Docker setup for LiuAlgoTrader

The project exposes container implementation for LiuAlgoTrader project. It's intended to kick-start strategy development, as well as exposing a full container/service oriented deployment for a full trading system.

Available Docker implementations

• liu-in-a-box : a single container implementation that encapsulating database and the trading platform, for first time users.
• liu-db-in-a-box: a ready to use database for LiuAlgoTrader

liu-in-a-box quick-start

Prerequisites

1. make sure you have a locally installed docker (https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) ,
2. Setup your PAPER or LIVE trading account w/ Alpaca Markets https://alpaca.markets/ .

Installation & Setup

1. Execute docker pull amor71/liu-in-a-box,
2. Download the file https://github.com/amor71/trade_deploy/blob/master/liu-in-a-box/env.list to the folder in which you intend to run your strategies (eg. ~/my-liu/),
3. Make you to have a valid tradeplan.toml file in the same directory, as well as set-up LiuAlgoTrader environment variables. For more details & examples see here https://liualgotrader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Configuration.html .

Running your local liu-in-a-box

Execute docker run -v <local_folder>:/opt/trader --env-file env.list --env DSN=postgresql://docker:docker@localhost/tradedb amor71/liu-in-a-box

liu-db-in-a-box quick-start

Prerequisites

1. make sure you have a locally installed docker (https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) ,
2. Setup your PAPER or LIVE trading account w/ Alpaca Markets https://alpaca.markets/ ,
3. recommanded: a local installation of psql (PostgreSQL client - https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/app-psql.html) .

Installation & Setup

1. Execute docker pull amor71/liu-db-in-a-box,
2. Execute docker run -P amor71/liu-db-in-a-box.

Recommanded step: validate access

1. Execute docker ps and find the local port,
2. Execute \psql -h localhost -p <local-port-fron-step-1> -U docker tradedb (password: docker).

Using w/ LiuAlgoTrader

1. Execute docker ps and find the local port,
2. export DSN=postgresql://docker:docker@localhost:<local-port-fron-step-1>/tradedb
3. Follow LiuAlgoTrader instructions for running the relevant application.