alpaca-trading-backtest
OfficialRun historical backtests with Alpaca's Trading API.
Authoralpacahq
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
This Skill allows users to execute historical backtests for trading strategies using the Alpaca Trading API, providing a reproducible research workflow for strategy evaluation.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Historical Backtesting: Simulate historical trades and analyze strategy performance.
- Reproducibility: Generate reproducible results for strategy validation.
- Use Case: Backtest a trading strategy over a specified period to assess its historical performance before live trading.
Quick Start
Run a backtest for the strategy 'my_strategy.py' from 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
alpacapandasnumpy
Components
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