy, 
    statsmodels, and sklearn support development, analysis, and 
-   visualization of state-of-the-art trading systems.
+   visualization of state-of-the-art trading systems.
+-  Addition of Bitcoin price (btc_usdt) as a benchmark for comparing 
+   performance across trading algorithms.

etc/python2.7-environment.yml

@@ -3,19 +3,17 @@ channels:
 - defaults
 dependencies:
 - certifi=2016.2.28=py27_0
-- libgfortran=3.0.0=1
+- mkl=2017.0.3
-- mkl=2017.0.3=0
 - numpy=1.13.1=py27_0
-- openssl=1.0.2l=0
+- openssl=1.0.2l
 - pip=9.0.1=py27_1
-- python=2.7.13=0
+- python=2.7.13
-- readline=6.2=2
 - scipy=0.19.1=np113py27_0
 - setuptools=36.4.0=py27_1
-- sqlite=3.13.0=0
+- sqlite=3.13.0
-- tk=8.5.18=0
+- tk=8.5.18
 - wheel=0.29.0=py27_0
-- zlib=1.2.11=0
+- zlib=1.2.11
 - pip:
   - alembic==0.9.6
   - backports.functools-lru-cache==1.4

tests/exchange/base.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import unittest
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 
 

tests/exchange/test_bcolz.py

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import shutil
+import random
+import tempfile
+import pandas as pd
+
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bundle import ExchangeBundle
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bcolz import BcolzExchangeBarWriter, \
+    BcolzExchangeBarReader
+
+from catalyst.exchange.bundle_utils import get_df_from_arrays
+
+from nose.tools import assert_equals
+
+
+class TestBcolzWriter(object):
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_class(cls):
+        cls.columns = ['open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume']
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.root_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()  # Create a temporary directory
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        shutil.rmtree(self.root_dir)  # Remove the directory after the test
+
+    def generate_df(self, exchange_name, freq, start, end):
+        bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange_name)
+        index = bundle.get_calendar_periods_range(start, end, freq)
+        df = pd.DataFrame(index=index, columns=self.columns)
+        df.fillna(random.random(), inplace=True)
+        return df
+
+    def test_bcolz_write_daily_past(self):
+        start = pd.to_datetime('2016-01-01')
+        end = pd.to_datetime('2016-12-31')
+        freq = 'daily'
+
+        df = self.generate_df('bitfinex', freq, start, end)
+
+        writer = BcolzExchangeBarWriter(
+            rootdir=self.root_dir,
+            start_session=start,
+            end_session=end,
+            data_frequency=freq,
+            write_metadata=True)
+
+        data = []
+        data.append((1, df))
+        writer.write(data)
+        pass
+
+    def test_bcolz_write_daily_present(self):
+        start = pd.to_datetime('2017-01-01')
+        end = pd.to_datetime('today')
+        freq = 'daily'
+
+        df = self.generate_df('bitfinex', freq, start, end)
+
+        writer = BcolzExchangeBarWriter(
+            rootdir=self.root_dir,
+            start_session=start,
+            end_session=end,
+            data_frequency=freq,
+            write_metadata=True)
+
+        data = []
+        data.append((1, df))
+        writer.write(data)
+        pass
+
+    def test_bcolz_write_minute_past(self):
+        start = pd.to_datetime('2015-04-01 00:00')
+        end = pd.to_datetime('2015-04-30 23:59')
+        freq = 'minute'
+
+        df = self.generate_df('bitfinex', freq, start, end)
+
+        writer = BcolzExchangeBarWriter(
+            rootdir=self.root_dir,
+            start_session=start,
+            end_session=end,
+            data_frequency=freq,
+            write_metadata=True)
+
+        data = []
+        data.append((1, df))
+        writer.write(data)
+
+        pass
+
+    def test_bcolz_write_minute_present(self):
+        start = pd.to_datetime('2017-10-01 00:00')
+        end = pd.to_datetime('today')
+        freq = 'minute'
+
+        df = self.generate_df('bitfinex', freq, start, end)
+
+        writer = BcolzExchangeBarWriter(
+            rootdir=self.root_dir,
+            start_session=start,
+            end_session=end,
+            data_frequency=freq,
+            write_metadata=True)
+
+        data = []
+        data.append((1, df))
+        writer.write(data)
+        pass
+
+    def bcolz_exchange_daily_write_read(self, exchange_name):
+        start = pd.to_datetime('2017-10-01 00:00')
+        end = pd.to_datetime('today')
+        freq = 'daily'
+
+        bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange_name)
+
+        df = self.generate_df(exchange_name, freq, start, end)
+
+        print df.index[0],df.index[-1]
+
+        writer = BcolzExchangeBarWriter(
+            rootdir=self.root_dir,
+            start_session=df.index[0],
+            end_session=df.index[-1],
+            data_frequency=freq,
+            write_metadata=True)
+
+        data = []
+        data.append((1, df))
+        writer.write(data)
+
+        reader = BcolzExchangeBarReader(rootdir=self.root_dir,
+                                        data_frequency=freq)
+
+        arrays = reader.load_raw_arrays(self.columns, start, end, [1, ])
+
+        periods = bundle.get_calendar_periods_range(
+            start, end, freq
+        )
+
+        dx = get_df_from_arrays(arrays, periods)
+
+        assert_equals(df.equals(df), True)
+        pass
+
+    def test_bcolz_bitfinex_daily_write_read(self):
+        self.bcolz_exchange_daily_write_read('bitfinex')
+
+    def test_bcolz_poloniex_daily_write_read(self):
+        self.bcolz_exchange_daily_write_read('poloniex')

tests/exchange/test_bitfinex.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from catalyst.finance.execution import (LimitOrder)
 log = Logger('test_bitfinex')
 
 
-class BitfinexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
+class TestBitfinex(BaseExchangeTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setup(self):
         log.info('creating bitfinex object')
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class BitfinexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
     def test_get_candles(self):
         log.info('retrieving candles')
         ohlcv_neo = self.exchange.get_candles(
-            data_frequency='1m',
+            freq='1T',
             assets=self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc')
         )
         pass

tests/exchange/test_bittrex.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import pandas as pd
 from catalyst.exchange.bittrex.bittrex import Bittrex
 from catalyst.finance.order import Order
 from base import BaseExchangeTestCase
@@ -7,15 +8,15 @@ from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_auth
 log = Logger('test_bittrex')
 
 
-class BittrexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
+class TestBittrex(BaseExchangeTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setup(self):
-        print ('creating bittrex object')
         auth = get_exchange_auth('bittrex')
         self.exchange = Bittrex(
             key=auth['key'],
             secret=auth['secret'],
-            base_currency='btc'
+            base_currency=None,
+            portfolio=None
         )
 
     def test_order(self):
@@ -51,16 +52,19 @@ class BittrexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
     def test_get_candles(self):
         log.info('retrieving candles')
         ohlcv_neo = self.exchange.get_candles(
-            data_frequency='5m',
+            freq='5T',
-            assets=self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc')
+            assets=self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc'),
+            bar_count=20,
+            end_dt=pd.to_datetime('2017-10-20', utc=True)
         )
         ohlcv_neo_ubq = self.exchange.get_candles(
-            data_frequency='5m',
+            freq='1D',
             assets=[
                 self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc'),
                 self.exchange.get_asset('ubq_btc')
             ],
-            bar_count=14
+            bar_count=14,
+            end_dt=pd.to_datetime('2017-10-20', utc=True)
         )
         pass
 

tests/exchange/test_bundle.py

@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
-from logging import Logger
+import hashlib
+import os
+import tempfile
+from logging import getLogger
 
 import pandas as pd
 
 from catalyst import get_calendar
-from catalyst.exchange.bundle_utils import get_bcolz_chunk, get_periods, \
+from catalyst.exchange.bundle_utils import get_bcolz_chunk, \
-    get_periods_range
+    get_start_dt, get_df_from_arrays
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bcolz import BcolzExchangeBarReader, \
     BcolzExchangeBarWriter
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bundle import ExchangeBundle, \
     BUNDLE_NAME_TEMPLATE
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_folder
-from catalyst.exchange.init_utils import get_exchange
+from catalyst.exchange.factory import get_exchange
+from catalyst.exchange.stats_utils import df_to_string
 from catalyst.utils.paths import ensure_directory
 
-log = Logger('test_exchange_bundle')
+log = getLogger('test_exchange_bundle')
 
 
-class ExchangeBundleTestCase:
+class TestExchangeBundle:
     def test_spot_value(self):
         data_frequency = 'daily'
         exchange_name = 'poloniex'
@@ -38,17 +42,16 @@ class ExchangeBundleTestCase:
 
     def test_ingest_minute(self):
         data_frequency = 'minute'
-        exchange_name = 'bitfinex'
+        exchange_name = 'poloniex'
 
         exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
         exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange)
         assets = [
-            exchange.get_asset('neo_eth')
+            exchange.get_asset('eth_btc')
         ]
 
-        # start = pd.to_datetime('2017-09-01', utc=True)
+        start = pd.to_datetime('2016-03-01', utc=True)
-        start = pd.to_datetime('2017-9-15', utc=True)
+        end = pd.to_datetime('2017-11-1', utc=True)
-        end = pd.to_datetime('2017-9-30', utc=True)
 
         log.info('ingesting exchange bundle {}'.format(exchange_name))
         exchange_bundle.ingest(
@@ -93,19 +96,44 @@ class ExchangeBundleTestCase:
         )
         pass
 
-    def test_ingest_daily(self):
+    def test_ingest_exchange(self):
         # exchange_name = 'bitfinex'
         # data_frequency = 'daily'
         # include_symbols = 'neo_btc,bch_btc,eth_btc'
 
-        exchange_name = 'poloniex'
+        exchange_name = 'bitfinex'
-        data_frequency = 'daily'
+        data_frequency = 'minute'
-        include_symbols = 'btc_usdt'
 
-        start = pd.to_datetime('2016-1-1', utc=True)
+        exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
-        end = pd.to_datetime('2017-10-16', utc=True)
+        exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange)
-        periods = get_periods_range(start, end, data_frequency)
 
+        log.info('ingesting exchange bundle {}'.format(exchange_name))
+        exchange_bundle.ingest(
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
+            include_symbols=None,
+            exclude_symbols=None,
+            start=None,
+            end=None,
+            show_progress=True
+        )
+
+        pass
+
+    def test_ingest_daily(self):
+        exchange_name = 'bitfinex'
+        data_frequency = 'minute'
+        include_symbols = 'neo_btc'
+
+        # exchange_name = 'poloniex'
+        # data_frequency = 'daily'
+        # include_symbols = 'eth_btc'
+
+        # start = pd.to_datetime('2017-1-1', utc=True)
+        # end = pd.to_datetime('2017-10-16', utc=True)
+        # periods = get_periods_range(start, end, data_frequency)
+
+        start = None
+        end = None
         exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
         exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange)
 
@@ -125,12 +153,18 @@ class ExchangeBundleTestCase:
             assets.append(exchange.get_asset(pair_symbol))
 
         reader = exchange_bundle.get_reader(data_frequency)
+        start_dt = reader.first_trading_day
+        end_dt = reader.last_available_dt
+
+        if data_frequency == 'daily':
+            end_dt = end_dt - pd.Timedelta(hours=23, minutes=59)
+
         for asset in assets:
             arrays = reader.load_raw_arrays(
                 sids=[asset.sid],
                 fields=['close'],
-                start_dt=start,
+                start_dt=start_dt,
-                end_dt=end
+                end_dt=end_dt
             )
             print('found {} rows for {} ingestion\n{}'.format(
                 len(arrays[0]), asset.symbol, arrays[0])
@@ -274,7 +308,7 @@ class ExchangeBundleTestCase:
         data_frequency = 'minute'
 
         exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
-        asset = exchange.get_asset('neo_btc')
+        asset = exchange.get_asset('neos_btc')
 
         path = get_bcolz_chunk(
             exchange_name=exchange_name,
@@ -284,3 +318,235 @@ class ExchangeBundleTestCase:
         )
 
         pass
+
+    def test_hash_symbol(self):
+        symbol = 'etc_btc'
+        sid = int(
+            hashlib.sha256(symbol.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest(), 16
+        ) % 10 ** 6
+        pass
+
+    def test_validate_data(self):
+        exchange_name = 'bitfinex'
+        data_frequency = 'minute'
+
+        exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+        exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange)
+        assets = [exchange.get_asset('iot_btc')]
+
+        end_dt = pd.to_datetime('2017-9-2 1:00', utc=True)
+        bar_count = 60
+
+        bundle_series = exchange_bundle.get_history_window_series(
+            assets=assets,
+            end_dt=end_dt,
+            bar_count=bar_count * 5,
+            field='close',
+            data_frequency='minute',
+        )
+        candles = exchange.get_candles(
+            assets=assets,
+            end_dt=end_dt,
+            bar_count=bar_count,
+            freq='1T'
+        )
+        start_dt = get_start_dt(end_dt, bar_count, data_frequency)
+
+        frames = []
+        for asset in assets:
+            bundle_df = pd.DataFrame(
+                data=dict(bundle_price=bundle_series[asset]),
+                index=bundle_series[asset].index
+            )
+            exchange_series = exchange.get_series_from_candles(
+                candles=candles[asset],
+                start_dt=start_dt,
+                end_dt=end_dt,
+                data_frequency=data_frequency,
+                field='close'
+            )
+            exchange_df = pd.DataFrame(
+                data=dict(exchange_price=exchange_series),
+                index=exchange_series.index
+            )
+
+            df = exchange_df.join(bundle_df, how='left')
+            df['last_traded'] = df.index
+            df['asset'] = asset.symbol
+            df.set_index(['asset', 'last_traded'], inplace=True)
+
+            frames.append(df)
+
+        df = pd.concat(frames)
+        print('\n' + df_to_string(df))
+        pass
+
+    def test_ingest_candles(self):
+        exchange_name = 'bitfinex'
+        data_frequency = 'minute'
+
+        exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+        bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange)
+        assets = [exchange.get_asset('iot_btc')]
+
+        end_dt = pd.to_datetime('2017-10-20', utc=True)
+        bar_count = 100
+
+        start_dt = get_start_dt(end_dt, bar_count, data_frequency)
+        candles = exchange.get_candles(
+            assets=assets,
+            start_dt=start_dt,
+            end_dt=end_dt,
+            bar_count=bar_count,
+            freq='1T'
+        )
+
+        writer = bundle.get_writer(start_dt, end_dt, data_frequency)
+        for asset in assets:
+            dates = [candle['last_traded'] for candle in candles[asset]]
+
+            values = dict()
+            for field in ['open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume']:
+                values[field] = [candle[field] for candle in candles[asset]]
+
+            periods = bundle.get_calendar_periods_range(
+                start_dt, end_dt, data_frequency
+            )
+            df = pd.DataFrame(values, index=dates)
+            df = df.loc[periods].fillna(method='ffill')
+
+            # TODO: why do I get an extra bar?
+            bundle.ingest_df(
+                ohlcv_df=df,
+                data_frequency=data_frequency,
+                asset=asset,
+                writer=writer,
+                empty_rows_behavior='raise',
+                duplicates_behavior='raise'
+            )
+
+        bundle_series = bundle.get_history_window_series(
+            assets=assets,
+            end_dt=end_dt,
+            bar_count=bar_count,
+            field='close',
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
+            reset_reader=True
+        )
+        df = pd.DataFrame(bundle_series)
+        print('\n' + df_to_string(df))
+        pass
+
+    def main_bundle_to_csv(self):
+        exchange_name = 'poloniex'
+        data_frequency = 'minute'
+
+        exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+        asset = exchange.get_asset('eth_btc')
+
+        start_dt = pd.to_datetime('2016-5-31', utc=True)
+        end_dt = pd.to_datetime('2016-6-1', utc=True)
+        self._bundle_to_csv(
+            asset=asset,
+            exchange_name=exchange.name,
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
+            filename='{}_{}_{}'.format(
+                exchange_name, data_frequency, asset.symbol
+            ),
+            start_dt=start_dt,
+            end_dt=end_dt
+        )
+
+    def bundle_to_csv(self):
+        exchange_name = 'poloniex'
+        data_frequency = 'minute'
+        period = '2017-01'
+        symbol = 'eth_btc'
+
+        exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+        asset = exchange.get_asset(symbol)
+
+        path = get_bcolz_chunk(
+            exchange_name=exchange.name,
+            symbol=asset.symbol,
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
+            period=period
+        )
+        self._bundle_to_csv(
+            asset=asset,
+            exchange_name=exchange.name,
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
+            path=path,
+            filename=period
+        )
+        pass
+
+    def _bundle_to_csv(self, asset, exchange_name, data_frequency, filename,
+                       path=None, start_dt=None, end_dt=None):
+        bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange_name)
+        reader = bundle.get_reader(data_frequency, path=path)
+
+        if start_dt is None:
+            start_dt = reader.first_trading_day
+
+        if end_dt is None:
+            end_dt = reader.last_available_dt
+
+        if data_frequency == 'daily':
+            end_dt = end_dt - pd.Timedelta(hours=23, minutes=59)
+
+        arrays = None
+        try:
+            arrays = reader.load_raw_arrays(
+                sids=[asset.sid],
+                fields=['open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume'],
+                start_dt=start_dt,
+                end_dt=end_dt
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.warn('skipping ctable for {} from {} to {}: {}'.format(
+                asset.symbol, start_dt, end_dt, e
+            ))
+
+        periods = bundle.get_calendar_periods_range(
+            start_dt, end_dt, data_frequency
+        )
+        df = get_df_from_arrays(arrays, periods)
+
+        folder = os.path.join(
+            tempfile.gettempdir(), 'catalyst', exchange_name, asset.symbol
+        )
+        ensure_directory(folder)
+
+        path = os.path.join(folder, filename + '.csv')
+
+        log.info('creating csv file: {}'.format(path))
+        print('HEAD\n{}'.format(df.head(100)))
+        print('TAIL\n{}'.format(df.tail(100)))
+        df.to_csv(path)
+        pass
+
+    def test_ingest_csv(self):
+        data_frequency = 'minute'
+        exchange_name = 'bittrex'
+        path = '/Users/fredfortier/Dropbox/Enigma/Data/bittrex_bat_eth.csv'
+
+        exchange_bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange_name)
+        exchange_bundle.ingest_csv(path, data_frequency)
+
+        exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+        asset = exchange.get_asset('bat_eth')
+
+        start_dt = pd.to_datetime('2017-6-3', utc=True)
+        end_dt = pd.to_datetime('2017-8-3 19:24', utc=True)
+        self._bundle_to_csv(
+            asset=asset,
+            exchange_name=exchange.name,
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
+            filename='{}_{}_{}'.format(
+                exchange_name, data_frequency, asset.symbol
+            ),
+            start_dt=start_dt,
+            end_dt=end_dt
+        )
+        pass

tests/exchange/test_clock.py

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-from unittest import TestCase
-from logbook import Logger
-from mock import patch, sentinel
-from catalyst.exchange.simple_clock import SimpleClock
-from catalyst.utils.calendars.trading_calendar import days_at_time
-from datetime import time
-from collections import defaultdict
-from catalyst.utils.calendars import get_calendar
-import pandas as pd
-
-log = Logger('ExchangeClockTestCase')
-
-
-class ExchangeClockTestCase(TestCase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        cls.open_calendar = get_calendar("OPEN")
-
-        cls.sessions = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.internal_clock = None
-        self.events = defaultdict(list)
-
-    def advance_clock(self, x):
-        """Mock function for sleep. Advances the internal clock by 1 min"""
-        # The internal clock advance time must be 1 minute to match
-        # MinutesSimulationClock's update frequency
-        self.internal_clock += pd.Timedelta('1 min')
-
-    def get_clock(self, arg, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Mock function for pandas.to_datetime which is used to query the
-        current time in RealtimeClock"""
-        assert arg == "now"
-        return self.internal_clock
-
-    def test_clock(self):
-        with patch('catalyst.exchange.simple_clock.pd.to_datetime') as to_dt, \
-                patch('catalyst.exchange.simple_clock.sleep') as sleep:
-            clock = SimpleClock(sessions=self.sessions)
-            to_dt.side_effect = self.get_clock
-            sleep.side_effect = self.advance_clock
-            start_time = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
-            self.internal_clock = start_time
-
-            events = list(clock)
-
-            # Event 0 is SESSION_START which always happens at 00:00.
-            ts, event_type = events[1]
-        pass

tests/exchange/test_data_portal.py

@@ -3,45 +3,32 @@ from logbook import Logger
 
 from catalyst import get_calendar
 from catalyst.exchange.asset_finder_exchange import AssetFinderExchange
-from catalyst.exchange.bitfinex.bitfinex import Bitfinex
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_data_portal import DataPortalExchangeBacktest, \
-from catalyst.exchange.bittrex.bittrex import Bittrex
-from catalyst.exchange.data_portal_exchange import DataPortalExchangeBacktest, \
     DataPortalExchangeLive
-from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_auth
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_common_assets
+from catalyst.exchange.factory import get_exchange, get_exchanges
+from test_utils import rnd_history_date_days, rnd_bar_count, output_df
 
 log = Logger('test_bitfinex')
 
 
-class ExchangeDataPortalTestCase:
+class TestExchangeDataPortal:
     @classmethod
     def setup(self):
         log.info('creating bitfinex exchange')
-        auth_bitfinex = get_exchange_auth('bitfinex')
+        exchanges = get_exchanges(['bitfinex', 'bittrex', 'poloniex'])
-        self.bitfinex = Bitfinex(
-            key=auth_bitfinex['key'],
-            secret=auth_bitfinex['secret'],
-            base_currency='usd'
-        )
-
-        log.info('creating bittrex exchange')
-        auth_bitfinex = get_exchange_auth('bittrex')
-        self.bittrex = Bittrex(
-            key=auth_bitfinex['key'],
-            secret=auth_bitfinex['secret'],
-            base_currency='usd'
-        )
-
         open_calendar = get_calendar('OPEN')
         asset_finder = AssetFinderExchange()
 
         self.data_portal_live = DataPortalExchangeLive(
-            exchanges=dict(bitfinex=self.bitfinex, bittrex=self.bittrex),
+            exchanges=exchanges,
             asset_finder=asset_finder,
             trading_calendar=open_calendar,
             first_trading_day=pd.to_datetime('today', utc=True)
         )
+
         self.data_portal_backtest = DataPortalExchangeBacktest(
-            exchanges=dict(bitfinex=self.bitfinex),
+            exchanges=exchanges,
             asset_finder=asset_finder,
             trading_calendar=open_calendar,
             first_trading_day=None  # will set dynamically based on assets
@@ -106,3 +93,23 @@ class ExchangeDataPortalTestCase:
             assets, 'close', date, 'minute')
         log.info('found spot value {}'.format(value))
         pass
+
+    def test_history_compare_exchanges(self):
+        exchanges = get_exchanges(['bittrex', 'bitfinex', 'poloniex'])
+        assets = get_common_assets(exchanges)
+
+        date = rnd_history_date_days()
+        bar_count = rnd_bar_count()
+        data = self.data_portal_backtest.get_history_window(
+            assets=assets,
+            end_dt=date,
+            bar_count=bar_count,
+            frequency='1d',
+            field='close',
+            data_frequency='daily'
+        )
+
+        log.info('found history window: {}'.format(data))
+
+    def test_validate_resample(self):
+        pass

tests/exchange/test_poloniex.py

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-from catalyst.exchange.bittrex.bittrex import Bittrex
 from catalyst.exchange.poloniex.poloniex import Poloniex
 from catalyst.finance.order import Order
 from base import BaseExchangeTestCase
 from logbook import Logger
 from catalyst.exchange.exchange_utils import get_exchange_auth
+import pandas as pd
+from test_utils import output_df
 
 log = Logger('test_poloniex')
 
 
-class PoloniexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
+class TestPoloniex(BaseExchangeTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setup(self):
         print ('creating poloniex object')
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class PoloniexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
 
     def test_order(self):
         log.info('creating order')
-        asset = self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc')
+        asset = self.exchange.get_asset('neos_btc')
         order_id = self.exchange.order(
             asset=asset,
             limit_price=0.0005,
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class PoloniexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
 
     def test_open_orders(self):
         log.info('retrieving open orders')
-        asset = self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc')
+        asset = self.exchange.get_asset('neos_btc')
         orders = self.exchange.get_open_orders(asset)
         pass
 
@@ -51,18 +52,20 @@ class PoloniexTestCase(BaseExchangeTestCase):
 
     def test_get_candles(self):
         log.info('retrieving candles')
-        ohlcv_neo = self.exchange.get_candles(
+        assets = self.exchange.get_asset('eth_btc')
-            data_frequency='5m',
+        ohlcv = self.exchange.get_candles(
-            assets=self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc')
+            # end_dt=pd.to_datetime('2017-11-01', utc=True),
-        )
+            end_dt=None,
-        ohlcv_neo_ubq = self.exchange.get_candles(
+            freq='5T',
-            data_frequency='5m',
+            assets=assets,
-            assets=[
+            bar_count=200
-                self.exchange.get_asset('neo_btc'),
-                self.exchange.get_asset('ubq_btc')
-            ],
-            bar_count=14
         )
+        df = pd.DataFrame(ohlcv)
+        df.set_index('last_traded', drop=True, inplace=True)
+        log.info(df.tail(25))
+
+        path = output_df(df, assets, '5min_candles')
+        log.info('saved candles: {}'.format(path))
         pass
 
     def test_tickers(self):

tests/exchange/test_server_bundle.py

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import os
+import tarfile
+import importlib
+import pandas as pd
+
+from catalyst import get_calendar
+
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bundle import ExchangeBundle
+from catalyst.exchange.exchange_bcolz import BcolzExchangeBarReader
+from catalyst.data.minute_bars import BcolzMinuteBarMetadata
+from catalyst.exchange.bundle_utils import get_df_from_arrays, get_bcolz_chunk
+
+import matplotlib
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from matplotlib.finance import candlestick2_ohlc
+from matplotlib.finance import volume_overlay
+import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
+
+from catalyst.exchange.factory import get_exchange
+
+EXCHANGE_NAMES = ['bitfinex', 'bittrex', 'poloniex']
+exchanges = dict((e, getattr(importlib.import_module(
+    'catalyst.exchange.{0}.{0}'.format(e)), e.capitalize()))
+                 for e in EXCHANGE_NAMES)
+
+
+class ValidateChunks(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.columns = ['open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume']
+
+    def chunk_to_df(self, exchange_name, symbol, data_frequency, period):
+
+        exchange = get_exchange(exchange_name)
+        asset = exchange.get_asset(symbol)
+
+        filename = get_bcolz_chunk(
+            exchange_name=exchange_name,
+            symbol=symbol,
+            data_frequency=data_frequency,
+            period=period
+        )
+
+        reader = BcolzExchangeBarReader(rootdir=filename,
+                                        data_frequency=data_frequency)
+
+        # metadata = BcolzMinuteBarMetadata.read(filename)
+
+        start = reader.first_trading_day
+        end = reader.last_available_dt
+
+        if data_frequency == 'daily':
+            end = end - pd.Timedelta(hours=23, minutes=59)
+
+        print start, end, data_frequency
+
+        arrays = reader.load_raw_arrays(self.columns, start, end,
+                                        [asset.sid, ])
+
+        bundle = ExchangeBundle(exchange_name)
+
+        periods = bundle.get_calendar_periods_range(
+            start, end, data_frequency
+        )
+
+        return get_df_from_arrays(arrays, periods)
+
+    def plot_ohlcv(self, df):
+
+        fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+        # Plot the candlestick
+        candlestick2_ohlc(ax, df['open'], df['high'], df['low'], df['close'],
+                          width=1, colorup='g', colordown='r', alpha=0.5)
+
+        # shift y-limits of the candlestick plot so that there is space
+        # at the bottom for the volume bar chart
+        pad = 0.25
+        yl = ax.get_ylim()
+        ax.set_ylim(yl[0] - (yl[1] - yl[0]) * pad, yl[1])
+
+        # Add a seconds axis for the volume overlay
+        ax2 = ax.twinx()
+
+        ax2.set_position(
+            matplotlib.transforms.Bbox([[0.125, 0.1], [0.9, 0.26]]))
+
+        # Plot the volume overlay
+        bc = volume_overlay(ax2, df['open'], df['close'], df['volume'],
+                            colorup='g', alpha=0.5, width=1)
+
+        ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MaxNLocator(6))
+
+        def mydate(x, pos):
+            try:
+                return df.index[int(x)]
+            except IndexError:
+                return ''
+
+        ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FuncFormatter(mydate))
+        plt.margins(0)
+        plt.show()
+
+    def plot(self, filename):
+        df = self.chunk_to_df(filename)
+        self.plot_ohlcv(df)
+
+    def to_csv(self, filename):
+        df = self.chunk_to_df(filename)
+        df.to_csv(os.path.basename(filename).split('.')[0] + '.csv')
+
+
+v = ValidateChunks()
+
+df = v.chunk_to_df(
+    exchange_name='bitfinex',
+    symbol='eth_btc',
+    data_frequency='daily',
+    period='2016'
+)
+print(df.tail())
+v.plot_ohlcv(df)
+# v.plot(
+#     ex
+# )

tests/exchange/test_utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+from datetime import timedelta
+from random import randint
+
+import pandas as pd
+from catalyst.assets._assets import TradingPair
+
+from catalyst.utils.paths import ensure_directory
+
+
+def rnd_history_date_days(max_days=30, last_dt=None):
+    if last_dt is None:
+        last_dt = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
+
+    days = randint(0, max_days)
+
+    return last_dt - timedelta(days=days)
+
+
+def rnd_history_date_minutes(max_minutes=1440):
+    now = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
+    days = randint(0, max_minutes)
+
+    return now - timedelta(minutes=days)
+
+
+def rnd_bar_count(max_bars=21):
+    now = pd.Timestamp.utcnow()
+
+    return randint(0, max_bars)
+
+
+def output_df(df, assets, name=None):
+    """
+    Outputs a price DataFrame to a temp folder.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    df: pd.DataFrame
+    assets
+    name
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(assets, TradingPair):
+        exchange_folder = assets.exchange
+        asset_folder = assets.symbol
+    else:
+        exchange_folder = ','.join([asset.exchange for asset in assets])
+        asset_folder = ','.join([asset.symbol for asset in assets])
+
+    folder = os.path.join(
+        tempfile.gettempdir(), 'catalyst', exchange_folder, asset_folder
+    )
+    ensure_directory(folder)
+
+    if name is None:
+        name = 'output'
+
+    path = os.path.join(folder, '{}.csv'.format(name))
+    df.to_csv(path)
+
+    return path