User Inputs#
To use AutoTrader, you must provide three things:
The account configuration (trading account keys).
The first of these, the trading strategy, is written as a Python class, and contains the logic of your strategy - given some data, what trading signals can be extracted?
The strategy configuration tells AutoTrader the required information about how your strategy should be run. This included things like the minimum number of data points required to run your strategy, and which assets to trade with. It also contains strategy parameters which get passed to your strategy, which can be tuned to improve the performance of your strategy.
Finally, the account configuration is required to connect to your broker and place orders. This is only required when live trading.
Each of these items must be formatted and structured according to a few rules, so read on to learn the details.