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Pandas TA (pandas_ta) Strategies for Custom Technical Analysis

Topics

  • What is a Pandas TA Strategy?
    • Builtin Strategies: AllStrategy and CommonStrategy
    • Creating Strategies
  • Watchlist Class
    • Strategy Management and Execution
    • NOTE: The watchlist module is independent of Pandas TA. To easily use it, copy it from your local pandas_ta installation directory into your project directory.
  • Indicator Composition/Chaining for more Complex Strategies
    • Comprehensive Example: MACD and RSI Momo with BBANDS and SMAs 50 & 200 and Cumulative Log Returns
In [1]:
%matplotlib inline
import datetime as dt

from tqdm import tqdm

import pandas as pd
import pandas_ta as ta
from alphaVantageAPI.alphavantage import AlphaVantage  # pip install alphaVantage-api

from watchlist import Watchlist # Is this failing? If so, copy it locally. See above.

print(f"\nPandas TA v{ta.version}\nTo install the Latest Version:\n$ pip install -U git+https://github.com/twopirllc/pandas-ta\n")
%pylab inline
Pandas TA v0.2.74b0
To install the Latest Version:
$ pip install -U git+https://github.com/twopirllc/pandas-ta

Populating the interactive namespace from numpy and matplotlib

What is a Pandas TA Strategy?

A Strategy is a simple way to name and group your favorite TA indicators. Technically, a Strategy is a simple Data Class to contain list of indicators and their parameters. Note: Strategy is experimental and subject to change. Pandas TA comes with two basic Strategies: AllStrategy and CommonStrategy.

Strategy Requirements:

  • name: Some short memorable string. Note: Case-insensitive "All" is reserved.
  • ta: A list of dicts containing keyword arguments to identify the indicator and the indicator's arguments

Optional Requirements:

  • description: A more detailed description of what the Strategy tries to capture. Default: None
  • created: At datetime string of when it was created. Default: Automatically generated.

Things to note:

  • A Strategy will fail when consumed by Pandas TA if there is no {"kind": "indicator name"} attribute.

Builtin Examples

All

Default Values

In [2]:
AllStrategy = ta.AllStrategy
print("name =", AllStrategy.name)
print("description =", AllStrategy.description)
print("created =", AllStrategy.created)
print("ta =", AllStrategy.ta)
name = All
description = All the indicators with their default settings. Pandas TA default.
created = Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)
ta = None

Common

Default Values

In [3]:
CommonStrategy = ta.CommonStrategy
print("name =", CommonStrategy.name)
print("description =", CommonStrategy.description)
print("created =", CommonStrategy.created)
print("ta =", CommonStrategy.ta)
name = Common Price and Volume SMAs
description = Common Price SMAs: 10, 20, 50, 200 and Volume SMA: 20.
created = Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)
ta = [{'kind': 'sma', 'length': 10}, {'kind': 'sma', 'length': 20}, {'kind': 'sma', 'length': 50}, {'kind': 'sma', 'length': 200}, {'kind': 'sma', 'close': 'volume', 'length': 20, 'prefix': 'VOL'}]
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Creating Strategies

Strategies require a name and an array of dicts containing the "kind" of indicator ("sma") and other potential parameters for ta.

Simple Strategy A

In [4]:
custom_a = ta.Strategy(name="A", ta=[{"kind": "sma", "length": 50}, {"kind": "sma", "length": 200}])
custom_a
Out [4]:
Strategy(name='A', ta=[{'kind': 'sma', 'length': 50}, {'kind': 'sma', 'length': 200}], description='TA Description', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')

Simple Strategy B

In [5]:
custom_b = ta.Strategy(name="B", ta=[{"kind": "ema", "length": 8}, {"kind": "ema", "length": 21}, {"kind": "log_return", "cumulative": True}, {"kind": "rsi"}, {"kind": "supertrend"}])
custom_b
Out [5]:
Strategy(name='B', ta=[{'kind': 'ema', 'length': 8}, {'kind': 'ema', 'length': 21}, {'kind': 'log_return', 'cumulative': True}, {'kind': 'rsi'}, {'kind': 'supertrend'}], description='TA Description', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')

Bad Strategy. (Misspelled Indicator)

In [6]:
# Misspelled indicator, will fail later when ran with Pandas TA
custom_run_failure = ta.Strategy(name="Runtime Failure", ta=[{"kind": "percet_return"}])
custom_run_failure
Out [6]:
Strategy(name='Runtime Failure', ta=[{'kind': 'percet_return'}], description='TA Description', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
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Strategy Management and Execution with Watchlist

Initialize AlphaVantage Data Source

In [7]:
AV = AlphaVantage(
    api_key="YOUR API KEY", premium=False,
    output_size='full', clean=True,
    export_path=".", export=True
)
AV
Out [7]:
AlphaVantage(
  end_point:str = https://www.alphavantage.co/query,
  api_key:str = YOUR API KEY,
  export:bool = True,
  export_path:str = .,
  output_size:str = full,
  output:str = csv,
  datatype:str = json,
  clean:bool = True,
  proxy:dict = {}
)

Create Watchlist and set it's 'ds' to AlphaVantage

In [8]:
data_source = "av" # Default
# data_source = "yahoo"
watch = Watchlist(["SPY", "IWM"], ds_name=data_source, timed=False)

Info about the Watchlist. Note, the default Strategy is "All"

In [9]:
watch
Out [9]:
Watch(name='Watch: SPY, IWM', ds_name='av', tickers[2]='SPY, IWM', tf='D', strategy[5]='Common Price and Volume SMAs')

Help about Watchlist

In [10]:
help(Watchlist)
Help on class Watchlist in module watchlist:

class Watchlist(builtins.object)
 |  Watchlist(tickers: list, tf: str = None, name: str = None, strategy: pandas_ta.core.Strategy = None, ds_name: str = 'av', **kwargs)
 |  
 |  # Watchlist Class (** This is subject to change! **)
 |  A simple Class to load/download financial market data and automatically
 |  apply Technical Analysis indicators with a Pandas TA Strategy.
 |  
 |  Default Strategy: pandas_ta.CommonStrategy
 |  
 |  ## Package Support:
 |  ### Data Source (Default: AlphaVantage)
 |  - AlphaVantage (pip install alphaVantage-api).
 |  - Python Binance (pip install python-binance). # Future Support
 |  - Yahoo Finance (pip install yfinance). # Almost Supported
 |  
 |  # Technical Analysis:
 |  - Pandas TA (pip install pandas_ta)
 |  
 |  ## Required Arguments:
 |  - tickers: A list of strings containing tickers. Example: ["SPY", "AAPL"]
 |  
 |  Methods defined here:
 |  
 |  __init__(self, tickers: list, tf: str = None, name: str = None, strategy: pandas_ta.core.Strategy = None, ds_name: str = 'av', **kwargs)
 |      Initialize self.  See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.
 |  
 |  __repr__(self) -> str
 |      Return repr(self).
 |  
 |  indicators(self, *args, **kwargs) -> <built-in function any>
 |      Returns the list of indicators that are available with Pandas Ta.
 |  
 |  load(self, ticker: str = None, tf: str = None, index: str = 'date', drop: list = [], plot: bool = False, **kwargs) -> pandas.core.frame.DataFrame
 |      Loads or Downloads (if a local csv does not exist) the data from the
 |      Data Source. When successful, it returns a Data Frame for the requested
 |      ticker. If no tickers are given, it loads all the tickers.
 |  
 |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Data descriptors defined here:
 |  
 |  __dict__
 |      dictionary for instance variables (if defined)
 |  
 |  __weakref__
 |      list of weak references to the object (if defined)
 |  
 |  data
 |      When not None, it contains a dictionary of DataFrames keyed by ticker. data = {"SPY": pd.DataFrame, ...}
 |  
 |  name
 |      The name of the Watchlist. Default: "Watchlist: {Watchlist.tickers}".
 |  
 |  strategy
 |      Sets a valid Strategy. Default: pandas_ta.CommonStrategy
 |  
 |  tf
 |      Alias for timeframe. Default: 'D'
 |  
 |  tickers
 |      tickers
 |      
 |      If a string, it it converted to a list. Example: "AAPL" -> ["AAPL"]
 |          * Does not accept, comma seperated strings.
 |      If a list, checks if it is a list of strings.
 |  
 |  verbose
 |      Toggle the verbose property. Default: False

Default Strategy is "Common"

In [11]:
# No arguments loads all the tickers and applies the Strategy to each ticker.
# The result can be accessed with Watchlist's 'data' property which returns a 
# dictionary keyed by ticker and DataFrames as values 
watch.load(verbose=True)
[!] Loading All: SPY, IWM
[+] Downloading[av]: SPY[D]
[+] Strategy: Common Price and Volume SMAs
[i] Indicator arguments: {'timed': False, 'append': True}
[i] Multiprocessing 5 indicators with 7 chunks and 8/8 cpus.
[i] Total indicators: 5
[i] Columns added: 5
[i] Last Run: Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:47, Local: 16:00:47 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)
[+] Downloading[av]: IWM[D]
[+] Strategy: Common Price and Volume SMAs
[i] Indicator arguments: {'timed': False, 'append': True}
[i] Multiprocessing 5 indicators with 7 chunks and 8/8 cpus.
[i] Total indicators: 5
[i] Columns added: 5
[i] Last Run: Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:01:05, Local: 16:01:05 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)
In [12]:
", ".join([f"{t}: {d.shape}" for t,d in watch.data.items()])
Out [12]:
'SPY: (5410, 10), IWM: (5266, 10)'
In [13]:
watch.data["SPY"]
Out [13]:
open high low close volume SMA_10 SMA_20 SMA_50 SMA_200 VOL_SMA_20
date
1999-11-01 136.5000 137.0000 135.5625 135.5625 4006500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-02 135.9687 137.2500 134.5937 134.5937 6516900.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-03 136.0000 136.3750 135.1250 135.5000 7222300.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-04 136.7500 137.3593 135.7656 136.5312 7907500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-05 138.6250 139.1093 136.7812 137.8750 7431500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2021-04-27 417.9300 418.1400 416.3000 417.5200 51303056.0 415.217 410.3710 397.7478 363.27265 71792983.05
2021-04-28 417.8100 419.0100 416.9000 417.4000 51238854.0 415.812 411.5045 398.2498 363.78545 70541813.30
2021-04-29 420.3200 420.7200 416.4400 420.0600 78544329.0 416.231 412.6910 398.8032 364.29115 68832319.05
2021-04-30 417.6300 418.5400 416.3400 417.3000 85527030.0 416.235 413.5255 399.3348 364.76840 68124526.75
2021-05-03 419.4300 419.8400 417.6650 418.2000 67702070.0 416.534 414.1175 399.8982 365.25545 66925392.05

5410 rows × 10 columns

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In [14]:
watch.load("SPY", plot=True, mas=True)
Out [14]:
[i] Loaded SPY[D]: SPY_D.csv
open high low close volume SMA_10 SMA_20 SMA_50 SMA_200 VOL_SMA_20
date
1999-11-01 136.5000 137.0000 135.5625 135.5625 4006500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-02 135.9687 137.2500 134.5937 134.5937 6516900.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-03 136.0000 136.3750 135.1250 135.5000 7222300.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-04 136.7500 137.3593 135.7656 136.5312 7907500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-05 138.6250 139.1093 136.7812 137.8750 7431500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2021-04-27 417.9300 418.1400 416.3000 417.5200 51303056.0 415.217 410.3710 397.7478 363.27265 71792983.05
2021-04-28 417.8100 419.0100 416.9000 417.4000 51238854.0 415.812 411.5045 398.2498 363.78545 70541813.30
2021-04-29 420.3200 420.7200 416.4400 420.0600 78544329.0 416.231 412.6910 398.8032 364.29115 68832319.05
2021-04-30 417.6300 418.5400 416.3400 417.3000 85527030.0 416.235 413.5255 399.3348 364.76840 68124526.75
2021-05-03 419.4300 419.8400 417.6650 418.2000 67702070.0 416.534 414.1175 399.8982 365.25545 66925392.05

5410 rows × 10 columns

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Easy to swap Strategies and run them

Running Simple Strategy A

In [15]:
# Load custom_a into Watchlist and verify
watch.strategy = custom_a
# watch.debug = True
watch.strategy
Out [15]:
Strategy(name='A', ta=[{'kind': 'sma', 'length': 50}, {'kind': 'sma', 'length': 200}], description='TA Description', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
In [16]:
watch.load("IWM")
Out [16]:
[i] Loaded IWM[D]: IWM_D.csv
open high low close volume SMA_50 SMA_200
date
2000-05-26 91.06 91.440 90.63 91.44 37400.0 NaN NaN
2000-05-30 92.75 94.810 92.75 94.81 28800.0 NaN NaN
2000-05-31 95.13 96.380 95.13 95.75 18000.0 NaN NaN
2000-06-01 97.11 97.310 97.11 97.31 3500.0 NaN NaN
2000-06-02 101.70 102.400 101.70 102.40 14700.0 NaN NaN
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2021-04-27 228.71 229.390 227.51 228.45 19648108.0 223.0372 185.87295
2021-04-28 228.08 229.490 227.10 228.84 16222739.0 223.0974 186.31955
2021-04-29 230.85 230.950 225.79 227.99 25500342.0 223.1760 186.75035
2021-04-30 225.72 227.800 224.14 224.89 27005991.0 223.2620 187.13965
2021-05-03 227.21 227.407 224.92 225.99 18549520.0 223.2780 187.53880

5266 rows × 7 columns

Running Simple Strategy B

In [17]:
# Load custom_b into Watchlist and verify
watch.strategy = custom_b
watch.strategy
Out [17]:
Strategy(name='B', ta=[{'kind': 'ema', 'length': 8}, {'kind': 'ema', 'length': 21}, {'kind': 'log_return', 'cumulative': True}, {'kind': 'rsi'}, {'kind': 'supertrend'}], description='TA Description', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
In [18]:
watch.load("SPY")
Out [18]:
[i] Loaded SPY[D]: SPY_D.csv
open high low close volume EMA_8 EMA_21 CUMLOGRET_1 RSI_14 SUPERT_7_3.0 SUPERTd_7_3.0 SUPERTl_7_3.0 SUPERTs_7_3.0
date
1999-11-01 136.5000 137.0000 135.5625 135.5625 4006500.0 NaN NaN 0.000000 NaN 0.000000 1 NaN NaN
1999-11-02 135.9687 137.2500 134.5937 134.5937 6516900.0 NaN NaN -0.007172 NaN NaN 1 NaN NaN
1999-11-03 136.0000 136.3750 135.1250 135.5000 7222300.0 NaN NaN -0.000461 NaN NaN 1 NaN NaN
1999-11-04 136.7500 137.3593 135.7656 136.5312 7907500.0 NaN NaN 0.007120 NaN NaN 1 NaN NaN
1999-11-05 138.6250 139.1093 136.7812 137.8750 7431500.0 NaN NaN 0.016915 NaN NaN 1 NaN NaN
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2021-04-27 417.9300 418.1400 416.3000 417.5200 51303056.0 415.319173 409.798636 1.124900 65.982183 405.421805 1 405.421805 NaN
2021-04-28 417.8100 419.0100 416.9000 417.4000 51238854.0 415.781579 410.489669 1.124612 65.732538 406.547390 1 406.547390 NaN
2021-04-29 420.3200 420.7200 416.4400 420.0600 78544329.0 416.732339 411.359699 1.130965 68.571173 407.070077 1 407.070077 NaN
2021-04-30 417.6300 418.5400 416.3400 417.3000 85527030.0 416.858486 411.899727 1.124373 62.761728 407.070077 1 407.070077 NaN
2021-05-03 419.4300 419.8400 417.6650 418.2000 67702070.0 417.156600 412.472479 1.126527 63.837618 407.543637 1 407.543637 NaN

5410 rows × 13 columns

Running Bad Strategy. (Misspelled indicator)

In [19]:
# Load custom_run_failure into Watchlist and verify
watch.strategy = custom_run_failure
watch.strategy
Out [19]:
Strategy(name='Runtime Failure', ta=[{'kind': 'percet_return'}], description='TA Description', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
In [20]:
try:
    iwm = watch.load("IWM")
except AttributeError as error:
    print(f"[X] Oops! {error}")
[i] Loaded IWM[D]: IWM_D.csv
[X] Oops! 'AnalysisIndicators' object has no attribute 'percet_return'
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Indicator Composition/Chaining

  • When you need an indicator to depend on the value of a prior indicator
  • Utilitze prefix or suffix to help identify unique columns or avoid column name clashes.

Volume MAs and MA chains

In [21]:
# Set EMA's and SMA's 'close' to 'volume' to create Volume MAs, prefix 'volume' MAs with 'VOLUME' so easy to identify the column
# Take a price EMA and apply LINREG from EMA's output
volmas_price_ma_chain = [
    {"kind":"ema", "close": "volume", "length": 10, "prefix": "VOLUME"},
    {"kind":"sma", "close": "volume", "length": 20, "prefix": "VOLUME"},
    {"kind":"ema", "length": 5},
    {"kind":"linreg", "close": "EMA_5", "length": 8, "prefix": "EMA_5"},
]
vp_ma_chain_ta = ta.Strategy("Volume MAs and Price MA chain", volmas_price_ma_chain)
vp_ma_chain_ta
Out [21]:
Strategy(name='Volume MAs and Price MA chain', ta=[{'kind': 'ema', 'close': 'volume', 'length': 10, 'prefix': 'VOLUME'}, {'kind': 'sma', 'close': 'volume', 'length': 20, 'prefix': 'VOLUME'}, {'kind': 'ema', 'length': 5}, {'kind': 'linreg', 'close': 'EMA_5', 'length': 8, 'prefix': 'EMA_5'}], description='TA Description', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
In [22]:
# Update the Watchlist
watch.strategy = vp_ma_chain_ta
watch.strategy.name
Out [22]:
'Volume MAs and Price MA chain'
In [23]:
spy = watch.load("SPY")
spy
Out [23]:
[i] Loaded SPY[D]: SPY_D.csv
open high low close volume VOLUME_EMA_10 VOLUME_SMA_20 EMA_5 EMA_5_LR_8
date
1999-11-01 136.5000 137.0000 135.5625 135.5625 4006500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-02 135.9687 137.2500 134.5937 134.5937 6516900.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-03 136.0000 136.3750 135.1250 135.5000 7222300.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-04 136.7500 137.3593 135.7656 136.5312 7907500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-05 138.6250 139.1093 136.7812 137.8750 7431500.0 NaN NaN 136.012480 NaN
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2021-04-27 417.9300 418.1400 416.3000 417.5200 51303056.0 6.806114e+07 71792983.05 416.300295 415.367660
2021-04-28 417.8100 419.0100 416.9000 417.4000 51238854.0 6.500254e+07 70541813.30 416.666863 415.960662
2021-04-29 420.3200 420.7200 416.4400 420.0600 78544329.0 6.746469e+07 68832319.05 417.797909 416.829211
2021-04-30 417.6300 418.5400 416.3400 417.3000 85527030.0 7.074875e+07 68124526.75 417.631939 417.333800
2021-05-03 419.4300 419.8400 417.6650 418.2000 67702070.0 7.019481e+07 66925392.05 417.821293 417.779676

5410 rows × 9 columns

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MACD BBANDS

In [24]:
# MACD is the initial indicator that BBANDS depends on.
# Set BBANDS's 'close' to MACD's main signal, in this case 'MACD_12_26_9' and add a prefix (or suffix) so it's easier to identify
macd_bands_ta = [
    {"kind":"macd"},
    {"kind":"bbands", "close": "MACD_12_26_9", "length": 20, "ddof": 0, "prefix": "MACD"}
]
macd_bands_ta = ta.Strategy("MACD BBands", macd_bands_ta, f"BBANDS_{macd_bands_ta[1]['length']} applied to MACD")
macd_bands_ta
Out [24]:
Strategy(name='MACD BBands', ta=[{'kind': 'macd'}, {'kind': 'bbands', 'close': 'MACD_12_26_9', 'length': 20, 'ddof': 0, 'prefix': 'MACD'}], description='BBANDS_20 applied to MACD', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
In [25]:
# Update the Watchlist
watch.strategy = macd_bands_ta
watch.strategy.name
Out [25]:
'MACD BBands'
In [26]:
spy = watch.load("SPY")
spy
Out [26]:
[i] Loaded SPY[D]: SPY_D.csv
open high low close volume MACD_12_26_9 MACDh_12_26_9 MACDs_12_26_9 MACD_BBL_20_2.0 MACD_BBM_20_2.0 MACD_BBU_20_2.0 MACD_BBB_20_2.0
date
1999-11-01 136.5000 137.0000 135.5625 135.5625 4006500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-02 135.9687 137.2500 134.5937 134.5937 6516900.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-03 136.0000 136.3750 135.1250 135.5000 7222300.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-04 136.7500 137.3593 135.7656 136.5312 7907500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
1999-11-05 138.6250 139.1093 136.7812 137.8750 7431500.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2021-04-27 417.9300 418.1400 416.3000 417.5200 51303056.0 5.915955 -0.079691 5.995646 8.154250 5.215001 2.275752 -112.722858
2021-04-28 417.8100 419.0100 416.9000 417.4000 51238854.0 5.771638 -0.179207 5.950845 7.976673 5.397597 2.818521 -95.563847
2021-04-29 420.3200 420.7200 416.4400 420.0600 78544329.0 5.804989 -0.116685 5.921674 7.722758 5.573795 3.424833 -77.109493
2021-04-30 417.6300 418.5400 416.3400 417.3000 85527030.0 5.544794 -0.301504 5.846298 7.421640 5.714893 4.008146 -59.729793
2021-05-03 419.4300 419.8400 417.6650 418.2000 67702070.0 5.349544 -0.397403 5.746947 7.193621 5.807538 4.421454 -47.733950

5410 rows × 12 columns

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Comprehensive Strategy

MACD and RSI Momentum with BBANDS and SMAs and Cumulative Log Returns

In [27]:
momo_bands_sma_ta = [
    {"kind":"sma", "length": 50},
    {"kind":"sma", "length": 200},
    {"kind":"bbands", "length": 20, "ddof": 0},
    {"kind":"macd"},
    {"kind":"rsi"},
    {"kind":"log_return", "cumulative": True},
    {"kind":"sma", "close": "CUMLOGRET_1", "length": 5, "suffix": "CUMLOGRET"},
]
momo_bands_sma_strategy = ta.Strategy(
    "Momo, Bands and SMAs and Cumulative Log Returns", # name
    momo_bands_sma_ta, # ta
    "MACD and RSI Momo with BBANDS and SMAs 50 & 200 and Cumulative Log Returns" # description
)
momo_bands_sma_strategy
Out [27]:
Strategy(name='Momo, Bands and SMAs and Cumulative Log Returns', ta=[{'kind': 'sma', 'length': 50}, {'kind': 'sma', 'length': 200}, {'kind': 'bbands', 'length': 20, 'ddof': 0}, {'kind': 'macd'}, {'kind': 'rsi'}, {'kind': 'log_return', 'cumulative': True}, {'kind': 'sma', 'close': 'CUMLOGRET_1', 'length': 5, 'suffix': 'CUMLOGRET'}], description='MACD and RSI Momo with BBANDS and SMAs 50 & 200 and Cumulative Log Returns', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
In [28]:
# Update the Watchlist
watch.strategy = momo_bands_sma_strategy
watch.strategy.name
Out [28]:
'Momo, Bands and SMAs and Cumulative Log Returns'
In [29]:
spy = watch.load("SPY")
# Apply constants to the DataFrame for indicators
spy.ta.constants(True, [0, 30, 70])
spy.tail()
Out [29]:
[i] Loaded SPY[D]: SPY_D.csv
open high low close volume SMA_50 SMA_200 BBL_20_2.0 BBM_20_2.0 BBU_20_2.0 BBB_20_2.0 MACD_12_26_9 MACDh_12_26_9 MACDs_12_26_9 RSI_14 CUMLOGRET_1 SMA_5_CUMLOGRET 0 30 70
date
2021-04-27 417.93 418.14 416.300 417.52 51303056.0 397.7478 363.27265 423.665215 410.3710 397.076785 -6.479120 5.915955 -0.079691 5.995646 65.982183 1.124900 1.121342 0 30 70
2021-04-28 417.81 419.01 416.900 417.40 51238854.0 398.2498 363.78545 423.017539 411.5045 399.991461 -5.595583 5.771638 -0.179207 5.950845 65.732538 1.124612 1.121980 0 30 70
2021-04-29 420.32 420.72 416.440 420.06 78544329.0 398.8032 364.29115 422.463674 412.6910 402.918326 -4.736073 5.804989 -0.116685 5.921674 68.571173 1.130965 1.125724 0 30 70
2021-04-30 417.63 418.54 416.340 417.30 85527030.0 399.3348 364.76840 421.758243 413.5255 405.292757 -3.981734 5.544794 -0.301504 5.846298 62.761728 1.124373 1.125993 0 30 70
2021-05-03 419.43 419.84 417.665 418.20 67702070.0 399.8982 365.25545 421.894229 414.1175 406.340771 -3.755808 5.349544 -0.397403 5.746947 63.837618 1.126527 1.126275 0 30 70
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Additional Strategy Options

The params keyword takes a tuple as a shorthand to the parameter arguments in order.

  • Note: If the indicator arguments change, so will results. Breaking Changes will always be posted on the README.

The col_numbers keyword takes a tuple specifying which column to return if the result is a DataFrame.

In [30]:
params_ta = [
    {"kind":"ema", "params": (10,)},
    # params sets MACD's keyword arguments: fast=9, slow=19, signal=10
    # and returning the 2nd column: histogram
    {"kind":"macd", "params": (9, 19, 10), "col_numbers": (1,)},
    # Selects the Lower and Upper Bands and renames them LB and UB, ignoring the MB
    {"kind":"bbands", "col_numbers": (0,2), "col_names": ("LB", "UB")},
    {"kind":"log_return", "params": (5, False)},
]
params_ta_strategy = ta.Strategy(
    "EMA, MACD History, Outter BBands, Log Returns", # name
    params_ta, # ta
    "EMA, MACD History, BBands(LB, UB), and Log Returns Strategy" # description
)
params_ta_strategy
Out [30]:
Strategy(name='EMA, MACD History, Outter BBands, Log Returns', ta=[{'kind': 'ema', 'params': (10,)}, {'kind': 'macd', 'params': (9, 19, 10), 'col_numbers': (1,)}, {'kind': 'bbands', 'col_numbers': (0, 2), 'col_names': ('LB', 'UB')}, {'kind': 'log_return', 'params': (5, False)}], description='EMA, MACD History, BBands(LB, UB), and Log Returns Strategy', created='Monday May 3, 2021, NYSE: 12:00:44, Local: 16:00:44 PDT, Day 123/365 (34.00%)')
In [31]:
# Update the Watchlist
watch.strategy = params_ta_strategy
watch.strategy.name
Out [31]:
'EMA, MACD History, Outter BBands, Log Returns'
In [32]:
spy = watch.load("SPY")
spy.tail()
Out [32]:
[i] Loaded SPY[D]: SPY_D.csv
open high low close volume EMA_10 MACDh_9_19_10 LB UB LOGRET_5
date
2021-04-27 417.93 418.14 416.300 417.52 51303056.0 414.553148 -0.372667 419.977386 412.106614 0.012897
2021-04-28 417.81 419.01 416.900 417.40 51238854.0 415.070758 -0.446056 420.391986 412.224014 0.003191
2021-04-29 420.32 420.72 416.440 420.06 78544329.0 415.977893 -0.316421 420.143528 415.588472 0.018719
2021-04-30 417.63 418.54 416.340 417.30 85527030.0 416.218276 -0.511511 420.070593 415.885407 0.001343
2021-05-03 419.43 419.84 417.665 418.20 67702070.0 416.578589 -0.584752 420.158604 416.033396 0.001412
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