A python trading bot.
This program aims to trade in all available markets 24/7 and can be used as a support for several strategies, time frames, pairs. Education purpose only, use it under your own risks.
Need few packages : pandas, numpy, mplfinance, schedule, yfinance, ccxt, datetime, time, warnings.
To download them, open your command prompt, navigate to WH-Bot folder (after having downloaded this program),
and type : pip install -r requirements.txt
or do it manually by typing : pip install package_name (e.g. pip install pandas)
Just have to launch WH-Bot.exe.
Or you can also execute Main.py.
For the purpose of the script, we use a Simple Moving Average (SMA) strategy:
go long when SMA > Previous SMA and go short when SMA < Previous SMA.
Details in Strategy.py.
First, need a backtest strategy in order to verify historical behaviour,
refer to Strategy.py and Backtest.py files.
Then, if validated enter in real time trading, refer to Live.py file.
- Yahoo Finance: not required to login, simplest way and use by default in
Strategy.py, only usable with historical strategy. - CCXT: requires broker account with API keys, only for advanced users,
(the ones supported by ccxt are visible here)
Use ccxt with
Live.py, need data in real time (not available with Yahoo Finance).
When all above downloaded, execute Main.py or WH-Bot.exe.
Script will execute backtest and will show strategy results :
- Net backtest period profit $
- Total % profit backtest period
- Number of winning and losing trades
- Commission paid
- Daily profit $
- Monthly profit % It also includes chart. It shows candlesticks with selected settings.
To modify the strategy, use your own applicable indicators and update Indicators.py accordingly.
Then update Strategy.py with your own study.
If everything's fine, update Live.py and you're ready to enter in the real trading world.