backtrader
Python Backtesting library for trading strategies [Moved to: https://github.com/mementum/backtrader] (by backtrader)
pyalgotrade
Python Algorithmic Trading Library (by gbeced)
| backtrader | pyalgotrade | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| 8,281 | 4,179 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.9 | 0.0 | |
| over 2 years ago | 11 months ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
backtrader
Posts with mentions or reviews of backtrader.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-04.
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Best Backtesting Libraries (Python)
backtrader – Python Backtesting library for trading strategies
pyalgotrade
Posts with mentions or reviews of pyalgotrade.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.
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Open source backtesting software
https://github.com/gbeced/pyalgotrade (event-driven)
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Best Backtesting Libraries (Python)
pyalgotrade – PyAlgoTrade is an event driven algorithmic trading Python library. Although the initial focus was on backtesting, paper trading is now possible
What are some alternatives?
When comparing backtrader and pyalgotrade you can also consider the following projects:
zipline - Zipline, a Pythonic Algorithmic Trading Library
bt - bt - flexible backtesting for Python
pybacktest - Vectorized backtesting framework in Python / pandas, designed to make your backtesting easier — compact, simple and fast
PyThalesians - Python library for backtesting trading strategies & analyzing financial markets (formerly pythalesians)
analyzer - :chart: Python framework for real-time financial and backtesting trading strategies
algobroker - Algo execution engine
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pandas_talib - A Python Pandas implementation of technical analysis indicators