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**Tickets**
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If it's **NOT an issue** (i.e.: bug), don't post it as an issue. It will be
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automatically closed.
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The ticket system is (was, actually) more often than not abused to ask for
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advice about samples.
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For **feedback/questions/...** use the `Community <https://community.backtrader.com>`_
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Python 2/3 Support
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- Python ``2.7``
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- Python ``3.2`` / ``3.3``/ ``3.4`` / ``3.5`` / ``3.6`` / ``3.7``
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- Python >= ``3.2``
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- It also works with ``pypy`` and ``pypy3`` (no plotting - ``matplotlib`` is
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Compatibility is tested during development with ``2.7`` and ``3.5``
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The other versions are tested automatically with *Travis*.
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Installation
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Alternatives
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============
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If after seeing the docs and some samples (see the blog also) you feel this is
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not your cup of tea, you can always have a look at similar Python platforms:
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- `PyAlgoTrade <https://github.com/gbeced/pyalgotrade>`_
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- `Zipline <https://github.com/quantopian/zipline>`_
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- `Ultra-Finance <https://code.google.com/p/ultra-finance/>`_
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- `ProfitPy <https://code.google.com/p/profitpy/>`_
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- `pybacktest <https://github.com/ematvey/pybacktest>`_
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- `prophet <https://github.com/Emsu/prophet>`_
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- `quant <https://github.com/maihde/quant>`_
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- `AlephNull <https://github.com/CarterBain/AlephNull>`_
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- `Trading with Python <http://www.tradingwithpython.com/>`_
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- `visualize-wealth <https://github.com/benjaminmgross/visualize-wealth>`_
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- `tia: Toolkit for integration and analysis
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<https://github.com/bpsmith/tia>`_
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- `QuantSoftware Toolkit
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<http://wiki.quantsoftware.org/index.php?title=QuantSoftware_ToolKit>`_
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- `Pinkfish <http://fja05680.github.io/pinkfish/>`_
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- `bt <http://pmorissette.github.io/bt/index.html>`_
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``bt`` slightly pre-dates ``backtrader`` and has a completely different
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approach but it is funny *bt* was also chosen as the abbreviation for
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``backtrader`` during imports and that some of the methods have the same
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naming (obvious naming anyhow): ``run``, ``plot`` ...
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- `PyThalesians <https://github.com/thalesians/pythalesians>`_
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- `QSTrader <https://github.com/mhallsmoore/qstrader/>`_
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- `QSForex <https://github.com/mhallsmoore/qsforex>`_
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- `pysystemtrade <https://github.com/robcarver17/pysystemtrade>`_
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- `QTPyLib <https://github.com/ranaroussi/qtpylib>`_
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- `RQalpha <https://github.com/ricequant/rqalpha>`_

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