Hello!
I feel great pity every time I go through the documentation and see the wonderful old algorithm assistant like here: https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/algorithm-framework/overview
Why did you remove it? Don't you think it is a great help for the community, especially for newbies?
These are some advantages that I think can help everyone:
- -The community can focus on developing profitable strategies.
- -We'd save a lot of time coding.
- -We avoid multiple code errors.
- -The community would learn faster to code correctly in QC.
- -It would increase the creativity of the strategies.
- -I would favor the use of the Algorithmic Framework.
- -More complex strategies would appear starting from the base of the basic
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I can think of many advantages but I cannot think of any disadvantages.
I would like to know Qc's position on this and I would also like to invite the community to give their opinion on this.
Thank you.
Spacetime
I am not sure if the below is what you are trying to refer to.
If below is what you are referring to, then we do have the "Algorithmic Wizard". It is just named differently, "Strategy Builder".
Projects> Create New Algorithm> you should be able to access the stategy builder functionality from there.
Hope that helps.
Spacetime
Just to add on: I do notice the catalog does not have everything as it had from the past, but QC might be expanding/modifying on the catalog as we progress further. I cannot truely comment on the roadmap as such.
Jared Broad
Spacetime is correct the wizard was cleaned up and put into the project itself as the new Strategy Builder.
The content was trimmed to remove "junk" and we're focusing on adding high-quality modules in the future.
Soon these modules will be contributed by others in the community, for free or for sale. We want to expand beyond the QC Team's ability to add modules.
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Javier V.
Thanks.
Sure, I was referring to the content that Algorithmic Framework or the new Strategy Builder had previously, I don't think it was mostly rubbish.
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https://cdn.quantconnect.com/docs/i/framework-construction-lg.gif
I see interesting universes and original alphas that were pretty cool. The format and usability also seemed better to me before.
I do not know if it is a good idea to make a market also in the strategy builder, sometimes I think it is better to keep a small and basic project but safe from errors.
My idea of strategy builder is just to establish the basics that can be done with Quantconnect, which at first can be difficult to understand and even more difficult to execute. It is about the new user being able to build something "interesting" quickly by putting a few pieces together to keep their interest and desire to develop. I think advanced users will rarely use the builder.
For example in universes ... equities by cap, sectors, some classics like historical highs or low volatility, some basic factors ... keep it simple. It would be great to add the .py file with the code of teh module to the project so that you can work with it.
I hope I have helped you to reflect on it, in my first immersion in Quantconnect in 2019 I saw the algorithmic framework as something wonderful and on my return now in 2021 I have missed it a lot, I´m sorry about not to be able to use it.
Don't take this as a bad review, quantconnect is wonderful and you're doing great.
Thanks for listening.
Jared Broad
I appreciate the thoughts J Viq, I think you were an exception. From our statistics of the 20M algorithms created on QC in the 2 years the algorithm framework was live, less than 7,000 were done via the Wizard. It was not used by the community enough to justify its existence in its previous form.
The content will come back. But instead of being empty shells the alphas and modules will be rich and fully implemented. Maybe what you're indirectly asking for is kind of a way to quickly write the algorithm scaffolding?
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Javier V.
I think it all depends on the profile and previous knowledge of the user. You have the data and I only have opinions. :)
It is amazing to discuss these issues directly with the CEO.
Very thankful.
Javier V.
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