Crypto signal Python script walkthrough with Outlook and addin
http://quantlabs.net/blog/2019/09/crypto-signal-python-script-walkthrough-with-outlook-and-addin/
This is one of those monumental shift points where I introduce this complete Python script to handle your email signals sent from the Quant Analytics service. Also, this particular script is used for crypto currency only using the Kraken crypto currency exchange.
Note that there will be a separate forex Python script and custom Metatrader 4 EA (Expert Advisor) available in a separate blog post.
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Some important requirements to make this work properly:
Use Microsoft Office Outlook since the original intended Python script cannot keep up with the incoming emails. If a Python script is used to log into an email address, it will NOT be able to keep up with incoming email signals if the market activity is quite high.
You will need to run this Outlook add in to make it happen. https://www.encryptomatic.com/messageexport/ This will export all incoming emails to a CSV file which I use. Check out the video below to understand how to customize this. The support of this vendor seems quite good so I would recommend it. Also, I do believe this add in is the reason why this will only work on Windows. (Sorry I don’t make these rules)
With the signals generated, I have added the flexibility to apply techniques on the exit for positions sizing, apply stop loss, or short against a margin account. This can be applied using TA-Lib Python package (for Technical analysis with 300+ indicators), machine learning, or other open quant techniques. Remember this is open source which is distributed on Github for my experienced customers who know Python. If you are not up to speed, you may want to learn Python with this.
Python Algo Trading Infrastructure with Crypto Currency
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