Can I setup a new stock using my own local data and do backtesting ?

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Can I setup a new stock using my own local data and do backtesting ?

edited Mar 30, 2016

Seeking Help Fetcher Using Data

Hi there,

I'm very new to Quantopian but want to use the platform to run backtest on my own data. I knew the function 'fetcher_csv' but it seems to only allow me to use my data as (i) signal or (ii) some external information for certain securities.

Is there any way I can create a new stock by using this dataset below? Thanks so much if anyone can help me ~

Best wishes
Kewen

def initialize(context):

 fetch_csv('https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RcMhgqM41u_2Jd-ucjAbebC1-WTlNV5YyAUTPz_-g8c/pub?gid=157845915&single=true&output=csv',  
          date_column = 'Time',  
          date_format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',  
          symbol='okcoin',)

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