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Pipeline API Backtest in Research Environment
Adam Smith
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Seeking Help Research Pipeline

I tried to backtest my algo using Research Environment. I have done couple backtests in Research Environment before. However, I am using Pipeline API in my algo this time. I am wondering whether anyone has any clue about how to backtest an algo that uses Pipeline API.

I got some error message when I tried to import the following modules. 

from quantopian.algorithm import attach_pipeline, pipeline_output  
from quantopian.pipeline import Pipeline  
from quantopian.pipeline import CustomFactor  
from quantopian.pipeline.data.builtin import USEquityPricing  

---------------------------------------------------------------------------  
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)  
<ipython-input-1-bb743a4479e9> in <module>()  
     23 import time  
     24  
---> 25 from quantopian.algorithm import attach_pipeline, pipeline_output  
     26 from quantopian.pipeline import Pipeline  
     27 from quantopian.pipeline import CustomFactor

ImportError: No module named algorithm
2 responses
Eliot Gable

I ran into this same issue and would also like to know how to run a Pipeline API backtest in Research.

john john

Look at this:
https://www.quantopian.com/posts/research-notebook-importerror-no-module-named-algorithm

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