I am a beginner here, studied the docs but didnot find a clear answer.
I succeed on the backtest with ziipline loader api offline, but cannot figure out how to do it in Quantopian online.
If it is possible, anyone can help to provide an example or guideline for this?
Thanks in advance.
Is it possible to use Fetcher to fetch from yahoo for backtest and paper test?
Test the fetcher with yahoo, Seems the handle_data() will never enter until you type sid or symbol.
noticed the symbol is not recognized by quantopian, then how to back test with it?
I think I got the answer, Quantopian donot support to backtest the unrecognized symbol (like Non-US security) so far.
I have to use zipline for the purpose, unfortunately I am stuck by this known issue Index Error with history in zipline
You can use Fetcher to import data to your algorithm. If it's a US equity, then it can be backtested and live traded by your algorithm. Otherwise if it's different data such as sentiment, international equities, or custom indicators, you can use it as a signal for your algo. Here is an example: https://www.quantopian.com/help#sample-csv-1
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I think I got the answer, Quantopian donot support to backtest the unrecognized symbol (like Non-US security) so far.
I have to use zipline for the purpose
So with Zipline (0.9.0) it is possible to backtest/trade non-US symbol? Can you guide me what should be the main difference in the code against using non-US security as a signal only in https://www.quantopian.com/help#sample-csv-1
Thnaks for help
Peter
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