Status: MOTHBALLED

Rundown of executables

bot/bot.py: run the bot

$ python -m bot.bot --config config.json

research/endofday.sh: bash script to complete end of day tasks (backup, report, etc)

$ bash research/endofday.sh

research/extract_data.py: extract market data from log file and store it in Feather file

$ grep RAW logs/log.YYYYMMDD.jsonl | python -m research.extract_data

research/report.py: create a report from a set of log

$ python -m research.report --logs log.20180101.jsonl.gz log.20180102.jsonl.gz

research/backtest.py: backtest a single parameter set on history of data

$ python -m research.backtest --bbos logs/bbos.201XXXXX.feather.gz --trds logs/trds.201XXXXX.feather.gz --config config.json

research/gridsearch.py: runs a brute force on parameters space

$ python -m research.gridsearch --data_dir logs/

research/gridsearch_analysis.py: group gridsearch results by parameters set

$ python -m research.gridsearch_analysis

bot/provision.sh: sketch of a bash script to provision a server for bot

$ bash bot/provision.sh

Profile some module

$ export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/path/to/botty_mcbotface/
$ python -m cProfile -s tottime module_to_profile.py | tee profile.txt
$ less profile.txt

TODO

• setup connection with IB's TWS
• handle inbound market data
• log if trading signal is triggered
• setup configuration of instruments in config file
• store market data, to do feature testing, backtesting and/or parameter optimization later
• write script to translate the bot's logs into pretty human readable report
• develop a mock TWS server to test bot during off hours, backtesting, scenarios, etc
• start running live
• end-of-day script that produce report and backup data (S3?)
• sort out timezones situation
• improve daily report
• add scaled and lined up graph with stats
• host to Amazon AWS
• move report hosting from github to S3
• refactor and consolidate report scripts (Jinja templating, etc)
• add summary stats to aggregated report: biggest winner and loser, PnL ($ & %)
• carve out signal module and move to github
• build user-friendly backtesting module
• optimize backtesting module
• add max spread condition
• sort out issue with live vs backtest
• add minimum price rules to recoil strat
• optimize gridsearch (run-time wise)
• split bot and research code
• ensure report works when no signal
• perform grid search on parameters for strategy optimization
• carve off and abstract strategies to be plug-and-play
• run automatically without intervention (update config + run)
• add 'since' (instead of 'as-of') strategy
• differentiate long and short signal
• handle next valid order ID
• Refactor gridsearch
• Run another gridsearch
• code in exits (create contract objects??)
• fix y-axis of volume in reports' graph
• develop position management system
• one-click provisioning of server
• move IB TWS from windows to linux machine (t2.small)
• add moving average strategy
• develop a market scanner to dynamically scan for instruments to watch

Origin of name

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/17/boaty-mcboatface-wins-poll-to-name-polar-research-vessel