Could not subscribe..for pricing

[fbondeaux]

I have an issue when I try to run: https://github.com/mhallsmoore/qstrader/blob/master/examples/moving_average_cross_backtest.py

Error: Could not subscribe ticker abn001 as no data CSV found for pricing. Could not subscribe ticker ing001 as no data CSV found for pricing.

What I've done so far to make sure it reads the data well: I) Added a data file into the qstrader work file and I've put there two .csv files named abn001 and ing001;

II) Adapted the qstrader.yml:

CSV_DATA_DIR: rf/Users/Documents/BF/data OUTPUT_DIR: rf/Users/Documents/BF/out Where I've put two .csv files;

III) Tried to sort this piece of code out: from qstrader.settings import SettingsDefault

class SettingsUserdefined(SettingsDefault): _CSV_DATA_DIR = "~/data" _OUTPUT_DIR = "~/qstrader"

conf = SettingsUserdefined()

I've attached a print screen with what my data looks like.

It would be nice if we would have a clear solution for this issue as I saw at a few times before. What I suggest is to modify this piece of code to read it directly from a path: if name == "main":

Configuration data

testing = False
config = settings.from_file(
    settings.DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME, testing
)
tickers = ["abn001", "ing001"]
filename = None
run(config, testing, tickers, filename)

[fbondeaux]

Seriously, delete this 'backtester' from your machine. It's awful and the support is no where.

[JamesKBowler]

Hi @fbondeaux , Are you sure they are csv files? Not much information to go off if I am honest.

I agree the collaboration on this project is very low, no-one seems to be sharing any ideas, however, it is not awful back tester.

Could you provide more details, please? OS version, code snippings, screenshots?

Thanks

James

[fbondeaux]

@JamesKBowler Of course they are .csv files. I am not a stranger to trading or backtesting.

I've created my own backtest framework in Python so I won't need qstrader any more.

For future reference: I would suggest that serious traders create their own framework. There is a lot of boilerplate code what makes modifying very hard.

Take care.