backtesting.py
A small Python framework to backtest trading strategies, with stats and interactive plots.
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What it helps with
A simple backtest with fees and a stats report gives the owner a baseline to judge before any paper or live trading.
Agent jobs: Capital & forecasting
Capability gaps: Quality verification, Measurement
Security scan and details
- Scan result
- Vetted pass · 2026-10-17
- Scan notes
- Automated scan: pass (no medium+ findings) at commit ca2e2611621e on 2026-10-17.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- GitHub stars
- 9,062
- Last updated
- 2026-08-05
- Cost
- free
- Source
- github.com/kernc/backtesting.py
- Repo
- kernc/backtesting.py
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