backtrader VS pybacktest

Compare backtrader vs pybacktest and see what are their differences.

backtrader

Python Backtesting library for trading strategies [Moved to: https://github.com/mementum/backtrader] (by backtrader)

pybacktest

Vectorized backtesting framework in Python / pandas, designed to make your backtesting easier — compact, simple and fast (by ematvey)
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backtrader pybacktest
1 1
8,281 778
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0.9 0.0
about 2 years ago over 2 years ago
Python Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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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.

pybacktest

Posts with mentions or reviews of pybacktest. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-04.
  • Best Backtesting Libraries (Python)
    11 projects | /r/mltraders | 4 Mar 2022
    pybacktest – Vectorized backtesting framework in Python / pandas, designed to make your backtesting easier. It allows users to specify trading strategies using full power of pandas, at the same time hiding all boring things like manually calculating trades, equity, performance statistics and creating visualizations. Resulting strategy code is usable both in research and production setting.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing backtrader and pybacktest you can also consider the following projects:

zipline - Zipline, a Pythonic Algorithmic Trading Library

pyalgotrade - Python Algorithmic Trading Library

algobroker - Algo execution engine

bt - bt - flexible backtesting for Python

pandas_talib - A Python Pandas implementation of technical analysis indicators

PyThalesians - Python library for backtesting trading strategies & analyzing financial markets (formerly pythalesians)

analyzer - :chart: Python framework for real-time financial and backtesting trading strategies

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