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Jackson

How can I use custom dataset for backtesting?

Have anyone successfully uploaded their stock dataset and do backtesting? I cannot find the .csv file that I have uploaded, in the "backtest" script. Thank you. ...

 
Tommy

How to get historical data before algo starts?

My strategy needs 1-year of past closing prices to build the tensorflow model. I see the platform processing data in a stream format. Is it possible to get historical data be ...

 
Duval LC

Python 3.14 Deep Dive: 6 Features You Need to Start Using Today

The much-anticipated Python 3.14 was officially released on October 7, 2025, marking the latest evolution of the world's most popular programming language. While we can’t promise it tastes like des The Python Steering Council has been hard at work, and 3.14 marks a significant milestone in the "Faster CPython" project. From a mature JIT compiler to smarter error handling, here is everything y ...

 
Henry Tsai

How to implement stoploss?

Hello team, I am trying to implement a stop loss in my strategy. I’m not quite sure how to do it. Can someone provide more guidance? ...

 
Simple

Question about order placement

I am able to place order and got this error " Invalid order is rejected due to insufficient capital " Here is my code. Please help! ...

 
admin

Matplotlib for data visualization on ALGOGENE IDE

Visualizing datasets on ALGOGENE Research Lab is extremely simple. This articles shows you how to apply a popular Python charting library 'matplotlib' to acheive this. With 'matplotlib', you can cr ...

 
Chan Yu Sing

Close position with market order

I see the error "[2020-01-01 23:25:00] EvtSendOrder Error: the sendOrder attribute parm 'openclose' does not support value 'close' under position base environment." in the console. I am try ...

 
Jeremy

What is the purpose of "orderRef"?

From TechDoc, I see order submission allows an input parameter for " orderRef ". I don't quite understand what it is for. Appreciate if someone can explain more, a ...

 
Fred

How to co-edit a backtest script with my teammates?

Hi, my team is working on an algo project. Can we code and comment a backtest script at the same time? ...

 
admin

Guideline for Strategy Parameter Optimizer

Overview It is common that a trading algorithm involves a number of user defined trading parameters. To optimize the algorithm's trading performance, developers usually need to tweet the parameters, re-run ...

 
Nicholas Tan Yi Da

How to get historical data (crypto algo competition)

Hi, I tried to use the getHistoricalBar to retrieve past price data based on the tech docs, but it doesnt work, got some missing evt or mevt error. ...

 
shah

inconsistent price and volume data

I was exploring 09988HK dataset. I noticed that the volume and price data are not consistent and vary greatly from the data i have from my broker and also data from tradingview. Can i know the sour ...

 
admin

Python - Basic Syntax

 This series of tutorials will help you get familiar with some basic Python language, which will be useful develop your Algo in ALGOGENE Research Lab. First Python Program There are basically 2 modes to execute Python programs. ...

 
小霸王

Question about Multi Currency Account

I see some brokers support multi-currency account. Just wondering are there any use cases specific for algo-trading? To me, it just like multi-currency account in bank for holding different ...

 
admin

Guideline to backtest with custom datasets

New features For more feasibility of our platform, ALGOGENE now supports new features: import multiple custom data files specify user-defined file formats ...

 
Freeze

API to query trade PL

My strategy need the unrealized PL of my trades to decide take profit or stop loss. I checked the tech doc a few times but still can't find related implementation details. An ...

 
Yam Yat Wa

Calling external API

I wonder if it is possible to perform HTTP requests on external API, like importing requests in Algogene? If it is not possible, is there any tricks to retrieve external data? ...

 
小霸王

Where to backtest for CASH Algo Challenge?

Hi, my team has registered for the CASH Algo Trading Challenge 2023 . How can we backtest our strategy? ...

 
金爺

How to generate backtest report from Portfolio Optimizer?

Hi there, I have developed several simple trading strategies. Following the optimization method from the youtube tutorial ( ...

 
William Cheung

How to change leverage and currency for live test?

Hello, for the live test account, I would like to change the base currency to HKD , instead of USD also the leverage to 10 , instead of 5 ...

 
Zero

Backtest setting question for competition

Hey there, I am a participant of the Algo Trading Challenge 2023/24 (Global) . Just want to clarify whether t ...

 
Maël

Question about team collaboration feature

I am a participant of the the Saudi Algo Challenge. Is there team collaboration features on the Algogene platform? I’m curious: Is ...

 
admin

Guideline to import custom package

Suppose we already have a python package/function created on a local machine. This article will guide you through the steps to plug into ALGOGENE for backtest, live-test or real-trading. ...

 
Donald

Order closed with unexpected price

Hi there, I have a script running in the live-test environment. I found that one of my order for 7500HK was closed at $4.77 on 7-Jul. However, I checked other data sources, the lowest price on that day doesn't hit that low. ...

 
Katerina

Why I enabled Position Netting but PL still floating?

I have a question regarding position netting. From the Tech Doc description here , it mentioned that PL will be realized when the ...