Investing Algorithm Framework Tutorial

May 13, 2026 · View on GitHub

This tutorial demonstrates main capabilities of the Investing Algorithm Framework through a series of Jupyter notebooks. Each notebook focuses on a specific aspect of the framework, from data handling to advanced backtesting and analysis.

Note: This tutorial only showcases a subset of the framework's capabilities. Advanced features like cross-sectional pipelines can be explored in the advanced tutorials.

Note: This tutorial uses the Bitvavo exchange with EUR as the trading symbol. You can adapt the examples to other exchanges and symbols supported by the framework.

📋 Table of Contents

🎯 Overview

The Investing Algorithm Framework is a comprehensive Python library for building, testing, and deploying algorithmic trading strategies. This tutorial showcases:

  • Data Management - Download, validate, and fill missing market data
  • Strategy Visualization - Visualize trading strategies
  • In sample Parameter Sweeping - Test thousands of parameter combinations with ease through a grid search and vector backtesting.
  • Out sample Vector Backtesting - Test thousand of strategies out-of-sample with a fast vectorized backtester.
  • Out sample event based Backtesting - Simulate realistic trade execution with an event-based backtester to validate top strategies from the vector backtest.
  • Final analysis - Generate reports, rank strategies, and export results for further analysis.

📁 Tutorial Structure

tutorial/
├── README.md                          # This file
├── notebooks/                         # Tutorial notebooks (start here!)
│   ├── 01_data_exploration.ipynb      # Data download and validation
│   ├── 02_strategy_visualization.ipynb # Strategy logic visualization
│   ├── 03_param_sweep.ipynb           # Parameter optimization
│   ├── 04_backtest_optimized.ipynb    # Optimized strategy testing
│   ├── 05_event_backtest.ipynb        # Event-based backtesting
│   ├── 06_robustness_analysis.ipynb   # Robustness and validation
│   └── 07_final_analysis.ipynb        # Final results and reporting
├── strategies/                        # Strategy implementations
│   └── supertrend_ema_confirmation/      # Example strategy
├── data/                              # Downloaded market data
├── backtests/                         # Backtest results storage
└── resources/                         # Additional resources

🔧 Prerequisites

Required Knowledge

  • Basic Python programming
  • Understanding of financial markets and trading concepts
  • Familiarity with technical indicators (EMA, RSI, MACD, etc.)
  • Basic knowledge of Jupyter notebooks

Software Requirements

  • Python 3.10 or higher
  • Jupyter Notebook or JupyterLab

Installation

# Install the framework
pip install investing-algorithm-framework

# Install additional dependencies
pip install plotly pyindicators

🚀 Getting Started

  1. Navigate to the tutorial directory:

    cd examples/tutorial

  2. Start Jupyter:

    jupyter notebook

  3. Open the notebooks folder and start with 01_data_exploration.ipynb

  4. Follow the notebooks in order - each builds on the previous one

📓 Notebooks

01 - Data Exploration

File: notebooks/01_data_exploration.ipynb

Learn how to download and manage market data:

  • download_v2() - Download OHLCV data with path tracking
  • get_missing_timeseries_data_entries() - Detect gaps in data
  • fill_missing_timeseries_data() - Fill missing data points
  • DownloadResult - Access both data and file path
from investing_algorithm_framework import download_v2

result = download_v2(
    symbol="BTC/EUR",
    market="BITVAVO",
    time_frame="2h",
    start_date=start_date,
    end_date=end_date,
    save=True,
    storage_path="./data"
)
print(result.data)  # DataFrame
print(result.path)  # File path where data was saved

02 - Strategy Visualization

File: notebooks/02_strategy_visualization.ipynb

Visualize and understand strategy logic:

  • Plot indicators (EMA, RSI) on price charts
  • Visualize buy/sell signals
  • Understand strategy parameters
  • Interactive Plotly charts

03 - Parameter Sweep

File: notebooks/03_param_sweep.ipynb

Run your first backtest and then scale up to thousands of parameter combinations:

  • run_vector_backtest() - Single strategy vectorized backtest (the baseline run)
  • run_vector_backtests() - Batch vectorized backtesting
  • BacktestReport - Generate HTML reports
  • rank_results() - Rank strategies by performance
  • create_weights() - Custom ranking weights
  • Window filtering - Filter after each date range
  • Final filtering - Filter combined results
# Baseline run
backtest = app.run_vector_backtest(
    backtest_date_range=date_range,
    strategy=strategy,
    initial_amount=1000,
    risk_free_rate=0.027
)
BacktestReport(backtest).show(browser=True)

# Parameter grid
params = {
    'ema_short_period': [20, 50, 75],
    'ema_long_period': [100, 150, 200],
    'rsi_period': [14, 21],
}
strategies = [Strategy(**p) for p in generate_combinations(params)]

backtests = app.run_vector_backtests(
    backtest_date_ranges=date_ranges,
    strategies=strategies,
    window_filter_function=window_filter,
    final_filter_function=final_filter,
    show_progress=True
)

ranked = rank_results(
    backtests,
    focus=BacktestEvaluationFocus.BALANCED
)

04 - Backtest Optimized

File: notebooks/04_backtest_optimized.ipynb

Advanced backtesting features:

  • Parallel processing - Use multiple CPU cores
  • Checkpointing - Save/resume long experiments
  • Storage directories - Persist results to disk
backtests = app.run_vector_backtests(
    strategies=strategies,
    backtest_date_ranges=date_ranges,
    n_workers=-1,  # Use all CPU cores
    use_checkpoints=True,
    backtest_storage_directory="./backtests/experiment_1",
    show_progress=True
)

05 - Event Backtest

File: notebooks/05_event_backtest.ipynb

Realistic trade simulation:

  • run_backtest() - Event-based backtesting
  • run_backtests() - Batch event-based backtesting
  • Simulates real-time order execution
  • More accurate slippage and fill modeling
# Single event-based backtest
backtest = app.run_backtest(
    backtest_date_range=date_range,
    initial_amount=1000
)

# Batch event-based backtests
backtests = app.run_backtests(
    backtest_date_ranges=date_ranges,
    strategies=strategies,
    n_workers=4
)

06 - Robustness Analysis

File: notebooks/06_robustness_analysis.ipynb

Validate strategy robustness:

  • Walk-forward analysis - Rolling window validation
  • generate_rolling_backtest_windows() - Create train/test splits
  • Out-of-sample testing
  • Parameter stability analysis
from investing_algorithm_framework import generate_rolling_backtest_windows

windows = generate_rolling_backtest_windows(
    start_date=start_date,
    end_date=end_date,
    train_days=365,
    step_days=90
)

for window in windows:
    train_range = window["train_range"]
    test_range = window["test_range"]
    # Train on train_range, validate on test_range

07 - Final Analysis

File: notebooks/07_final_analysis.ipynb

Generate final reports and analysis:

  • create_markdown_table() - Format results as markdown
  • BacktestReport - Interactive HTML reports
  • Export results for further analysis
  • Compare top strategies
from investing_algorithm_framework import create_markdown_table

# Create summary table
table = create_markdown_table(
    backtests,
    sort_by="sharpe_ratio",
    top_n=10
)
print(table)

🔑 Key Framework Features

Data Management

FunctionDescription
download()Download market data
download_v2()Download with path tracking
fill_missing_timeseries_data()Fill gaps in time series
get_missing_timeseries_data_entries()Detect missing data

Backtesting

FunctionDescription
run_vector_backtest()Single vectorized backtest
run_vector_backtests()Batch vectorized backtests
run_backtest()Single event-based backtest
run_backtests()Batch event-based backtests

Analysis & Ranking

FunctionDescription
rank_results()Rank backtests by metrics
create_weights()Custom ranking weights
BacktestEvaluationFocusPredefined ranking focuses
create_markdown_table()Format results as markdown

Storage & Checkpointing

FeatureDescription
backtest_storage_directoryPersist results to disk
use_checkpointsSave/resume experiments
load_backtests_from_directory()Load saved backtests

Parallel Processing

FeatureDescription
n_workersNumber of parallel workers
batch_sizeStrategies per batch

🎓 Next Steps

After completing this tutorial:

  1. Create your own strategy using the example as a template
  2. Test on different markets and time periods
  3. Deploy to paper trading to validate in real-time
  4. Go live with the framework's production capabilities

Additional Resources

  • Documentation: See docusaurus/docs/ for full documentation
  • Example Strategies: See examples/example_strategies/
  • Advanced Topics:
    • docs/Advanced Concepts/vector-backtesting.md
    • docs/Advanced Concepts/PARALLEL_PROCESSING_GUIDE.md

📧 Support

  • Check the main framework documentation
  • Review example strategies in examples/
  • Open an issue on GitHub

Happy Trading! 🚀📈

Remember: Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always test thoroughly and use proper risk management.