Hi new to QuantConnect, I was just trying to play around with the new GDAX API. I wanted to create a simple breakout strategy using Python that is buying BTC when daily price closes above the Upper band of the Bollinger Band and sell it when price closes below the Middle Band. I can't seem to get Bollinger Bands to work with BTC or any other product and the documentation seems incomplete. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Halldor Andersen
Welcome to QuantConnect! I suggest to newcomers to start with going through the boot camp tutorial section, which features the basics of trading equities and forex using QuantConnect.
Here is an example of how to use Bollinger bands in trading cryptocurrency:
La CA
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