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Hello, long time lurker first time poster here. I was wondering if anyone has been able to short crypto on GDAX. I am running into 2 issues with the backtester.
The first is that any short limit order I place is accepted but no position is opened.
The second issue is that I am unable to use a margin account. I receive the error
PythonException: Exception : The GDAX brokerage does not currently support Margin trading.
Which is not true since GDAX does have margin accounts.
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Russell LaCour
Also I am trying to attach my backtest but keep recieving a 502 bad gateway in the console so here is the code
import numpy as np import decimal as d ### <summary> ### Basic mean reversion of bitcoin, buy when above sma. Sell when below. ### </summary> class BTCMeanReversion(QCAlgorithm): def Initialize(self): '''Initialise the data and resolution required, as well as the cash and start-end dates for the algorithm''' self.SetStartDate(2016,10,07) #Set Start Date self.SetEndDate(2018,02,15) #Set End Date self.SetCash(100000) #Set Strategy Cash self.SetBrokerageModel(BrokerageName.GDAX, AccountType.Cash) self.AddCrypto("BTCUSD", Resolution.Hour) def OnData(self, data): if not self.Portfolio.Invested: self.SetHoldings("BTCUSD", -1) # Override SetHoldings to use limit orders (ratio is of totalPortfolioValue.) def SetHoldings(self, symbol, ratio): security = self.Securities[symbol] if not security.IsTradable: self.Debug("{} is not tradable.".format(symbol)) return # passive fail ratio = d.Decimal(ratio) price, quantity = security.Price, security.Holdings.Quantity # Keep 2% Cash (for the limit order, rounding errors, and safety) totalPortfolioValue = self.Portfolio.TotalPortfolioValue * d.Decimal(0.98) # +0.1% Limit Order # (to make sure it executes quickly and without much loss) # (if you set the limit large it will act like a market order) limit = 1.001 desiredQuantity = totalPortfolioValue * ratio / price orderQuantity = desiredQuantity - quantity # limit needs to be inverse when selling limitPrice = price * d.Decimal(limit if orderQuantity >= 0 else 1/limit) self.Log("Limit Order: %0.2f coins @ %0.2f per coin" % (orderQuantity, limitPrice)) self.LimitOrder(symbol, orderQuantity, limitPrice)Jared Broad
Hi Russel -- where do you get margin trading? Everything Coinbase shares indicates they dont support it.
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Russell LaCour
I see they actually removed support, the link on the bottom of there site takes you to this link which is now broken
Russell LaCour
I have also noticed that when I use SetBenchmark("BTCUSD") the bench mark is still the S&P 500 and BTCUSD is not a selectable option
Russell LaCour
Thank you for the suggestion!
Russell LaCour
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