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Hi,
I published qc, a commandline utility for interacting with Quantconnect.
I wanted a fast mechanism for synging and running my algos with QuantConnect, as copying and pasting code in the web editor to run the backtests wasn't great a workflow, specially when dealing with multiple files. As a Mac user editing with Rider, the Visual Studio plugin wasn't an option for me..
The tool will let you:
- Push the files that changed to QuantConnect
- Compile them
- Run a backtest
The next thing I will add is opening your backtest in the browser when it has finished running. I think I have seen an special URL to do that somewhere in the Lean code. It's distributed as a ruby gem. It should work fine in Mac or Linux. It should work in Windows too, although not much experience running ruby in Windows to be honest. Please, if you find problems using it or want to request new features, create an issue in github.
Thanks for the hard work on Lean and QuantConnect team. It's an amazing platform.
Jared Broad
Pretty cool Jorge 2000! Thank you for contributing to the open-source ecosystem!
I've given your account a lifetime free subscription to QuantConnect =)
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Jorge 2000
Thank you so much Jared Broad I really appreciate it!
Jorge 2000
I updated the tool so that now you can open your results in quantconnect.com (only in MacOS). I added:
qc --open # Push, compile and run backtest qc backtest --open # Run backtest qc open # Open the resultsUnder the hood, it essentially opens the project page and simulate a click on the results with Javascript. It uses an Automator workflow, so it only works in MacOS. Not the most elegant solution but does the job.
More info on the README
I still think it would be a great idea to offer an URL endpoint for showing backtest results
Matthias Kauer
Amazing. That's what I was looking for.
Looks like I'll need ruby again after all -_-
Jorge 2000
Hey, I recently updated qc to add some improvements:
- It will properly wait to finish the backtest execution before exiting the command
- It will display backtest results summary
- It will use proper labels for backtests: (project name + counter instead of the long hex backtest id).
- It lets you import executions into tradervue
Regarding (4), tradervue is great for analyzing your backtests results. Among a bunch of analytics and reporting facilities, it lets you see your executions rendered in charts. You can read more about it here:Note: I am not affiliate with tradervue or anything, I just happen to like the service.
Erik Bengtson
I've been using this tool for uploading files. It has saved me lot of time. Thanks, this tool is great!
DD Walker
@Jorge thanks for providing this solution.Â
is it possible to add a feature to it to support "qc pull"? Sometimes, I would go to the web interface and do some quick change. With "qc pull", we can sync the change back into my local machine.Â
thanks!
Jorge 2000
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