I’m fascinated by investments, so I created a stock and cryptocurrency backtesting platform

When I was in college I started studying about investments, so I became facinated about trading charts and the possibility of get some insights from patterns, from there, the triggerbot was created.

The triggerbot.io platform allows its users to analyze their cryptocurrency and stock trading strategies, without the need to know programming. With the visual strategy editor, users can visually create their strategies using various combined technical analysis functions and conditions, called triggers, to evaluate their strategies with past data by performing backtesting.

But what is backtesting anyway?

Well, backtesting is the process of testing a trading strategy on relevant historical data to ensure its viability before putting it into practice. In other words, backtesting is a way of simulating how a trading strategy would have performed in the past. But remember, past performance does not guarantee future results.

There are many different backtesting platforms and software programs available on the market, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Some backtesting platforms are free, while others are paid. Some require programming skills, while others are more user-friendly.

Triggerbot is a free backtesting platform that is user-friendly and does not require programming skills. With the visual strategy editor, users can visually create their strategies using various combined technical analysis functions and conditions, called triggers, to evaluate their strategies with past data by performing backtesting.

So what’s the point?

My goal was to put my knowledge of SRE, Data Engineering and Finance into practice to create a cost-effective scalable platform (yes, it costs me).

In addition, the other objective is to enable quick tests with data from the S&P500, B3 (Brazilian stock exchange) and crypto.

It worked very well (I felt the endorphins when putting the platform into production).

Next steps

New features that were removed from the initial version can be implemented again, such as optimization of strategies and even automation of tradings in cryptocurrency exchanges. For now, the focus is only on backtesting.

Interested?

If you’re interested in learning more about backtesting or trying out the triggerbot platform, you can sign up for a free account at triggerbot.io.

And of course if you have any feedback/suggestions to make the platform better, please let me know!

Thanks!