Historical Cryptocurrency Trade Simulator

Steps

Requires pandas and python 3 pip install pandas

Step 1

Download hisotical data python download.py To download the prices for different crypotcurrencies for the last 300 days as a csv file. You can edit the coin types in the download.py file.

Step 2

Run the script python trader.py This will produce the following outputs:

Original Value - The current value of your investments assuming no trade strategy has been applied apart from holding onto your investments Original Dividends - The total dividends based from your initial investments

Final Dividends - The total dividends based on original and new investments Original Investments Value - The total value of your original investments after the strategy is applied New Investments Value - The total value of new investments made based on your strategy Final Total Value - The total value of your investments and any dividends taken

Step 3 - Customise

Set Orders

bitCoinOrders array is filled with different orders

Example: bitCoinOrders.append({"coin": "btc", "buyPrice": 2690, "coins": 0.0782, "date": "2017-05-27"}) coin: sent the currency symbol (needs to be one of the currencies downloaded before) buyPrice: original buy price ($) coins: number of coins bought date: date purchased

Calculate Function

Function

The calculate function takes an array of orders and examines their value from the point of purchase. During this iteration I have set up trading strategy which aims to sell 40% of the coins from a single order when that order has increased in value by 300%. That 40% is then reinvested by buying other cryptocurrencies which is in the dfAdditionalOrders array. If the value of the 40% sell is less than $40 then I will sell all the coins outright and claim that amount for myself as dividends.

Variables profitFactor - Set the % value where you will take profit. Setting 3 for example will automatically trigger a sell at 300% reinvestPercentage - the percentage of the total value of the order when the profit factor is reached to reinvest minimumSellValue - Sell all coins of this specific order when the value hits the profitFactor and the value of the reinvestment is less than this value

BuyWeightsBuild function

Function This function sets the coins to buy from the profits of any sell (see above). They exclude the coin that was originally sold so for example if bitcoin turned a profit and was sold it would not buy more bitcoin with the profits.

Variables buyWeights.append({"coin": "btc", "weight": 0.25}) coin - the symbol of the currency you want to buy (must be one of the currencies downloaded) weight - this is an indicator to how much you want to buy of one currency compared to another. The total value of all weights should add up to 1.