Deploying Your First Model
Getting started with the platform is extremely easy and straightforward. Let's walk through it together with Mohnish and his video.
Installing the Blankly Package
To deploy your very first model, we're going to use blankly to do it. The Blankly Package helps you rapidly build and deploy trading algorithms at light speed. It has over 750 stars and a buzzing discord community. Let's get started by running the following commands.
info
You should have Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 or 3.10 installed in order to run the next few commands
$ pip install -U blankly
$ blankly login # this initializes and logs in with the platform
$ blankly init
Proceed with the prompts...
caution
If you run into an error saying that blankly init command not found on windows, make sure that you have properly added your python folder to the path
Getting Started with Our Model
$ blankly init should get us up and running with a model. If you followed the prompts, you should have been asked to add keys and link your model to the platform all from the CLI. Now, heading to the platform, you should see the model that you just created!
Uploading a Backtest
Because we've added our keys, we can quickly run a backtest and send it to the platform. In your directory, run:
python bot.py
And you should now receive a beautiful backtest result in the platform.
Deploying The Bot
To deploy, all we need to do is change our bottom line in bot.py from s.backtest() to s.start():
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# s.backtest()
s.start() # <-- change to this
And now you're all set!