Welcome to Nyxar’s documentation!¶
Nyxar (NyxTrader) is a platform for quantitative trading on 24/7 markets, with modules for data mining, strategy backtesting, paper trading, and live trading. Nyxar is particularly suitable for trading on cryptocurrency markets.
Features:
- Event based backtesting with simulative exchange. Minimal difference between live trading and backtesting algorithms.
- Multiple source of datafeed supported: mainstream cryptocurrency exchanges, quandal, csv file or pandas dataframe.
- Built-in indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, …) for building your own trading strategy.
- Built-in analyzers (Sharpe ratio, drawdown, …), cross-validation, and hypothesis testing for benchmarking your strategy.