API Reference¶

Running a Backtest¶

zipline.run_algorithm(...)[source]¶

Run a trading algorithm.

Parameters

start (datetime) – The start date of the backtest.
end (datetime) – The end date of the backtest..
initialize (callable[context -> None]) – The initialize function to use for the algorithm. This is called once at the very begining of the backtest and should be used to set up any state needed by the algorithm.
capital_base (float) – The starting capital for the backtest.
handle_data (callable[(context, BarData) -> None], optional) – The handle_data function to use for the algorithm. This is called every minute when data_frequency == 'minute' or every day when data_frequency == 'daily'.
before_trading_start (callable[(context, BarData) -> None], optional) – The before_trading_start function for the algorithm. This is called once before each trading day (after initialize on the first day).
analyze (callable[(context, pd.DataFrame) -> None], optional) – The analyze function to use for the algorithm. This function is called once at the end of the backtest and is passed the context and the performance data.
data_frequency ({'daily', 'minute'}, optional) – The data frequency to run the algorithm at.
bundle (str, optional) – The name of the data bundle to use to load the data to run the backtest with. This defaults to ‘quantopian-quandl’.
bundle_timestamp (datetime, optional) – The datetime to lookup the bundle data for. This defaults to the current time.
trading_calendar (TradingCalendar, optional) – The trading calendar to use for your backtest.
metrics_set (iterable[Metric] or str, optional) – The set of metrics to compute in the simulation. If a string is passed, resolve the set with zipline.finance.metrics.load().
default_extension (bool, optional) – Should the default zipline extension be loaded. This is found at $ZIPLINE_ROOT/extension.py
extensions (iterable[str], optional) – The names of any other extensions to load. Each element may either be a dotted module path like a.b.c or a path to a python file ending in .py like a/b/c.py.
strict_extensions (bool, optional) – Should the run fail if any extensions fail to load. If this is false, a warning will be raised instead.
environ (mapping[str -> str], optional) – The os environment to use. Many extensions use this to get parameters. This defaults to os.environ.
blotter (str or zipline.finance.blotter.Blotter, optional) – Blotter to use with this algorithm. If passed as a string, we look for a blotter construction function registered with zipline.extensions.register and call it with no parameters. Default is a zipline.finance.blotter.SimulationBlotter that never cancels orders.
live_trading (boolean, indicating are we running forward (live) and not backwards (backtesting)) –
tws_uri (ip:listening_port:client id e.g "localhost:4002:1232") –
broker (instance of zipline.gens.brokers.broker.Broker) –
performance_callback (a callback to send performance results everyday and not only at the end of the backtest.) – this allows to run live, and monitor the performance of the algorithm
stop_execution_callback (A callback to check if execution should be stopped. it is used to be able to stop live) – trading (also simulation could be stopped using this) execution. if the callback returns True, then algo execution will be aborted.
state_filename (path to pickle file storing the algorithm "context" (similar to self)) –

Returns

perf – The daily performance of the algorithm.

Return type

pd.DataFrame

See also

zipline.data.bundles.bundles: The available data bundles.

Algorithm API¶

The following methods are available for use in the initialize, handle_data, and before_trading_start API functions.

In all listed functions, the self argument is implicitly the currently-executing TradingAlgorithm instance.

Data Object¶

class zipline.protocol.BarData¶

Provides methods to access spot value or history windows of price data. Also provides some utility methods to determine if an asset is alive, has recent trade data, etc.

This is what is passed as data to the handle_data function.

Parameters

data_portal (DataPortal) – Provider for bar pricing data.
simulation_dt_func (callable) – Function which returns the current simulation time. This is usually bound to a method of TradingSimulation.
data_frequency ({'minute', 'daily'}) – The frequency of the bar data; i.e. whether the data is daily or minute bars
restrictions (zipline.finance.asset_restrictions.Restrictions) – Object that combines and returns restricted list information from multiple sources
universe_func (callable, optional) – Function which returns the current ‘universe’. This is for backwards compatibility with older API concepts.

can_trade()¶

For the given asset or iterable of assets, returns true if all of the following are true: 1) the asset is alive for the session of the current simulation time

(if current simulation time is not a market minute, we use the next session)

(if we are in minute mode) the asset’s exchange is open at the

current simulation time or at the simulation calendar’s next market minute

there is a known last price for the asset.

Notes

The second condition above warrants some further explanation. - If the asset’s exchange calendar is identical to the simulation calendar, then this condition always returns True. - If there are market minutes in the simulation calendar outside of this asset’s exchange’s trading hours (for example, if the simulation is running on the CME calendar but the asset is MSFT, which trades on the NYSE), during those minutes, this condition will return false (for example, 3:15 am Eastern on a weekday, during which the CME is open but the NYSE is closed).

Parameters: assets (Asset or iterable of assets) –
Returns: can_trade
Return type: bool or pd.Series[bool] indexed by asset.

current()¶

Returns the current value of the given assets for the given fields at the current simulation time. Current values are the as-traded price and are usually not adjusted for events like splits or dividends (see notes for more information).

Parameters

assets (Asset or iterable of Assets) –
fields (str or iterable[str]) – Valid values are: “price”, “last_traded”, “open”, “high”, “low”, “close”, “volume”, or column names in files read by fetch_csv.

Returns

current_value – See notes below.

Return type

Scalar, pandas Series, or pandas DataFrame.

Notes

If a single asset and a single field are passed in, a scalar float value is returned.

If a single asset and a list of fields are passed in, a pandas Series is returned whose indices are the fields, and whose values are scalar values for this asset for each field.

If a list of assets and a single field are passed in, a pandas Series is returned whose indices are the assets, and whose values are scalar values for each asset for the given field.

If a list of assets and a list of fields are passed in, a pandas DataFrame is returned, indexed by asset. The columns are the requested fields, filled with the scalar values for each asset for each field.

If the current simulation time is not a valid market time, we use the last market close instead.

“price” returns the last known close price of the asset. If there is no last known value (either because the asset has never traded, or because it has delisted) NaN is returned. If a value is found, and we had to cross an adjustment boundary (split, dividend, etc) to get it, the value is adjusted before being returned.

“last_traded” returns the date of the last trade event of the asset, even if the asset has stopped trading. If there is no last known value, pd.NaT is returned.

“volume” returns the trade volume for the current simulation time. If there is no trade this minute, 0 is returned.

“open”, “high”, “low”, and “close” return the relevant information for the current trade bar. If there is no current trade bar, NaN is returned.

history()¶

Returns a window of data for the given assets and fields.

This data is adjusted for splits, dividends, and mergers as of the current algorithm time.

The semantics of missing data are identical to the ones described in the notes for get_spot_value.

Parameters

assets (Asset or iterable of Asset) –
fields (string or iterable of string. Valid values are "open", "high",) – “low”, “close”, “volume”, “price”, and “last_traded”.
bar_count (integer number of bars of trade data) –
frequency (string. "1m" for minutely data or "1d" for daily date) –

Returns

history – Return type depends on the dimensionality of the ‘assets’ and ‘fields’ parameters.

If single asset and field are passed in, the returned Series is indexed by dt.

If multiple assets and single field are passed in, the returned DataFrame is indexed by dt, and has assets as columns.

If a single asset and multiple fields are passed in, the returned DataFrame is indexed by dt, and has fields as columns.

If multiple assets and multiple fields are passed in, the returned Panel is indexed by field, has dt as the major axis, and assets as the minor axis.

Return type

Series or DataFrame or Panel

Notes

If the current simulation time is not a valid market time, we use the last market close instead.

is_stale()¶

For the given asset or iterable of assets, returns true if the asset is alive and there is no trade data for the current simulation time.

If the asset has never traded, returns False.

If the current simulation time is not a valid market time, we use the current time to check if the asset is alive, but we use the last market minute/day for the trade data check.

Parameters: assets (Asset or iterable of assets) –
Returns
Return type: boolean or Series of booleans, indexed by asset.

Scheduling Functions¶

zipline.api.schedule_function(self, func, date_rule=None, time_rule=None, half_days=True, calendar=None)¶

class zipline.api.date_rules[source]¶

every_day¶: alias of zipline.utils.events.Always

static month_end(days_offset=0)[source]¶

static month_start(days_offset=0)[source]¶

static week_end(days_offset=0)[source]¶

static week_start(days_offset=0)[source]¶

class zipline.api.time_rules[source]¶

every_minute¶: alias of zipline.utils.events.Always

market_close¶: alias of zipline.utils.events.BeforeClose

market_open¶: alias of zipline.utils.events.AfterOpen

Orders¶

zipline.api.order(self, asset, amount, limit_price=None, stop_price=None, style=None)¶

Place an order.

Parameters

asset (Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
amount (int) – The amount of shares to order. If amount is positive, this is the number of shares to buy or cover. If amount is negative, this is the number of shares to sell or short.
limit_price (float, optional) – The limit price for the order.
stop_price (float, optional) – The stop price for the order.
style (ExecutionStyle, optional) – The execution style for the order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order, or None if no order was placed.

Return type

str or None

Notes

The limit_price and stop_price arguments provide shorthands for passing common execution styles. Passing limit_price=N is equivalent to style=LimitOrder(N). Similarly, passing stop_price=M is equivalent to style=StopOrder(M), and passing limit_price=N and stop_price=M is equivalent to style=StopLimitOrder(N, M). It is an error to pass both a style and limit_price or stop_price.

zipline.api.order_value(self, asset, value, limit_price=None, stop_price=None, style=None)¶

Place an order by desired value rather than desired number of shares.

Parameters

asset (Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
value (float) –
If the requested asset exists, the requested value is divided by its price to imply the number of shares to transact. If the Asset being ordered is a Future, the ‘value’ calculated is actually the exposure, as Futures have no ‘value’.

value > 0 :: Buy/Cover value < 0 :: Sell/Short
limit_price (float, optional) – The limit price for the order.
stop_price (float, optional) – The stop price for the order.
style (ExecutionStyle) – The execution style for the order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order.

Return type

str

Notes

See zipline.api.order() for more information about limit_price, stop_price, and style

zipline.api.order_percent(self, asset, percent, limit_price=None, stop_price=None, style=None)¶

Place an order in the specified asset corresponding to the given percent of the current portfolio value.

Parameters

asset (Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
percent (float) – The percentage of the portfolio value to allocate to asset. This is specified as a decimal, for example: 0.50 means 50%.
limit_price (float, optional) – The limit price for the order.
stop_price (float, optional) – The stop price for the order.
style (ExecutionStyle) – The execution style for the order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order.

Return type

str

Notes

See zipline.api.order() for more information about limit_price, stop_price, and style

zipline.api.order_target(self, asset, target, limit_price=None, stop_price=None, style=None)¶

Place an order to adjust a position to a target number of shares. If the position doesn’t already exist, this is equivalent to placing a new order. If the position does exist, this is equivalent to placing an order for the difference between the target number of shares and the current number of shares.

Parameters

asset (Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
target (int) – The desired number of shares of asset.
limit_price (float, optional) – The limit price for the order.
stop_price (float, optional) – The stop price for the order.
style (ExecutionStyle) – The execution style for the order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order.

Return type

str

Notes

order_target does not take into account any open orders. For example:

order_target(sid(0), 10)
order_target(sid(0), 10)

This code will result in 20 shares of sid(0) because the first call to order_target will not have been filled when the second order_target call is made.

See zipline.api.order() for more information about limit_price, stop_price, and style

zipline.api.order_target_value(self, asset, target, limit_price=None, stop_price=None, style=None)¶

Place an order to adjust a position to a target value. If the position doesn’t already exist, this is equivalent to placing a new order. If the position does exist, this is equivalent to placing an order for the difference between the target value and the current value. If the Asset being ordered is a Future, the ‘target value’ calculated is actually the target exposure, as Futures have no ‘value’.

Parameters

asset (Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
target (float) – The desired total value of asset.
limit_price (float, optional) – The limit price for the order.
stop_price (float, optional) – The stop price for the order.
style (ExecutionStyle) – The execution style for the order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order.

Return type

str

Notes

order_target_value does not take into account any open orders. For example:

order_target_value(sid(0), 10)
order_target_value(sid(0), 10)

This code will result in 20 dollars of sid(0) because the first call to order_target_value will not have been filled when the second order_target_value call is made.

See zipline.api.order() for more information about limit_price, stop_price, and style

zipline.api.order_target_percent(self, asset, target, limit_price=None, stop_price=None, style=None)¶

Place an order to adjust a position to a target percent of the current portfolio value. If the position doesn’t already exist, this is equivalent to placing a new order. If the position does exist, this is equivalent to placing an order for the difference between the target percent and the current percent.

Parameters

asset (Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
target (float) – The desired percentage of the portfolio value to allocate to asset. This is specified as a decimal, for example: 0.50 means 50%.
limit_price (float, optional) – The limit price for the order.
stop_price (float, optional) – The stop price for the order.
style (ExecutionStyle) – The execution style for the order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order.

Return type

str

Notes

order_target_value does not take into account any open orders. For example:

order_target_percent(sid(0), 10)
order_target_percent(sid(0), 10)

This code will result in 20% of the portfolio being allocated to sid(0) because the first call to order_target_percent will not have been filled when the second order_target_percent call is made.

See zipline.api.order() for more information about limit_price, stop_price, and style

class zipline.finance.execution.ExecutionStyle[source]¶

Abstract base class representing a modification to a standard order.

property exchange¶: The exchange to which this order should be routed.

abstract get_limit_price(is_buy)[source]¶: Get the limit price for this order. Returns either None or a numerical value >= 0.

abstract get_stop_price(is_buy)[source]¶: Get the stop price for this order. Returns either None or a numerical value >= 0.

class zipline.finance.execution.MarketOrder(exchange=None)[source]¶: Class encapsulating an order to be placed at the current market price.

class zipline.finance.execution.LimitOrder(limit_price, asset=None, exchange=None)[source]¶: Execution style representing an order to be executed at a price equal to or better than a specified limit price.

class zipline.finance.execution.StopOrder(stop_price, asset=None, exchange=None)[source]¶: Execution style representing an order to be placed once the market price reaches a specified stop price.

class zipline.finance.execution.StopLimitOrder(limit_price, stop_price, asset=None, exchange=None)[source]¶: Execution style representing a limit order to be placed with a specified limit price once the market reaches a specified stop price.

zipline.api.get_order(self, order_id)¶

Lookup an order based on the order id returned from one of the order functions.

Parameters: order_id (str) – The unique identifier for the order.
Returns: order – The order object.
Return type: Order

zipline.api.get_open_orders(self, asset=None)¶

Retrieve all of the current open orders.

Parameters: asset (Asset) – If passed and not None, return only the open orders for the given asset instead of all open orders.
Returns: open_orders – If no asset is passed this will return a dict mapping Assets to a list containing all the open orders for the asset. If an asset is passed then this will return a list of the open orders for this asset.
Return type: dict[list[Order]] or list[Order]

zipline.api.cancel_order(self, order_param)¶

Cancel an open order.

Parameters: order_param (str or Order) – The order_id or order object to cancel.

Order Cancellation Policies¶

zipline.api.set_cancel_policy(self, cancel_policy)¶

Sets the order cancellation policy for the simulation.

Parameters: cancel_policy (CancelPolicy) – The cancellation policy to use.

class zipline.finance.cancel_policy.CancelPolicy[source]¶

Abstract cancellation policy interface.

abstract should_cancel(event)[source]¶

Should all open orders be cancelled?

Parameters

event (enum-value) –

An event type, one of:

zipline.gens.sim_engine.BAR
zipline.gens.sim_engine.DAY_START
zipline.gens.sim_engine.DAY_END
zipline.gens.sim_engine.MINUTE_END

Returns

should_cancel – Should all open orders be cancelled?

Return type

bool

zipline.api.EODCancel(warn_on_cancel=True)[source]¶

This policy cancels open orders at the end of the day. For now, Zipline will only apply this policy to minutely simulations.

Parameters: warn_on_cancel (bool, optional) – Should a warning be raised if this causes an order to be cancelled?

zipline.api.NeverCancel()[source]¶: Orders are never automatically canceled.

Assets¶

zipline.api.symbol(self, symbol_str)¶

zipline.api.symbols(self, *args, **kwargs)¶

Lookup multuple Equities as a list.

Parameters

*args (iterable[str]) – The ticker symbols to lookup.
country_code (str or None, optional) – A country to limit symbol searches to.

Returns

equities – The equities that held the given ticker symbols on the current symbol lookup date.

Return type

list[Equity]

Raises

SymbolNotFound – Raised when one of the symbols was not held on the current lookup date.

See also

zipline.api.set_symbol_lookup_date()

zipline.api.future_symbol(self, symbol)¶

Lookup a futures contract with a given symbol.

Parameters: symbol (str) – The symbol of the desired contract.
Returns: future – The future that trades with the name symbol.
Return type: Future
Raises: SymbolNotFound – Raised when no contract named ‘symbol’ is found.

zipline.api.set_symbol_lookup_date(self, dt)¶

Set the date for which symbols will be resolved to their assets (symbols may map to different firms or underlying assets at different times)

Parameters: dt (datetime) – The new symbol lookup date.

zipline.api.sid(self, sid)¶

Lookup an Asset by its unique asset identifier.

Parameters: sid (int) – The unique integer that identifies an asset.
Returns: asset – The asset with the given sid.
Return type: Asset
Raises: SidsNotFound – When a requested sid does not map to any asset.

Trading Controls¶

Zipline provides trading controls to help ensure that the algorithm is performing as expected. The functions help protect the algorithm from certian bugs that could cause undesirable behavior when trading with real money.

zipline.api.set_do_not_order_list(self, restricted_list, on_error='fail')¶

Set a restriction on which assets can be ordered.

Parameters: restricted_list (container[Asset], SecurityList) – The assets that cannot be ordered.

zipline.api.set_long_only(self, on_error='fail')¶: Set a rule specifying that this algorithm cannot take short positions.

zipline.api.set_max_leverage(self, max_leverage)¶

Set a limit on the maximum leverage of the algorithm.

Parameters: max_leverage (float) – The maximum leverage for the algorithm. If not provided there will be no maximum.

zipline.api.set_max_order_count(self, max_count, on_error='fail')¶

Set a limit on the number of orders that can be placed in a single day.

Parameters: max_count (int) – The maximum number of orders that can be placed on any single day.

zipline.api.set_max_order_size(self, asset=None, max_shares=None, max_notional=None, on_error='fail')¶

Set a limit on the number of shares and/or dollar value of any single order placed for sid. Limits are treated as absolute values and are enforced at the time that the algo attempts to place an order for sid.

If an algorithm attempts to place an order that would result in exceeding one of these limits, raise a TradingControlException.

Parameters

asset (Asset, optional) – If provided, this sets the guard only on positions in the given asset.
max_shares (int, optional) – The maximum number of shares that can be ordered at one time.
max_notional (float, optional) – The maximum value that can be ordered at one time.

zipline.api.set_max_position_size(self, asset=None, max_shares=None, max_notional=None, on_error='fail')¶

Set a limit on the number of shares and/or dollar value held for the given sid. Limits are treated as absolute values and are enforced at the time that the algo attempts to place an order for sid. This means that it’s possible to end up with more than the max number of shares due to splits/dividends, and more than the max notional due to price improvement.

If an algorithm attempts to place an order that would result in increasing the absolute value of shares/dollar value exceeding one of these limits, raise a TradingControlException.

Parameters

asset (Asset, optional) – If provided, this sets the guard only on positions in the given asset.
max_shares (int, optional) – The maximum number of shares to hold for an asset.
max_notional (float, optional) – The maximum value to hold for an asset.

Simulation Parameters¶

zipline.api.set_benchmark(self, benchmark)¶

Set the benchmark asset.

Parameters: benchmark (Asset) – The asset to set as the new benchmark.

Notes

Any dividends payed out for that new benchmark asset will be automatically reinvested.

Commission Models¶

zipline.api.set_commission(self, us_equities=None, us_futures=None)¶

Sets the commission models for the simulation.

Parameters

us_equities (EquityCommissionModel) – The commission model to use for trading US equities.
us_futures (FutureCommissionModel) – The commission model to use for trading US futures.

class zipline.finance.commission.CommissionModel[source]¶

Abstract commission model interface.

Commission models are responsible for accepting order/transaction pairs and calculating how much commission should be charged to an algorithm’s account on each transaction.

abstract calculate(order, transaction)[source]¶

Calculate the amount of commission to charge on order as a result of transaction.

Parameters

order (zipline.finance.order.Order) –
The order being processed.

The commission field of order is a float indicating the amount of commission already charged on this order.
transaction (zipline.finance.transaction.Transaction) – The transaction being processed. A single order may generate multiple transactions if there isn’t enough volume in a given bar to fill the full amount requested in the order.

Returns

amount_charged – The additional commission, in dollars, that we should attribute to this order.

Return type

float

class zipline.finance.commission.PerShare(cost=0.001, min_trade_cost=0.0)[source]¶

Calculates a commission for a transaction based on a per share cost with an optional minimum cost per trade.

Parameters

cost (float, optional) – The amount of commissions paid per share traded.
min_trade_cost (float, optional) – The minimum amount of commissions paid per trade.

class zipline.finance.commission.PerTrade(cost=0.0)[source]¶

Calculates a commission for a transaction based on a per trade cost.

Parameters: cost (float, optional) – The flat amount of commissions paid per equity trade.

class zipline.finance.commission.PerDollar(cost=0.0015)[source]¶

Calculates a commission for a transaction based on a per dollar cost.

Parameters: cost (float) – The flat amount of commissions paid per dollar of equities traded.

Slippage Models¶

zipline.api.set_slippage(self, us_equities=None, us_futures=None)¶

Set the slippage models for the simulation.

Parameters

us_equities (EquitySlippageModel) – The slippage model to use for trading US equities.
us_futures (FutureSlippageModel) – The slippage model to use for trading US futures.

class zipline.finance.slippage.SlippageModel[source]¶

Abstract interface for defining a slippage model.

abstract process_order(data, order)[source]¶

Process how orders get filled.

Parameters

data (BarData) – The data for the given bar.
order (Order) – The order to simulate.

Returns

execution_price (float) – The price to execute the trade at.
execution_volume (int) – The number of shares that could be filled. This may not be all the shares ordered in which case the order will be filled over multiple bars.

class zipline.finance.slippage.FixedSlippage(spread=0.0)[source]¶

Model slippage as a fixed spread.

Parameters: spread (float, optional) – spread / 2 will be added to buys and subtracted from sells.

class zipline.finance.slippage.VolumeShareSlippage(volume_limit=0.025, price_impact=0.1)[source]¶: Model slippage as a function of the volume of contracts traded.

Pipeline¶

For more information, see Pipeline API

zipline.api.attach_pipeline(self, pipeline, name, chunks=None, eager=True)¶

Register a pipeline to be computed at the start of each day.

Parameters

pipeline (Pipeline) – The pipeline to have computed.
name (str) – The name of the pipeline.
chunks (int or iterator, optional) – The number of days to compute pipeline results for. Increasing this number will make it longer to get the first results but may improve the total runtime of the simulation. If an iterator is passed, we will run in chunks based on values of the iterator. Default is True.
eager (bool, optional) – Whether or not to compute this pipeline prior to before_trading_start.

Returns

pipeline – Returns the pipeline that was attached unchanged.

Return type

Pipeline

See also

zipline.api.pipeline_output()

zipline.api.pipeline_output(self, name)¶

Get the results of the pipeline that was attached with the name: name.

Parameters: name (str) – Name of the pipeline for which results are requested.
Returns: results – DataFrame containing the results of the requested pipeline for the current simulation date.
Return type: pd.DataFrame
Raises: NoSuchPipeline – Raised when no pipeline with the name name has been registered.

Miscellaneous¶

zipline.api.record(self, *args, **kwargs)¶

Track and record values each day.

Parameters: **kwargs – The names and values to record.

Notes

These values will appear in the performance packets and the performance dataframe passed to analyze and returned from run_algorithm().

zipline.api.get_environment(self, field='platform')¶

Query the execution environment.

Parameters

field ({'platform', 'arena', 'data_frequency',) –

‘start’, ‘end’, ‘capital_base’, ‘platform’, ‘*’} The field to query. The options have the following meanings:

arenastr
The arena from the simulation parameters. This will normally be 'backtest' but some systems may use this distinguish live trading from backtesting.

data_frequency{‘daily’, ‘minute’}
data_frequency tells the algorithm if it is running with daily data or minute data.

startdatetime
The start date for the simulation.

enddatetime
The end date for the simulation.

capital_basefloat
The starting capital for the simulation.

platformstr
The platform that the code is running on. By default this will be the string ‘zipline’. This can allow algorithms to know if they are running on the Quantopian platform instead.

: dict[str -> any]
Returns all of the fields in a dictionary.

Returns

val – The value for the field queried. See above for more information.

Return type

any

Raises

ValueError – Raised when field is not a valid option.

zipline.api.fetch_csv(self, url, pre_func=None, post_func=None, date_column='date', date_format=None, timezone='UTC', symbol=None, mask=True, symbol_column=None, special_params_checker=None, **kwargs)¶

Fetch a csv from a remote url and register the data so that it is queryable from the data object.

Parameters

url (str) – The url of the csv file to load.
pre_func (callable[pd.DataFrame -> pd.DataFrame], optional) – A callback to allow preprocessing the raw data returned from fetch_csv before dates are paresed or symbols are mapped.
post_func (callable[pd.DataFrame -> pd.DataFrame], optional) – A callback to allow postprocessing of the data after dates and symbols have been mapped.
date_column (str, optional) – The name of the column in the preprocessed dataframe containing datetime information to map the data.
date_format (str, optional) – The format of the dates in the date_column. If not provided fetch_csv will attempt to infer the format. For information about the format of this string, see pandas.read_csv().
timezone (tzinfo or str, optional) – The timezone for the datetime in the date_column.
symbol (str, optional) – If the data is about a new asset or index then this string will be the name used to identify the values in data. For example, one may use fetch_csv to load data for VIX, then this field could be the string 'VIX'.
mask (bool, optional) – Drop any rows which cannot be symbol mapped.
symbol_column (str) – If the data is attaching some new attribute to each asset then this argument is the name of the column in the preprocessed dataframe containing the symbols. This will be used along with the date information to map the sids in the asset finder.
**kwargs – Forwarded to pandas.read_csv().

Returns

csv_data_source – A requests source that will pull data from the url specified.

Return type

zipline.sources.requests_csv.PandasRequestsCSV

Blotters¶

class zipline.finance.blotter.blotter.Blotter(cancel_policy=None)[source]¶

batch_order(order_arg_lists)[source]¶

Place a batch of orders.

Parameters: order_arg_lists (iterable[tuple]) – Tuples of args that order expects.
Returns: order_ids – The unique identifier (or None) for each of the orders placed (or not placed).
Return type: list[str or None]

Notes

This is required for Blotter subclasses to be able to place a batch of orders, instead of being passed the order requests one at a time.

abstract cancel(order_id, relay_status=True)[source]¶

Cancel a single order

Parameters

order_id (int) – The id of the order
relay_status (bool) – Whether or not to record the status of the order

abstract cancel_all_orders_for_asset(asset, warn=False, relay_status=True)[source]¶: Cancel all open orders for a given asset.

abstract get_transactions(bar_data)[source]¶

Creates a list of transactions based on the current open orders, slippage model, and commission model.

Parameters: bar_data (zipline._protocol.BarData) –

Notes

This method book-keeps the blotter’s open_orders dictionary, so that: it is accurate by the time we’re done processing open orders.

Returns

transactions_list (List) – transactions_list: list of transactions resulting from the current open orders. If there were no open orders, an empty list is returned.
commissions_list (List) – commissions_list: list of commissions resulting from filling the open orders. A commission is an object with “asset” and “cost” parameters.
closed_orders (List) – closed_orders: list of all the orders that have filled.

abstract hold(order_id, reason='')[source]¶: Mark the order with order_id as ‘held’. Held is functionally similar to ‘open’. When a fill (full or partial) arrives, the status will automatically change back to open/filled as necessary.

abstract order(asset, amount, style, order_id=None)[source]¶

Place an order.

Parameters

asset (zipline.assets.Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
amount (int) – The amount of shares to order. If amount is positive, this is the number of shares to buy or cover. If amount is negative, this is the number of shares to sell or short.
style (zipline.finance.execution.ExecutionStyle) – The execution style for the order.
order_id (str, optional) – The unique identifier for this order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order, or None if no order was placed.

Return type

str or None

Notes

amount > 0 :: Buy/Cover amount < 0 :: Sell/Short Market order: order(asset, amount) Limit order: order(asset, amount, style=LimitOrder(limit_price)) Stop order: order(asset, amount, style=StopOrder(stop_price)) StopLimit order: order(asset, amount, style=StopLimitOrder(limit_price,

stop_price))

abstract process_splits(splits)[source]¶

Processes a list of splits by modifying any open orders as needed.

Parameters: splits (list) – A list of splits. Each split is a tuple of (asset, ratio).
Returns
Return type: None

abstract prune_orders(closed_orders)[source]¶

Removes all given orders from the blotter’s open_orders list.

Parameters: closed_orders (iterable of orders that are closed.) –
Returns
Return type: None

abstract reject(order_id, reason='')[source]¶: Mark the given order as ‘rejected’, which is functionally similar to cancelled. The distinction is that rejections are involuntary (and usually include a message from a broker indicating why the order was rejected) while cancels are typically user-driven.

class zipline.finance.blotter.SimulationBlotter(equity_slippage=None, future_slippage=None, equity_commission=None, future_commission=None, cancel_policy=None)[source]¶

cancel(order_id, relay_status=True)[source]¶

Cancel a single order

Parameters

order_id (int) – The id of the order
relay_status (bool) – Whether or not to record the status of the order

cancel_all_orders_for_asset(asset, warn=False, relay_status=True)[source]¶: Cancel all open orders for a given asset.

get_transactions(bar_data, dt)[source]¶

Creates a list of transactions based on the current open orders, slippage model, and commission model.

Parameters: bar_data (zipline._protocol.BarData) –

Notes

This method book-keeps the blotter’s open_orders dictionary, so that: it is accurate by the time we’re done processing open orders.

Returns

transactions_list (List) – transactions_list: list of transactions resulting from the current open orders. If there were no open orders, an empty list is returned.
commissions_list (List) – commissions_list: list of commissions resulting from filling the open orders. A commission is an object with “asset” and “cost” parameters.
closed_orders (List) – closed_orders: list of all the orders that have filled.

hold(order_id, reason='')[source]¶: Mark the order with order_id as ‘held’. Held is functionally similar to ‘open’. When a fill (full or partial) arrives, the status will automatically change back to open/filled as necessary.

order(asset, amount, style, order_id=None)[source]¶

Place an order.

Parameters

asset (zipline.assets.Asset) – The asset that this order is for.
amount (int) – The amount of shares to order. If amount is positive, this is the number of shares to buy or cover. If amount is negative, this is the number of shares to sell or short.
style (zipline.finance.execution.ExecutionStyle) – The execution style for the order.
order_id (str, optional) – The unique identifier for this order.

Returns

order_id – The unique identifier for this order, or None if no order was placed.

Return type

str or None

Notes

amount > 0 :: Buy/Cover amount < 0 :: Sell/Short Market order: order(asset, amount) Limit order: order(asset, amount, style=LimitOrder(limit_price)) Stop order: order(asset, amount, style=StopOrder(stop_price)) StopLimit order: order(asset, amount, style=StopLimitOrder(limit_price,

stop_price))

process_splits(splits)[source]¶

Processes a list of splits by modifying any open orders as needed.

Parameters: splits (list) – A list of splits. Each split is a tuple of (asset, ratio).
Returns
Return type: None

prune_orders(closed_orders)[source]¶

Removes all given orders from the blotter’s open_orders list.

Parameters: closed_orders (iterable of orders that are closed.) –
Returns
Return type: None

reject(order_id, reason='')[source]¶: Mark the given order as ‘rejected’, which is functionally similar to cancelled. The distinction is that rejections are involuntary (and usually include a message from a broker indicating why the order was rejected) while cancels are typically user-driven.

Pipeline API¶

class zipline.pipeline.Pipeline(columns=None, screen=None)[source]¶

A Pipeline object represents a collection of named expressions to be compiled and executed by a PipelineEngine.

A Pipeline has two important attributes: ‘columns’, a dictionary of named Term instances, and ‘screen’, a Filter representing criteria for including an asset in the results of a Pipeline.

To compute a pipeline in the context of a TradingAlgorithm, users must call attach_pipeline in their initialize function to register that the pipeline should be computed each trading day. The outputs of a pipeline on a given day can be accessed by calling pipeline_output in handle_data or before_trading_start.

Parameters

columns (dict, optional) – Initial columns.
screen (zipline.pipeline.term.Filter, optional) – Initial screen.

add(term, name, overwrite=False)[source]¶

Add a column.

The results of computing term will show up as a column in the DataFrame produced by running this pipeline.

Parameters

column (zipline.pipeline.Term) – A Filter, Factor, or Classifier to add to the pipeline.
name (str) – Name of the column to add.
overwrite (bool) – Whether to overwrite the existing entry if we already have a column named name.

remove(name)[source]¶

Remove a column.

Parameters: name (str) – The name of the column to remove.
Raises: KeyError – If name is not in self.columns.
Returns: removed – The removed term.
Return type: zipline.pipeline.term.Term

set_screen(screen, overwrite=False)[source]¶

Set a screen on this Pipeline.

Parameters

filter (zipline.pipeline.Filter) – The filter to apply as a screen.
overwrite (bool) – Whether to overwrite any existing screen. If overwrite is False and self.screen is not None, we raise an error.

show_graph(format='svg')[source]¶

Render this Pipeline as a DAG.

Parameters: format ({'svg', 'png', 'jpeg'}) – Image format to render with. Default is ‘svg’.

to_execution_plan(screen_name, default_screen, all_dates, start_date, end_date)[source]¶

Compile into an ExecutionPlan.

Parameters

screen_name (str) – Name to supply for self.screen.
default_screen (zipline.pipeline.term.Term) – Term to use as a screen if self.screen is None.
all_dates (pd.DatetimeIndex) – A calendar of dates to use to calculate starts and ends for each term.
start_date (pd.Timestamp) – The first date of requested output.
end_date (pd.Timestamp) – The last date of requested output.

to_simple_graph(screen_name, default_screen)[source]¶

Compile into a simple TermGraph with no extra row metadata.

Parameters

screen_name (str) – Name to supply for self.screen.
default_screen (zipline.pipeline.term.Term) – Term to use as a screen if self.screen is None.

property columns¶: The columns registered with this pipeline.

property screen¶: The screen applied to the rows of this pipeline.

class zipline.pipeline.CustomFactor(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Base class for user-defined Factors.

Parameters

inputs (iterable, optional) – An iterable of BoundColumn instances (e.g. USEquityPricing.close), describing the data to load and pass to self.compute. If this argument is not passed to the CustomFactor constructor, we look for a class-level attribute named inputs.
outputs (iterable[str], optional) – An iterable of strings which represent the names of each output this factor should compute and return. If this argument is not passed to the CustomFactor constructor, we look for a class-level attribute named outputs.
window_length (int, optional) – Number of rows to pass for each input. If this argument is not passed to the CustomFactor constructor, we look for a class-level attribute named window_length.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter describing the assets on which we should compute each day. Each call to CustomFactor.compute will only receive assets for which mask produced True on the day for which compute is being called.

Notes

Users implementing their own Factors should subclass CustomFactor and implement a method named compute with the following signature:

def compute(self, today, assets, out, *inputs):
   ...

On each simulation date, compute will be called with the current date, an array of sids, an output array, and an input array for each expression passed as inputs to the CustomFactor constructor.

The specific types of the values passed to compute are as follows:

today : np.datetime64[ns]
    Row label for the last row of all arrays passed as `inputs`.
assets : np.array[int64, ndim=1]
    Column labels for `out` and`inputs`.
out : np.array[self.dtype, ndim=1]
    Output array of the same shape as `assets`.  `compute` should write
    its desired return values into `out`. If multiple outputs are
    specified, `compute` should write its desired return values into
    `out.<output_name>` for each output name in `self.outputs`.
*inputs : tuple of np.array
    Raw data arrays corresponding to the values of `self.inputs`.

compute functions should expect to be passed NaN values for dates on which no data was available for an asset. This may include dates on which an asset did not yet exist.

For example, if a CustomFactor requires 10 rows of close price data, and asset A started trading on Monday June 2nd, 2014, then on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014, the column of input data for asset A will have 9 leading NaNs for the preceding days on which data was not yet available.

Examples

A CustomFactor with pre-declared defaults:

class TenDayRange(CustomFactor):
    """
    Computes the difference between the highest high in the last 10
    days and the lowest low.

    Pre-declares high and low as default inputs and `window_length` as
    10.
    """

    inputs = [USEquityPricing.high, USEquityPricing.low]
    window_length = 10

    def compute(self, today, assets, out, highs, lows):
        from numpy import nanmin, nanmax

        highest_highs = nanmax(highs, axis=0)
        lowest_lows = nanmin(lows, axis=0)
        out[:] = highest_highs - lowest_lows

# Doesn't require passing inputs or window_length because they're
# pre-declared as defaults for the TenDayRange class.
ten_day_range = TenDayRange()

A CustomFactor without defaults:

class MedianValue(CustomFactor):
    """
    Computes the median value of an arbitrary single input over an
    arbitrary window..

    Does not declare any defaults, so values for `window_length` and
    `inputs` must be passed explicitly on every construction.
    """

    def compute(self, today, assets, out, data):
        from numpy import nanmedian
        out[:] = data.nanmedian(data, axis=0)

# Values for `inputs` and `window_length` must be passed explicitly to
# MedianValue.
median_close10 = MedianValue([USEquityPricing.close], window_length=10)
median_low15 = MedianValue([USEquityPricing.low], window_length=15)

A CustomFactor with multiple outputs:

class MultipleOutputs(CustomFactor):
    inputs = [USEquityPricing.close]
    outputs = ['alpha', 'beta']
    window_length = N

    def compute(self, today, assets, out, close):
        computed_alpha, computed_beta = some_function(close)
        out.alpha[:] = computed_alpha
        out.beta[:] = computed_beta

# Each output is returned as its own Factor upon instantiation.
alpha, beta = MultipleOutputs()

# Equivalently, we can create a single factor instance and access each
# output as an attribute of that instance.
multiple_outputs = MultipleOutputs()
alpha = multiple_outputs.alpha
beta = multiple_outputs.beta

Note: If a CustomFactor has multiple outputs, all outputs must have the same dtype. For instance, in the example above, if alpha is a float then beta must also be a float.

class zipline.pipeline.filters.Filter(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

Pipeline expression computing a boolean output.

Filters are most commonly useful for describing sets of assets to include or exclude for some particular purpose. Many Pipeline API functions accept a mask argument, which can be supplied a Filter indicating that only values passing the Filter should be considered when performing the requested computation. For example, zipline.pipeline.Factor.top() accepts a mask indicating that ranks should be computed only on assets that passed the specified Filter.

The most common way to construct a Filter is via one of the comparison operators (<, <=, !=, eq, >, >=) of Factor. For example, a natural way to construct a Filter for stocks with a 10-day VWAP less than $20.0 is to first construct a Factor computing 10-day VWAP and compare it to the scalar value 20.0:

>>> from zipline.pipeline.factors import VWAP
>>> vwap_10 = VWAP(window_length=10)
>>> vwaps_under_20 = (vwap_10 <= 20)

Filters can also be constructed via comparisons between two Factors. For example, to construct a Filter producing True for asset/date pairs where the asset’s 10-day VWAP was greater than it’s 30-day VWAP:

>>> short_vwap = VWAP(window_length=10)
>>> long_vwap = VWAP(window_length=30)
>>> higher_short_vwap = (short_vwap > long_vwap)

Filters can be combined via the & (and) and | (or) operators.

&-ing together two filters produces a new Filter that produces True if both of the inputs produced True.

|-ing together two filters produces a new Filter that produces True if either of its inputs produced True.

The ~ operator can be used to invert a Filter, swapping all True values with Falses and vice-versa.

Filters may be set as the screen attribute of a Pipeline, indicating asset/date pairs for which the filter produces False should be excluded from the Pipeline’s output. This is useful both for reducing noise in the output of a Pipeline and for reducing memory consumption of Pipeline results.

__and__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘&’

__or__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘|’

class zipline.pipeline.factors.Factor(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

Pipeline API expression producing a numerical or date-valued output.

Factors are the most commonly-used Pipeline term, representing the result of any computation producing a numerical result.

Factors can be combined, both with other Factors and with scalar values, via any of the builtin mathematical operators (+, -, *, etc). This makes it easy to write complex expressions that combine multiple Factors. For example, constructing a Factor that computes the average of two other Factors is simply:

>>> f1 = SomeFactor(...)  
>>> f2 = SomeOtherFactor(...)  
>>> average = (f1 + f2) / 2.0  

Factors can also be converted into zipline.pipeline.Filter objects via comparison operators: (<, <=, !=, eq, >, >=).

There are many natural operators defined on Factors besides the basic numerical operators. These include methods identifying missing or extreme-valued outputs (isnull, notnull, isnan, notnan), methods for normalizing outputs (rank, demean, zscore), and methods for constructing Filters based on rank-order properties of results (top, bottom, percentile_between).

eq(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘==’

demean(mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), groupby=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Factor that computes self and subtracts the mean from row of the result.

If mask is supplied, ignore values where mask returns False when computing row means, and output NaN anywhere the mask is False.

If groupby is supplied, compute by partitioning each row based on the values produced by groupby, de-meaning the partitioned arrays, and stitching the sub-results back together.

Parameters

mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter defining values to ignore when computing means.
groupby (zipline.pipeline.Classifier, optional) – A classifier defining partitions over which to compute means.

Examples

Let f be a Factor which would produce the following output:

             AAPL   MSFT    MCD     BK
2017-03-13    1.0    2.0    3.0    4.0
2017-03-14    1.5    2.5    3.5    1.0
2017-03-15    2.0    3.0    4.0    1.5
2017-03-16    2.5    3.5    1.0    2.0

Let c be a Classifier producing the following output:

             AAPL   MSFT    MCD     BK
2017-03-13      1      1      2      2
2017-03-14      1      1      2      2
2017-03-15      1      1      2      2
2017-03-16      1      1      2      2

Let m be a Filter producing the following output:

             AAPL   MSFT    MCD     BK
2017-03-13  False   True   True   True
2017-03-14   True  False   True   True
2017-03-15   True   True  False   True
2017-03-16   True   True   True  False

Then f.demean() will subtract the mean from each row produced by f.

             AAPL   MSFT    MCD     BK
2017-03-13 -1.500 -0.500  0.500  1.500
2017-03-14 -0.625  0.375  1.375 -1.125
2017-03-15 -0.625  0.375  1.375 -1.125
2017-03-16  0.250  1.250 -1.250 -0.250

f.demean(mask=m) will subtract the mean from each row, but means will be calculated ignoring values on the diagonal, and NaNs will written to the diagonal in the output. Diagonal values are ignored because they are the locations where the mask m produced False.

             AAPL   MSFT    MCD     BK
2017-03-13    NaN -1.000  0.000  1.000
2017-03-14 -0.500    NaN  1.500 -1.000
2017-03-15 -0.166  0.833    NaN -0.666
2017-03-16  0.166  1.166 -1.333    NaN

f.demean(groupby=c) will subtract the group-mean of AAPL/MSFT and MCD/BK from their respective entries. The AAPL/MSFT are grouped together because both assets always produce 1 in the output of the classifier c. Similarly, MCD/BK are grouped together because they always produce 2.

             AAPL   MSFT    MCD     BK
2017-03-13 -0.500  0.500 -0.500  0.500
2017-03-14 -0.500  0.500  1.250 -1.250
2017-03-15 -0.500  0.500  1.250 -1.250
2017-03-16 -0.500  0.500 -0.500  0.500

f.demean(mask=m, groupby=c) will also subtract the group-mean of AAPL/MSFT and MCD/BK, but means will be calculated ignoring values on the diagonal , and NaNs will be written to the diagonal in the output.

             AAPL   MSFT    MCD     BK
2017-03-13    NaN  0.000 -0.500  0.500
2017-03-14  0.000    NaN  1.250 -1.250
2017-03-15 -0.500  0.500    NaN  0.000
2017-03-16 -0.500  0.500  0.000    NaN

Notes

Mean is sensitive to the magnitudes of outliers. When working with factor that can potentially produce large outliers, it is often useful to use the mask parameter to discard values at the extremes of the distribution:

>>> base = MyFactor(...)  
>>> normalized = base.demean(
...     mask=base.percentile_between(1, 99),
... )  

demean() is only supported on Factors of dtype float64.

See also

pandas.DataFrame.groupby()

zscore(mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), groupby=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Factor that Z-Scores each day’s results.

The Z-Score of a row is defined as:

(row - row.mean()) / row.stddev()

If mask is supplied, ignore values where mask returns False when computing row means and standard deviations, and output NaN anywhere the mask is False.

If groupby is supplied, compute by partitioning each row based on the values produced by groupby, z-scoring the partitioned arrays, and stitching the sub-results back together.

Parameters

mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter defining values to ignore when Z-Scoring.
groupby (zipline.pipeline.Classifier, optional) – A classifier defining partitions over which to compute Z-Scores.

Returns

zscored – A Factor producing that z-scores the output of self.

Return type

zipline.pipeline.Factor

Notes

Mean and standard deviation are sensitive to the magnitudes of outliers. When working with factor that can potentially produce large outliers, it is often useful to use the mask parameter to discard values at the extremes of the distribution:

>>> base = MyFactor(...)  
>>> normalized = base.zscore(
...    mask=base.percentile_between(1, 99),
... )  

zscore() is only supported on Factors of dtype float64.

Examples

See demean() for an in-depth example of the semantics for mask and groupby.

See also

pandas.DataFrame.groupby()

rank(method='ordinal', ascending=True, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), groupby=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a new Factor representing the sorted rank of each column within each row.

Parameters

method (str, {'ordinal', 'min', 'max', 'dense', 'average'}) – The method used to assign ranks to tied elements. See scipy.stats.rankdata for a full description of the semantics for each ranking method. Default is ‘ordinal’.
ascending (bool, optional) – Whether to return sorted rank in ascending or descending order. Default is True.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter representing assets to consider when computing ranks. If mask is supplied, ranks are computed ignoring any asset/date pairs for which mask produces a value of False.
groupby (zipline.pipeline.Classifier, optional) – A classifier defining partitions over which to perform ranking.

Returns

ranks – A new factor that will compute the ranking of the data produced by self.

Return type

zipline.pipeline.factors.Rank

Notes

The default value for method is different from the default for scipy.stats.rankdata. See that function’s documentation for a full description of the valid inputs to method.

Missing or non-existent data on a given day will cause an asset to be given a rank of NaN for that day.

See also

scipy.stats.rankdata(), zipline.pipeline.factors.factor.Rank

pearsonr(target, correlation_length, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a new Factor that computes rolling pearson correlation coefficients between target and the columns of self.

This method can only be called on factors which are deemed safe for use as inputs to other factors. This includes Returns and any factors created from Factor.rank or Factor.zscore.

Parameters

target (zipline.pipeline.Term with a numeric dtype) – The term used to compute correlations against each column of data produced by self. This may be a Factor, a BoundColumn or a Slice. If target is two-dimensional, correlations are computed asset-wise.
correlation_length (int) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute each correlation coefficient.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter describing which assets should have their correlation with the target slice computed each day.

Returns

correlations – A new Factor that will compute correlations between target and the columns of self.

Return type

zipline.pipeline.factors.RollingPearson

Examples

Suppose we want to create a factor that computes the correlation between AAPL’s 10-day returns and the 10-day returns of all other assets, computing each correlation over 30 days. This can be achieved by doing the following:

returns = Returns(window_length=10)
returns_slice = returns[sid(24)]
aapl_correlations = returns.pearsonr(
    target=returns_slice, correlation_length=30,
)

This is equivalent to doing:

aapl_correlations = RollingPearsonOfReturns(
    target=sid(24), returns_length=10, correlation_length=30,
)

spearmanr(target, correlation_length, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a new Factor that computes rolling spearman rank correlation coefficients between target and the columns of self.

This method can only be called on factors which are deemed safe for use as inputs to other factors. This includes Returns and any factors created from Factor.rank or Factor.zscore.

Parameters

target (zipline.pipeline.Term with a numeric dtype) – The term used to compute correlations against each column of data produced by self. This may be a Factor, a BoundColumn or a Slice. If target is two-dimensional, correlations are computed asset-wise.
correlation_length (int) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute each correlation coefficient.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter describing which assets should have their correlation with the target slice computed each day.

Returns

correlations – A new Factor that will compute correlations between target and the columns of self.

Return type

zipline.pipeline.factors.RollingSpearman

Examples

Suppose we want to create a factor that computes the correlation between AAPL’s 10-day returns and the 10-day returns of all other assets, computing each correlation over 30 days. This can be achieved by doing the following:

returns = Returns(window_length=10)
returns_slice = returns[sid(24)]
aapl_correlations = returns.spearmanr(
    target=returns_slice, correlation_length=30,
)

This is equivalent to doing:

aapl_correlations = RollingSpearmanOfReturns(
    target=sid(24), returns_length=10, correlation_length=30,
)

linear_regression(target, regression_length, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a new Factor that performs an ordinary least-squares regression predicting the columns of self from target.

This method can only be called on factors which are deemed safe for use as inputs to other factors. This includes Returns and any factors created from Factor.rank or Factor.zscore.

Parameters

target (zipline.pipeline.Term with a numeric dtype) – The term to use as the predictor/independent variable in each regression. This may be a Factor, a BoundColumn or a Slice. If target is two-dimensional, regressions are computed asset-wise.
regression_length (int) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute each regression.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter describing which assets should be regressed with the target slice each day.

Returns

regressions – A new Factor that will compute linear regressions of target against the columns of self.

Return type

zipline.pipeline.factors.RollingLinearRegression

Examples

Suppose we want to create a factor that regresses AAPL’s 10-day returns against the 10-day returns of all other assets, computing each regression over 30 days. This can be achieved by doing the following:

returns = Returns(window_length=10)
returns_slice = returns[sid(24)]
aapl_regressions = returns.linear_regression(
    target=returns_slice, regression_length=30,
)

This is equivalent to doing:

aapl_regressions = RollingLinearRegressionOfReturns(
    target=sid(24), returns_length=10, regression_length=30,
)

winsorize(min_percentile, max_percentile, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), groupby=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a new factor that winsorizes the result of this factor.

Winsorizing changes values ranked less than the minimum percentile to the value at the minimum percentile. Similarly, values ranking above the maximum percentile are changed to the value at the maximum percentile.

Winsorizing is useful for limiting the impact of extreme data points without completely removing those points.

If mask is supplied, ignore values where mask returns False when computing percentile cutoffs, and output NaN anywhere the mask is False.

If groupby is supplied, winsorization is applied separately separately to each group defined by groupby.

Parameters

min_percentile (float, int) – Entries with values at or below this percentile will be replaced with the (len(input) * min_percentile)th lowest value. If low values should not be clipped, use 0.
max_percentile (float, int) – Entries with values at or above this percentile will be replaced with the (len(input) * max_percentile)th lowest value. If high values should not be clipped, use 1.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter defining values to ignore when winsorizing.
groupby (zipline.pipeline.Classifier, optional) – A classifier defining partitions over which to winsorize.

Returns

winsorized – A Factor producing a winsorized version of self.

Return type

zipline.pipeline.Factor

Examples

price = USEquityPricing.close.latest
columns={
    'PRICE': price,
    'WINSOR_1: price.winsorize(
        min_percentile=0.25, max_percentile=0.75
    ),
    'WINSOR_2': price.winsorize(
        min_percentile=0.50, max_percentile=1.0
    ),
    'WINSOR_3': price.winsorize(
        min_percentile=0.0, max_percentile=0.5
    ),

}

Given a pipeline with columns, defined above, the result for a given day could look like:

        'PRICE' 'WINSOR_1' 'WINSOR_2' 'WINSOR_3'
Asset_1    1        2          4          3
Asset_2    2        2          4          3
Asset_3    3        3          4          3
Asset_4    4        4          4          4
Asset_5    5        5          5          4
Asset_6    6        5          5          4

quantiles(bins, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Classifier computing quantiles of the output of self.

Every non-NaN data point the output is labelled with an integer value from 0 to (bins - 1). NaNs are labelled with -1.

If mask is supplied, ignore data points in locations for which mask produces False, and emit a label of -1 at those locations.

Parameters

bins (int) – Number of bins labels to compute.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – Mask of values to ignore when computing quantiles.

Returns

quantiles – A Classifier producing integer labels ranging from 0 to (bins - 1).

Return type

zipline.pipeline.classifiers.Quantiles

quartiles(mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Classifier computing quartiles over the output of self.

Every non-NaN data point the output is labelled with a value of either 0, 1, 2, or 3, corresponding to the first, second, third, or fourth quartile over each row. NaN data points are labelled with -1.

If mask is supplied, ignore data points in locations for which mask produces False, and emit a label of -1 at those locations.

Parameters: mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – Mask of values to ignore when computing quartiles.
Returns: quartiles – A Classifier producing integer labels ranging from 0 to 3.
Return type: zipline.pipeline.classifiers.Quantiles

quintiles(mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Classifier computing quintile labels on self.

Every non-NaN data point the output is labelled with a value of either 0, 1, 2, or 3, 4, corresonding to quintiles over each row. NaN data points are labelled with -1.

If mask is supplied, ignore data points in locations for which mask produces False, and emit a label of -1 at those locations.

Parameters: mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – Mask of values to ignore when computing quintiles.
Returns: quintiles – A Classifier producing integer labels ranging from 0 to 4.
Return type: zipline.pipeline.classifiers.Quantiles

deciles(mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Classifier computing decile labels on self.

Every non-NaN data point the output is labelled with a value from 0 to 9 corresonding to deciles over each row. NaN data points are labelled with -1.

If mask is supplied, ignore data points in locations for which mask produces False, and emit a label of -1 at those locations.

Parameters: mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – Mask of values to ignore when computing deciles.
Returns: deciles – A Classifier producing integer labels ranging from 0 to 9.
Return type: zipline.pipeline.classifiers.Quantiles

top(N, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), groupby=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Filter matching the top N asset values of self each day.

If groupby is supplied, returns a Filter matching the top N asset values for each group.

Parameters

N (int) – Number of assets passing the returned filter each day.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter representing assets to consider when computing ranks. If mask is supplied, top values are computed ignoring any asset/date pairs for which mask produces a value of False.
groupby (zipline.pipeline.Classifier, optional) – A classifier defining partitions over which to perform ranking.

Returns

filter

Return type

zipline.pipeline.filters.Filter

bottom(N, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), groupby=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a Filter matching the bottom N asset values of self each day.

If groupby is supplied, returns a Filter matching the bottom N asset values for each group.

Parameters

N (int) – Number of assets passing the returned filter each day.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter representing assets to consider when computing ranks. If mask is supplied, bottom values are computed ignoring any asset/date pairs for which mask produces a value of False.
groupby (zipline.pipeline.Classifier, optional) – A classifier defining partitions over which to perform ranking.

Returns

filter

Return type

zipline.pipeline.Filter

percentile_between(min_percentile, max_percentile, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Construct a new Filter representing entries from the output of this Factor that fall within the percentile range defined by min_percentile and max_percentile.

Parameters

min_percentile (float [0.0, 100.0]) – Return True for assets falling above this percentile in the data.
max_percentile (float [0.0, 100.0]) – Return True for assets falling below this percentile in the data.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter representing assets to consider when percentile calculating thresholds. If mask is supplied, percentile cutoffs are computed each day using only assets for which mask returns True. Assets for which mask produces False will produce False in the output of this Factor as well.

Returns

out – A new filter that will compute the specified percentile-range mask.

Return type

zipline.pipeline.filters.PercentileFilter

See also

zipline.pipeline.filters.filter.PercentileFilter

isnan()[source]¶

A Filter producing True for all values where this Factor is NaN.

Returns: nanfilter
Return type: zipline.pipeline.filters.Filter

notnan()[source]¶

A Filter producing True for values where this Factor is not NaN.

Returns: nanfilter
Return type: zipline.pipeline.filters.Filter

isfinite()[source]¶: A Filter producing True for values where this Factor is anything but NaN, inf, or -inf.

__add__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘+’

__sub__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘-‘

__mul__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘*’

__div__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘/’

__mod__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘%’

__pow__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘**’

__lt__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘<’

__le__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘<=’

__ne__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘!=’

__ge__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘>=’

__gt__(other)¶: Binary Operator: ‘>’

class zipline.pipeline.term.Term(domain=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_safe=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

Base class for terms in a Pipeline API compute graph.

graph_repr()[source]¶: A short repr to use when rendering GraphViz graphs.

recursive_repr()[source]¶: A short repr to use when recursively rendering terms with inputs.

class zipline.pipeline.data.DataSet[source]¶

Base class for describing inputs to Pipeline expressions.

A DataSet is a collection of zipline.pipeline.data.Column that describes a collection of logically-related inputs to the Pipeline API.

To create a new Pipeline dataset, subclass from this class and create columns at class scope for each attribute of your dataset. Each column requires a dtype that describes the type of data that should be produced by a loader for the dataset. Integer columns must also provide a missing_value to be used when no value is available for a given asset/date combination.

Examples

The built-in USEquityPricing dataset is defined as follows:

class EquityPricing(DataSet):
    open = Column(float)
    high = Column(float)
    low = Column(float)
    close = Column(float)
    volume = Column(float)

Columns can have types other than float. A dataset containing assorted company metadata might be defined like this:

class CompanyMetadata(DataSet):
    # Use float for semantically-numeric data, even if it's always
    # integral valued (see Notes section below). The default missing
    # value for floats is NaN.
    shares_outstanding = Column(float)

    # Use object-dtype for string columns. The default missing value
    # for object-dtype columns is None.
    ticker = Column(object)

    # Use integers for integer-valued categorical data like sector or
    # industry codes. Integer-dtype columns require an explicit missing
    # value.
    sector_code = Column(int, missing_value=-1)

    # The default missing value for bool-dtype columns is False.
    is_primary_share = Column(bool)

Notes

Because numpy has no native support for integers with missing values, users are strongly encouraged to use floats for any data that’s semantically numeric. Doing so enables the use of NaN as a natural missing value, which has useful propagation semantics.

classmethod get_column(name)[source]¶

Look up a column by name. :param name: Name of the column to look up. :type name: str

Returns: column – Column with the given name.
Return type: zipline.pipeline.data.BoundColumn
Raises: AttributeError – If no column with the given name exists.

class zipline.pipeline.data.USEquityPricing[source]¶

Dataset representing daily trading prices and volumes.

close = USEquityPricing.close::float64¶

high = USEquityPricing.high::float64¶

low = USEquityPricing.low::float64¶

open = USEquityPricing.open::float64¶

volume = USEquityPricing.volume::float64¶

Built-in Factors¶

class zipline.pipeline.factors.AverageDollarVolume(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Average Daily Dollar Volume

Default Inputs: [USEquityPricing.close, USEquityPricing.volume]

Default Window Length: None

compute(today, assets, out, close, volume)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.BollingerBands(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Bollinger Bands technical indicator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollinger_Bands

Default Inputs: zipline.pipeline.data.USEquityPricing.close

Parameters

inputs (length-1 iterable[BoundColumn]) – The expression over which to compute bollinger bands.
window_length (int > 0) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute the bollinger bands.
k (float) – The number of standard deviations to add or subtract to create the upper and lower bands.

compute(today, assets, out, close, k)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.BusinessDaysSincePreviousEvent(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

Abstract class for business days since a previous event. Returns the number of business days (not trading days!) since the most recent event date for each asset.

This doesn’t use trading days for symmetry with BusinessDaysUntilNextEarnings.

Assets which announced or will announce the event today will produce a value of 0.0. Assets that announced the event on the previous business day will produce a value of 1.0.

Assets for which the event date is NaT will produce a value of NaN.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.BusinessDaysUntilNextEvent(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

Abstract class for business days since a next event. Returns the number of business days (not trading days!) until the next known event date for each asset.

This doesn’t use trading days because the trading calendar includes information that may not have been available to the algorithm at the time when compute is called.

For example, the NYSE closings September 11th 2001, would not have been known to the algorithm on September 10th.

Assets that announced or will announce the event today will produce a value of 0.0. Assets that will announce the event on the next upcoming business day will produce a value of 1.0.

Assets for which the event date is NaT will produce a value of NaN.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.DailyReturns(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Calculates daily percent change in close price.

Default Inputs: [USEquityPricing.close]

class zipline.pipeline.factors.ExponentialWeightedMovingAverage(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Exponentially Weighted Moving Average

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

Parameters

inputs (length-1 list/tuple of BoundColumn) – The expression over which to compute the average.
window_length (int > 0) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute the average.
decay_rate (float, 0 < decay_rate <= 1) –
Weighting factor by which to discount past observations.

When calculating historical averages, rows are multiplied by the sequence:
```
decay_rate, decay_rate ** 2, decay_rate ** 3, ...
```

Notes

This class can also be imported under the name EWMA.

See also

pandas.ewma()

compute(today, assets, out, data, decay_rate)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.ExponentialWeightedMovingStdDev(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Exponentially Weighted Moving Standard Deviation

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

Parameters

inputs (length-1 list/tuple of BoundColumn) – The expression over which to compute the average.
window_length (int > 0) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute the average.
decay_rate (float, 0 < decay_rate <= 1) –
Weighting factor by which to discount past observations.

When calculating historical averages, rows are multiplied by the sequence:
```
decay_rate, decay_rate ** 2, decay_rate ** 3, ...
```

Notes

This class can also be imported under the name EWMSTD.

See also

pandas.ewmstd()

compute(today, assets, out, data, decay_rate)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.Latest(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Factor producing the most recently-known value of inputs[0] on each day.

The .latest attribute of DataSet columns returns an instance of this Factor.

compute(today, assets, out, data)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

zipline.pipeline.factors.MACDSignal¶: alias of zipline.pipeline.factors.technical.MovingAverageConvergenceDivergenceSignal

class zipline.pipeline.factors.MaxDrawdown(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Max Drawdown

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

compute(today, assets, out, data)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.Returns(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Calculates the percent change in close price over the given window_length.

Default Inputs: [USEquityPricing.close]

compute(today, assets, out, close)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.RollingLinearRegressionOfReturns(target, returns_length, regression_length, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Perform an ordinary least-squares regression predicting the returns of all other assets on the given asset.

Parameters

target (zipline.assets.Asset) – The asset to regress against all other assets.
returns_length (int >= 2) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute returns. Daily returns require a window length of 2.
regression_length (int >= 1) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute each regression.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter describing which assets should be regressed against the target asset each day.

Notes

Computing this factor over many assets can be time consuming. It is recommended that a mask be used in order to limit the number of assets over which regressions are computed.

This factor is designed to return five outputs:

alpha, a factor that computes the intercepts of each regression.
beta, a factor that computes the slopes of each regression.
r_value, a factor that computes the correlation coefficient of each regression.
p_value, a factor that computes, for each regression, the two-sided p-value for a hypothesis test whose null hypothesis is that the slope is zero.
stderr, a factor that computes the standard error of the estimate of each regression.

For more help on factors with multiple outputs, see zipline.pipeline.factors.CustomFactor.

Examples

Let the following be example 10-day returns for three different assets:

               SPY    MSFT     FB
2017-03-13    -.03     .03    .04
2017-03-14    -.02    -.03    .02
2017-03-15    -.01     .02    .01
2017-03-16       0    -.02    .01
2017-03-17     .01     .04   -.01
2017-03-20     .02    -.03   -.02
2017-03-21     .03     .01   -.02
2017-03-22     .04    -.02   -.02

Suppose we are interested in predicting each stock’s returns from SPY’s over rolling 5-day look back windows. We can compute rolling regression coefficients (alpha and beta) from 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-22 by doing:

regression_factor = RollingRegressionOfReturns(
    target=sid(8554),
    returns_length=10,
    regression_length=5,
)
alpha = regression_factor.alpha
beta = regression_factor.beta

The result of computing alpha from 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-22 gives:

               SPY    MSFT     FB
2017-03-17       0    .011   .003
2017-03-20       0   -.004   .004
2017-03-21       0    .007   .006
2017-03-22       0    .002   .008

And the result of computing beta from 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-22 gives:

               SPY    MSFT     FB
2017-03-17       1      .3   -1.1
2017-03-20       1      .2     -1
2017-03-21       1     -.3     -1
2017-03-22       1     -.3    -.9

Note that SPY’s column for alpha is all 0’s and for beta is all 1’s, as the regression line of SPY with itself is simply the function y = x.

To understand how each of the other values were calculated, take for example MSFT’s alpha and beta values on 2017-03-17 (.011 and .3, respectively). These values are the result of running a linear regression predicting MSFT’s returns from SPY’s returns, using values starting at 2017-03-17 and looking back 5 days. That is, the regression was run with x = [-.03, -.02, -.01, 0, .01] and y = [.03, -.03, .02, -.02, .04], and it produced a slope of .3 and an intercept of .011.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.RollingPearsonOfReturns(target, returns_length, correlation_length, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Calculates the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient of the returns of the given asset with the returns of all other assets.

Pearson correlation is what most people mean when they say “correlation coefficient” or “R-value”.

Parameters

target (zipline.assets.Asset) – The asset to correlate with all other assets.
returns_length (int >= 2) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute returns. Daily returns require a window length of 2.
correlation_length (int >= 1) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute each correlation coefficient.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter describing which assets should have their correlation with the target asset computed each day.

Notes

Computing this factor over many assets can be time consuming. It is recommended that a mask be used in order to limit the number of assets over which correlations are computed.

Examples

Let the following be example 10-day returns for three different assets:

               SPY    MSFT     FB
2017-03-13    -.03     .03    .04
2017-03-14    -.02    -.03    .02
2017-03-15    -.01     .02    .01
2017-03-16       0    -.02    .01
2017-03-17     .01     .04   -.01
2017-03-20     .02    -.03   -.02
2017-03-21     .03     .01   -.02
2017-03-22     .04    -.02   -.02

Suppose we are interested in SPY’s rolling returns correlation with each stock from 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-22, using a 5-day look back window (that is, we calculate each correlation coefficient over 5 days of data). We can achieve this by doing:

rolling_correlations = RollingPearsonOfReturns(
    target=sid(8554),
    returns_length=10,
    correlation_length=5,
)

The result of computing rolling_correlations from 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-22 gives:

               SPY   MSFT     FB
2017-03-17       1    .15   -.96
2017-03-20       1    .10   -.96
2017-03-21       1   -.16   -.94
2017-03-22       1   -.16   -.85

Note that the column for SPY is all 1’s, as the correlation of any data series with itself is always 1. To understand how each of the other values were calculated, take for example the .15 in MSFT’s column. This is the correlation coefficient between SPY’s returns looking back from 2017-03-17 (-.03, -.02, -.01, 0, .01) and MSFT’s returns (.03, -.03, .02, -.02, .04).

class zipline.pipeline.factors.RollingSpearmanOfReturns(target, returns_length, correlation_length, mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'))[source]¶

Calculates the Spearman rank correlation coefficient of the returns of the given asset with the returns of all other assets.

Parameters

target (zipline.assets.Asset) – The asset to correlate with all other assets.
returns_length (int >= 2) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute returns. Daily returns require a window length of 2.
correlation_length (int >= 1) – Length of the lookback window over which to compute each correlation coefficient.
mask (zipline.pipeline.Filter, optional) – A Filter describing which assets should have their correlation with the target asset computed each day.

Notes

Computing this factor over many assets can be time consuming. It is recommended that a mask be used in order to limit the number of assets over which correlations are computed.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.SimpleBeta(target, regression_length, allowed_missing_percentage=0.25)[source]¶

Factor producing the slope of a regression line between each asset’s daily returns to the daily returns of a single “target” asset.

Parameters

target (zipline.Asset) – Asset against which other assets should be regressed.
regression_length (int) – Number of days of daily returns to use for the regression.
allowed_missing_percentage (float, optional) – Percentage of returns observations (between 0 and 1) that are allowed to be missing when calculating betas. Assets with more than this percentage of returns observations missing will produce values of NaN. Default behavior is that 25% of inputs can be missing.

compute(today, assets, out, all_returns, target_returns, allowed_missing_count)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

graph_repr()[source]¶: Short repr to use when rendering Pipeline graphs.

property target¶: Get the target of the beta calculation.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.RSI(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Relative Strength Index

Default Inputs: [USEquityPricing.close]

Default Window Length: 15

compute(today, assets, out, closes)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.SimpleMovingAverage(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Average Value of an arbitrary column

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

compute(today, assets, out, data)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.factors.VWAP(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Volume Weighted Average Price

Default Inputs: [USEquityPricing.close, USEquityPricing.volume]

Default Window Length: None

class zipline.pipeline.factors.WeightedAverageValue(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Helper for VWAP-like computations.

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

compute(today, assets, out, base, weight)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

Built-in Filters¶

class zipline.pipeline.filters.All(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

A Filter requiring that assets produce True for window_length consecutive days.

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

compute(today, assets, out, arg)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.filters.AllPresent(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

Pipeline filter indicating input term has data for a given window.

compute(today, assets, out, value)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.filters.Any(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

A Filter requiring that assets produce True for at least one day in the last window_length days.

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

compute(today, assets, out, arg)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.filters.AtLeastN(inputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), outputs=sentinel('NotSpecified'), window_length=sentinel('NotSpecified'), mask=sentinel('NotSpecified'), dtype=sentinel('NotSpecified'), missing_value=sentinel('NotSpecified'), ndim=sentinel('NotSpecified'), **kwargs)[source]¶

A Filter requiring that assets produce True for at least N days in the last window_length days.

Default Inputs: None

Default Window Length: None

compute(today, assets, out, arg, N)[source]¶: Override this method with a function that writes a value into out.

class zipline.pipeline.filters.SingleAsset(asset)[source]¶

A Filter that computes to True only for the given asset.

graph_repr()[source]¶: A short repr to use when rendering GraphViz graphs.

class zipline.pipeline.filters.StaticAssets(assets)[source]¶

A Filter that computes True for a specific set of predetermined assets.

StaticAssets is mostly useful for debugging or for interactively computing pipeline terms for a fixed set of assets that are known ahead of time.

Parameters: assets (iterable[Asset]) – An iterable of assets for which to filter.

class zipline.pipeline.filters.StaticSids(sids)[source]¶

A Filter that computes True for a specific set of predetermined sids.

StaticSids is mostly useful for debugging or for interactively computing pipeline terms for a fixed set of sids that are known ahead of time.

Parameters: sids (iterable[int]) – An iterable of sids for which to filter.

Pipeline Engine¶

class zipline.pipeline.engine.PipelineEngine[source]¶

abstract run_pipeline(pipeline, start_date, end_date)[source]¶

Compute values for pipeline between start_date and end_date.

Returns a DataFrame with a MultiIndex of (date, asset) pairs.

Parameters

pipeline (zipline.pipeline.Pipeline) – The pipeline to run.
start_date (pd.Timestamp) – Start date of the computed matrix.
end_date (pd.Timestamp) – End date of the computed matrix.

Returns

result – A frame of computed results.

The result columns correspond to the entries of pipeline.columns, which should be a dictionary mapping strings to instances of zipline.pipeline.term.Term.

For each date between start_date and end_date, result will contain a row for each asset that passed pipeline.screen. A screen of None indicates that a row should be returned for each asset that existed each day.

Return type

pd.DataFrame

abstract run_chunked_pipeline(pipeline, start_date, end_date, chunksize)[source]¶

Compute values for pipeline in number of days equal to chunksize and return stitched up result. Computing in chunks is useful for pipelines computed over a long period of time.

Parameters

pipeline (Pipeline) – The pipeline to run.
start_date (pd.Timestamp) – The start date to run the pipeline for.
end_date (pd.Timestamp) – The end date to run the pipeline for.
chunksize (int) – The number of days to execute at a time.

Returns

result – A frame of computed results.

The result columns correspond to the entries of pipeline.columns, which should be a dictionary mapping strings to instances of zipline.pipeline.term.Term.

For each date between start_date and end_date, result will contain a row for each asset that passed pipeline.screen. A screen of None indicates that a row should be returned for each asset that existed each day.

Return type

pd.DataFrame

class zipline.pipeline.engine.SimplePipelineEngine(get_loader, calendar, asset_finder, populate_initial_workspace=None)[source]¶

PipelineEngine class that computes each term independently.

Parameters

get_loader (callable) – A function that is given a loadable term and returns a PipelineLoader to use to retrieve raw data for that term.
calendar (DatetimeIndex) – Array of dates to consider as trading days when computing a range between a fixed start and end.
asset_finder (zipline.assets.AssetFinder) – An AssetFinder instance. We depend on the AssetFinder to determine which assets are in the top-level universe at any point in time.
populate_initial_workspace (callable, optional) – A function which will be used to populate the initial workspace when computing a pipeline. See zipline.pipeline.engine.default_populate_initial_workspace() for more info.

__init__(get_loader, calendar, asset_finder, populate_initial_workspace=None)[source]¶: Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

run_pipeline(pipeline, start_date, end_date)[source]¶

Compute a pipeline.

The algorithm implemented here can be broken down into the following stages:

Build a dependency graph of all terms in pipeline. Topologically sort the graph to determine an order in which we can compute the terms.
Ask our AssetFinder for a “lifetimes matrix”, which should contain, for each date between start_date and end_date, a boolean value for each known asset indicating whether the asset existed on that date.
Compute each term in the dependency order determined in (0), caching the results in a a dictionary to that they can be fed into future terms.
For each date, determine the number of assets passing pipeline.screen. The sum, N, of all these values is the total number of rows in our output frame, so we pre-allocate an output array of length N for each factor in terms.
Fill in the arrays allocated in (3) by copying computed values from our output cache into the corresponding rows.
Stick the values computed in (4) into a DataFrame and return it.

Step 0 is performed by Pipeline.to_graph. Step 1 is performed in SimplePipelineEngine._compute_root_mask. Step 2 is performed in SimplePipelineEngine.compute_chunk. Steps 3, 4, and 5 are performed in SimplePiplineEngine._to_narrow.

Parameters

pipeline (zipline.pipeline.Pipeline) – The pipeline to run.
start_date (pd.Timestamp) – Start date of the computed matrix.
end_date (pd.Timestamp) – End date of the computed matrix.

Returns

result – A frame of computed results.

The result columns correspond to the entries of pipeline.columns, which should be a dictionary mapping strings to instances of zipline.pipeline.term.Term.

For each date between start_date and end_date, result will contain a row for each asset that passed pipeline.screen. A screen of None indicates that a row should be returned for each asset that existed each day.

Return type

pd.DataFrame

run_chunked_pipeline(pipeline, start_date, end_date, chunksize)[source]¶

Compute values for pipeline in number of days equal to chunksize and return stitched up result. Computing in chunks is useful for pipelines computed over a long period of time.

Parameters

pipeline (Pipeline) – The pipeline to run.
start_date (pd.Timestamp) – The start date to run the pipeline for.
end_date (pd.Timestamp) – The end date to run the pipeline for.
chunksize (int) – The number of days to execute at a time.

Returns

result – A frame of computed results.

The result columns correspond to the entries of pipeline.columns, which should be a dictionary mapping strings to instances of zipline.pipeline.term.Term.

For each date between start_date and end_date, result will contain a row for each asset that passed pipeline.screen. A screen of None indicates that a row should be returned for each asset that existed each day.

Return type

pd.DataFrame

zipline.pipeline.engine.default_populate_initial_workspace(initial_workspace, root_mask_term, execution_plan, dates, assets)[source]¶

The default implementation for populate_initial_workspace. This function returns the initial_workspace argument without making any modifications.

Parameters

initial_workspace (dict[array-like]) – The initial workspace before we have populated it with any cached terms.
root_mask_term (Term) – The root mask term, normally AssetExists(). This is needed to compute the dates for individual terms.
execution_plan (ExecutionPlan) – The execution plan for the pipeline being run.
dates (pd.DatetimeIndex) – All of the dates being requested in this pipeline run including the extra dates for look back windows.
assets (pd.Int64Index) – All of the assets that exist for the window being computed.

Returns

populated_initial_workspace – The workspace to begin computations with.

Return type

dict[term, array-like]

Data Loaders¶

class zipline.pipeline.loaders.equity_pricing_loader.USEquityPricingLoader(raw_price_loader, adjustments_loader)[source]¶

PipelineLoader for US Equity Pricing data

Delegates loading of baselines and adjustments.

__init__(raw_price_loader, adjustments_loader)[source]¶: Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

classmethod from_files(pricing_path, adjustments_path)[source]¶

Create a loader from a bcolz equity pricing dir and a SQLite adjustments path.

Parameters

pricing_path (str) – Path to a bcolz directory written by a BcolzDailyBarWriter.
adjusments_path (str) – Path to an adjusments db written by a SQLiteAdjustmentWriter.

Asset Metadata¶

class zipline.assets.Asset(int64_t sid, exchange_info, symbol='', asset_name='', start_date=None, end_date=None, first_traded=None, auto_close_date=None, tick_size=0.01, float multiplier=1.0)¶

first_traded¶

object

Type: first_traded

from_dict(type cls, dict_)¶: Build an Asset instance from a dict.

is_alive_for_session(self, session_label)¶

Returns whether the asset is alive at the given dt.

Parameters: session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The desired session label to check. (midnight UTC)
Returns: boolean
Return type: whether the asset is alive at the given dt.

is_exchange_open(self, dt_minute)¶

Parameters: dt_minute (pd.Timestamp (UTC, tz-aware)) – The minute to check.
Returns: boolean
Return type: whether the asset’s exchange is open at the given minute.

to_dict(self)¶: Convert to a python dict.

class zipline.assets.Equity¶

security_end_date¶

This property should be deprecated and is only present for backwards compatibility

Type: DEPRECATION

security_name¶

This property should be deprecated and is only present for backwards compatibility

Type: DEPRECATION

security_start_date¶

This property should be deprecated and is only present for backwards compatibility

Type: DEPRECATION

class zipline.assets.Future(int64_t sid, exchange_info, symbol='', root_symbol='', asset_name='', start_date=None, end_date=None, notice_date=None, expiration_date=None, auto_close_date=None, first_traded=None, tick_size=0.001, float multiplier=1.0)¶

multiplier¶

This property should be deprecated and is only present for backwards compatibility

Type: DEPRECATION

to_dict(self)¶: Convert to a python dict.

class zipline.assets.AssetConvertible[source]¶

ABC for types that are convertible to integer-representations of Assets.

Includes Asset, six.string_types, and Integral

Trading Calendar API¶

zipline.utils.calendars.get_calendar(name)¶

Retrieves an instance of an TradingCalendar whose name is given.

Parameters: name (str) – The name of the TradingCalendar to be retrieved.
Returns: calendar – The desired calendar.
Return type: calendars.TradingCalendar

class zipline.utils.calendars.TradingCalendar(start=Timestamp('1990-01-01 00:00:00+0000', tz='UTC'), end=Timestamp('2022-04-30 22:58:24.589940+0000', tz='UTC'))[source]¶

An TradingCalendar represents the timing information of a single market exchange.

The timing information is made up of two parts: sessions, and opens/closes.

A session represents a contiguous set of minutes, and has a label that is midnight UTC. It is important to note that a session label should not be considered a specific point in time, and that midnight UTC is just being used for convenience.

For each session, we store the open and close time in UTC time.

property adhoc_holidays¶: returns: list :rtype: A list of timestamps representing unplanned closes.

property break_end_times¶: Returns a optional list of tuples of (start_date, break_end_time). If the break end time is constant throughout the calendar, use None for the start_date. If there is no break, return None.

break_start_and_end_for_session(session_label)[source]¶

Returns a tuple of timestamps of the break start and end of the session represented by the given label.

Parameters: session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The session whose break start and end are desired.
Returns: The break start and end for the given session.
Return type: (Timestamp, Timestamp)

property break_start_times¶: Returns a optional list of tuples of (start_date, break_start_time). If the break start time is constant throughout the calendar, use None for the start_date. If there is no break, return None.

abstract property close_times¶: Returns a list of tuples of (start_date, close_time). If the close time is constant throughout the calendar, use None for the start_date.

execution_minutes_for_session(session_label)[source]¶

Given a session label, return the execution minutes for that session.

Parameters: session_label (pd.Timestamp (midnight UTC)) – A session label whose session’s minutes are desired.
Returns: All the execution minutes for the given session.
Return type: pd.DateTimeIndex

is_open_on_minute(dt, ignore_breaks=False)[source]¶

Given a dt, return whether this exchange is open at the given dt.

Parameters

dt (pd.Timestamp or nanosecond offset) – The dt for which to check if this exchange is open.
ignore_breaks (bool) – Whether to consider midday breaks when determining if an exchange is open.

Returns

Whether the exchange is open on this dt.

Return type

bool

is_session(dt)[source]¶

Given a dt, returns whether it’s a valid session label.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp) – The dt that is being tested.
Returns: Whether the given dt is a valid session label.
Return type: bool

minute_index_to_session_labels(index)[source]¶

Given a sorted DatetimeIndex of market minutes, return a DatetimeIndex of the corresponding session labels.

Parameters: index (pd.DatetimeIndex or pd.Series) – The ordered list of market minutes we want session labels for.
Returns: The list of session labels corresponding to the given minutes.
Return type: pd.DatetimeIndex (UTC)

minute_to_session_label(dt, direction='next')[source]¶

Given a minute, get the label of its containing session.

Parameters

dt (pd.Timestamp or nanosecond offset) – The dt for which to get the containing session.
direction (str) –
“next” (default) means that if the given dt is not part of a session, return the label of the next session.

”previous” means that if the given dt is not part of a session, return the label of the previous session.

”none” means that a KeyError will be raised if the given dt is not part of a session.

Returns

The label of the containing session.

Return type

pd.Timestamp (midnight UTC)

minutes_count_for_sessions_in_range(start_session, end_session)[source]¶

Parameters

start_session (pd.Timestamp) – The first session.
end_session (pd.Timestamp) – The last session.

Returns

int – between start_session and end_session, inclusive.

Return type

The total number of minutes for the contiguous chunk of sessions.

minutes_for_session(session_label)[source]¶

Given a session label, return the minutes for that session.

Parameters: session_label (pd.Timestamp (midnight UTC)) – A session label whose session’s minutes are desired.
Returns: All the minutes for the given session.
Return type: pd.DateTimeIndex

minutes_for_sessions_in_range(start_session_label, end_session_label)[source]¶

Returns all the minutes for all the sessions from the given start session label to the given end session label, inclusive.

Parameters

start_session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The label of the first session in the range.
end_session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The label of the last session in the range.

Returns

The minutes in the desired range.

Return type

pd.DatetimeIndex

minutes_in_range(start_minute, end_minute)[source]¶

Given start and end minutes, return all the calendar minutes in that range, inclusive.

Given minutes don’t need to be calendar minutes.

Parameters

start_minute (pd.Timestamp) – The minute representing the start of the desired range.
end_minute (pd.Timestamp) – The minute representing the end of the desired range.

Returns

The minutes in the desired range.

Return type

pd.DatetimeIndex

next_close(dt)[source]¶

Given a dt, returns the next close.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp) – The dt for which to get the next close.
Returns: The UTC timestamp of the next close.
Return type: pd.Timestamp

next_minute(dt)[source]¶

Given a dt, return the next exchange minute. If the given dt is not an exchange minute, returns the next exchange open.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp) – The dt for which to get the next exchange minute.
Returns: The next exchange minute.
Return type: pd.Timestamp

next_open(dt)[source]¶

Given a dt, returns the next open.

If the given dt happens to be a session open, the next session’s open will be returned.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp) – The dt for which to get the next open.
Returns: The UTC timestamp of the next open.
Return type: pd.Timestamp

next_session_label(session_label)[source]¶

Given a session label, returns the label of the next session.

Parameters: session_label (pd.Timestamp) – A session whose next session is desired.
Returns: The next session label (midnight UTC).
Return type: pd.Timestamp

Notes

Raises ValueError if the given session is the last session in this calendar.

open_and_close_for_session(session_label)[source]¶

Returns a tuple of timestamps of the open and close of the session represented by the given label.

Parameters: session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The session whose open and close are desired.
Returns: The open and close for the given session.
Return type: (Timestamp, Timestamp)

abstract property open_times¶: Returns a list of tuples of (start_date, open_time). If the open time is constant throughout the calendar, use None for the start_date.

previous_close(dt)[source]¶

Given a dt, returns the previous close.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp) – The dt for which to get the previous close.
Returns: The UTC timestamp of the previous close.
Return type: pd.Timestamp

previous_minute(dt)[source]¶

Given a dt, return the previous exchange minute.

Raises KeyError if the given timestamp is not an exchange minute.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp) – The dt for which to get the previous exchange minute.
Returns: The previous exchange minute.
Return type: pd.Timestamp

previous_open(dt)[source]¶

Given a dt, returns the previous open.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp) – The dt for which to get the previous open.
Returns: The UTC imestamp of the previous open.
Return type: pd.Timestamp

previous_session_label(session_label)[source]¶

Given a session label, returns the label of the previous session.

Parameters: session_label (pd.Timestamp) – A session whose previous session is desired.
Returns: The previous session label (midnight UTC).
Return type: pd.Timestamp

Notes

Raises ValueError if the given session is the first session in this calendar.

property regular_holidays¶: returns: * pd.AbstractHolidayCalendar (a calendar containing the regular holidays) * for this calendar

session_distance(start_session_label, end_session_label)[source]¶

Given a start and end session label, returns the distance between them. For example, for three consecutive sessions Mon., Tues., and Wed, session_distance(Mon, Wed) returns 3. If start_session is after end_session, the value will be negated.

Parameters

start_session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The label of the start session.
end_session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The label of the ending session inclusive.

Returns

The distance between the two sessions.

Return type

int

sessions_in_range(start_session_label, end_session_label)[source]¶

Given start and end session labels, return all the sessions in that range, inclusive.

Parameters

start_session_label (pd.Timestamp (midnight UTC)) – The label representing the first session of the desired range.
end_session_label (pd.Timestamp (midnight UTC)) – The label representing the last session of the desired range.

Returns

The desired sessions.

Return type

pd.DatetimeIndex

sessions_window(session_label, count)[source]¶

Given a session label and a window size, returns a list of sessions of size count + 1, that either starts with the given session (if count is positive) or ends with the given session (if count is negative).

Parameters

session_label (pd.Timestamp) – The label of the initial session.
count (int) – Defines the length and the direction of the window.

Returns

The desired sessions.

Return type

pd.DatetimeIndex

property special_closes¶

A list of special close times and corresponding HolidayCalendars.

Returns: list
Return type: List of (time, AbstractHolidayCalendar) tuples

property special_closes_adhoc¶: returns: list – closes that cannot be codified into rules. :rtype: List of (time, DatetimeIndex) tuples that represent special

property special_opens¶

A list of special open times and corresponding HolidayCalendars.

Returns: list
Return type: List of (time, AbstractHolidayCalendar) tuples

property special_opens_adhoc¶: returns: list – closes that cannot be codified into rules. :rtype: List of (time, DatetimeIndex) tuples that represent special

property weekmask¶

String indicating the days of the week on which the market is open.

Default is ‘1111100’ (i.e., Monday-Friday).

See also

numpy.busdaycalendar

zipline.utils.calendars.register_calendar(name, calendar, force=False)¶

Registers a calendar for retrieval by the get_calendar method.

Parameters

name (str) – The key with which to register this calendar.
calendar (TradingCalendar) – The calendar to be registered for retrieval.
force (bool, optional) – If True, old calendars will be overwritten on a name collision. If False, name collisions will raise an exception. Default is False.

Raises

CalendarNameCollision – If a calendar is already registered with the given calendar’s name.

zipline.utils.calendars.register_calendar_type(name, calendar_type, force=False)¶

Registers a calendar by type.

This is useful for registering a new calendar to be lazily instantiated at some future point in time.

Parameters

name (str) – The key with which to register this calendar.
calendar_type (type) – The type of the calendar to register.
force (bool, optional) – If True, old calendars will be overwritten on a name collision. If False, name collisions will raise an exception. Default is False.

Raises

CalendarNameCollision – If a calendar is already registered with the given calendar’s name.

zipline.utils.calendars.deregister_calendar(name)¶

If a calendar is registered with the given name, it is de-registered.

Parameters: cal_name (str) – The name of the calendar to be deregistered.

zipline.utils.calendars.clear_calendars()¶: Deregisters all current registered calendars

Data API¶

Writers¶

class zipline.data.minute_bars.BcolzMinuteBarWriter(rootdir, calendar, start_session, end_session, minutes_per_day, default_ohlc_ratio=1000, ohlc_ratios_per_sid=None, expectedlen=1474200, write_metadata=True)[source]¶

Class capable of writing minute OHLCV data to disk into bcolz format.

Parameters

rootdir (string) – Path to the root directory into which to write the metadata and bcolz subdirectories.
calendar (trading_calendars.trading_calendar.TradingCalendar) – The trading calendar on which to base the minute bars. Used to get the market opens used as a starting point for each periodic span of minutes in the index, and the market closes that correspond with the market opens.
minutes_per_day (int) – The number of minutes per each period. Defaults to 390, the mode of minutes in NYSE trading days.
start_session (datetime) – The first trading session in the data set.
end_session (datetime) – The last trading session in the data set.
default_ohlc_ratio (int, optional) – The default ratio by which to multiply the pricing data to convert from floats to integers that fit within np.uint32. If ohlc_ratios_per_sid is None or does not contain a mapping for a given sid, this ratio is used. Default is OHLC_RATIO (1000).
ohlc_ratios_per_sid (dict, optional) – A dict mapping each sid in the output to the ratio by which to multiply the pricing data to convert the floats from floats to an integer to fit within the np.uint32.
expectedlen (int, optional) –
The expected length of the dataset, used when creating the initial bcolz ctable.

If the expectedlen is not used, the chunksize and corresponding compression ratios are not ideal.

Defaults to supporting 15 years of NYSE equity market data. see: http://bcolz.blosc.org/opt-tips.html#informing-about-the-length-of-your-carrays # noqa
write_metadata (bool, optional) – If True, writes the minute bar metadata (on init of the writer). If False, no metadata is written (existing metadata is retained). Default is True.

Notes

Writes a bcolz directory for each individual sid, all contained within a root directory which also contains metadata about the entire dataset.

Each individual asset’s data is stored as a bcolz table with a column for each pricing field: (open, high, low, close, volume)

The open, high, low, and close columns are integers which are 1000 times the quoted price, so that the data can represented and stored as an np.uint32, supporting market prices quoted up to the thousands place.

volume is a np.uint32 with no mutation of the tens place.

The ‘index’ for each individual asset are a repeating period of minutes of length minutes_per_day starting from each market open. The file format does not account for half-days. e.g.: 2016-01-19 14:31 2016-01-19 14:32 … 2016-01-19 20:59 2016-01-19 21:00 2016-01-20 14:31 2016-01-20 14:32 … 2016-01-20 20:59 2016-01-20 21:00

All assets are written with a common ‘index’, sharing a common first trading day. Assets that do not begin trading until after the first trading day will have zeros for all pricing data up and until data is traded.

‘index’ is in quotations, because bcolz does not provide an index. The format allows index-like behavior by writing each minute’s data into the corresponding position of the enumeration of the aforementioned datetime index.

The datetimes which correspond to each position are written in the metadata as integer nanoseconds since the epoch into the minute_index key.

data_len_for_day(day)[source]¶: Return the number of data points up to and including the provided day.

last_date_in_output_for_sid(sid)[source]¶

Parameters: sid (int) – Asset identifier.
Returns: out – The midnight of the last date written in to the output for the given sid.
Return type: pd.Timestamp

classmethod open(rootdir, end_session=None)[source]¶

Open an existing rootdir for writing.

Parameters: end_session (Timestamp (optional)) – When appending, the intended new end_session.

pad(sid, date)[source]¶

Fill sid container with empty data through the specified date.

If the last recorded trade is not at the close, then that day will be padded with zeros until its close. Any day after that (up to and including the specified date) will be padded with minute_per_day worth of zeros

Parameters

sid (int) – The asset identifier for the data being written.
date (datetime-like) – The date used to calculate how many slots to be pad. The padding is done through the date, i.e. after the padding is done the last_date_in_output_for_sid will be equal to date

set_sid_attrs(sid, **kwargs)[source]¶: Write all the supplied kwargs as attributes of the sid’s file.

sidpath(sid)[source]¶

Parameters: sid (int) – Asset identifier.
Returns: out – Full path to the bcolz rootdir for the given sid.
Return type: string

truncate(date)[source]¶: Truncate data beyond this date in all ctables.

write(data, show_progress=False, invalid_data_behavior='warn')[source]¶

Write a stream of minute data.

Parameters

data (iterable[(int, pd.DataFrame)]) –
The data to write. Each element should be a tuple of sid, data where data has the following format:

columns(‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, ‘volume’)
open : float64 high : float64 low : float64 close : float64 volume : float64|int64

index : DatetimeIndex of market minutes.

A given sid may appear more than once in data; however, the dates must be strictly increasing.
show_progress (bool, optional) – Whether or not to show a progress bar while writing.

write_cols(sid, dts, cols, invalid_data_behavior='warn')[source]¶

Write the OHLCV data for the given sid. If there is no bcolz ctable yet created for the sid, create it. If the length of the bcolz ctable is not exactly to the date before the first day provided, fill the ctable with 0s up to that date.

Parameters

sid (int) – The asset identifier for the data being written.
dts (datetime64 array) – The dts corresponding to values in cols.
cols (dict of str -> np.array) – dict of market data with the following characteristics. keys are (‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, ‘volume’) open : float64 high : float64 low : float64 close : float64 volume : float64|int64

write_sid(sid, df, invalid_data_behavior='warn')[source]¶

Write the OHLCV data for the given sid. If there is no bcolz ctable yet created for the sid, create it. If the length of the bcolz ctable is not exactly to the date before the first day provided, fill the ctable with 0s up to that date.

Parameters

sid (int) – The asset identifer for the data being written.
df (pd.DataFrame) –
DataFrame of market data with the following characteristics. columns : (‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, ‘volume’)

open : float64 high : float64 low : float64 close : float64 volume : float64|int64

index : DatetimeIndex of market minutes.

class zipline.data.us_equity_pricing.BcolzDailyBarWriter(filename, calendar, start_session, end_session)[source]¶

Class capable of writing daily OHLCV data to disk in a format that can be read efficiently by BcolzDailyOHLCVReader.

Parameters

filename (str) – The location at which we should write our output.
calendar (zipline.utils.calendar.trading_calendar) – Calendar to use to compute asset calendar offsets.
start_session (pd.Timestamp) – Midnight UTC session label.
end_session (pd.Timestamp) – Midnight UTC session label.

write(data, assets=None, show_progress=False, invalid_data_behavior='warn')[source]¶

Parameters

data (iterable[tuple[int, pandas.DataFrame or bcolz.ctable]]) – The data chunks to write. Each chunk should be a tuple of sid and the data for that asset.
assets (set[int], optional) – The assets that should be in data. If this is provided we will check data against the assets and provide better progress information.
show_progress (bool, optional) – Whether or not to show a progress bar while writing.
invalid_data_behavior ({'warn', 'raise', 'ignore'}, optional) – What to do when data is encountered that is outside the range of a uint32.

Returns

table – The newly-written table.

Return type

bcolz.ctable

write_csvs(asset_map, show_progress=False, invalid_data_behavior='warn')[source]¶

Read CSVs as DataFrames from our asset map.

Parameters

asset_map (dict[int -> str]) – A mapping from asset id to file path with the CSV data for that asset
show_progress (bool) – Whether or not to show a progress bar while writing.
invalid_data_behavior ({'warn', 'raise', 'ignore'}) – What to do when data is encountered that is outside the range of a uint32.

class zipline.data.us_equity_pricing.SQLiteAdjustmentWriter(conn_or_path, equity_daily_bar_reader, calendar, overwrite=False)[source]¶

Writer for data to be read by SQLiteAdjustmentReader

Parameters

conn_or_path (str or sqlite3.Connection) – A handle to the target sqlite database.
equity_daily_bar_reader (BcolzDailyBarReader) – Daily bar reader to use for dividend writes.
overwrite (bool, optional, default=False) – If True and conn_or_path is a string, remove any existing files at the given path before connecting.

calc_dividend_ratios(dividends)[source]¶

Calculate the ratios to apply to equities when looking back at pricing history so that the price is smoothed over the ex_date, when the market adjusts to the change in equity value due to upcoming dividend.

Returns: A frame in the same format as splits and mergers, with keys - sid, the id of the equity - effective_date, the date in seconds on which to apply the ratio. - ratio, the ratio to apply to backwards looking pricing data.
Return type: DataFrame

write(splits=None, mergers=None, dividends=None, stock_dividends=None)[source]¶

Writes data to a SQLite file to be read by SQLiteAdjustmentReader.

Parameters

splits (pandas.DataFrame, optional) –

Dataframe containing split data. The format of this dataframe is:

effective_dateint
The date, represented as seconds since Unix epoch, on which the adjustment should be applied.

ratiofloat
A value to apply to all data earlier than the effective date. For open, high, low, and close those values are multiplied by the ratio. Volume is divided by this value.

sidint
The asset id associated with this adjustment.
mergers (pandas.DataFrame, optional) –

DataFrame containing merger data. The format of this dataframe is:

effective_dateint
The date, represented as seconds since Unix epoch, on which the adjustment should be applied.

ratiofloat
A value to apply to all data earlier than the effective date. For open, high, low, and close those values are multiplied by the ratio. Volume is unaffected.

sidint
The asset id associated with this adjustment.
dividends (pandas.DataFrame, optional) –

DataFrame containing dividend data. The format of the dataframe is:

sidint
The asset id associated with this adjustment.

ex_datedatetime64
The date on which an equity must be held to be eligible to receive payment.

declared_datedatetime64
The date on which the dividend is announced to the public.

pay_datedatetime64
The date on which the dividend is distributed.

record_datedatetime64
The date on which the stock ownership is checked to determine distribution of dividends.

amountfloat
The cash amount paid for each share.

Dividend ratios are calculated as: 1.0 - (dividend_value / "close on day prior to ex_date")
stock_dividends (pandas.DataFrame, optional) –
DataFrame containing stock dividend data. The format of the dataframe is:

sidint
The asset id associated with this adjustment.

ex_datedatetime64
The date on which an equity must be held to be eligible to receive payment.

declared_datedatetime64
The date on which the dividend is announced to the public.

pay_datedatetime64
The date on which the dividend is distributed.

record_datedatetime64
The date on which the stock ownership is checked to determine distribution of dividends.

payment_sidint
The asset id of the shares that should be paid instead of cash.

ratiofloat
The ratio of currently held shares in the held sid that should be paid with new shares of the payment_sid.

write_dividend_data(dividends, stock_dividends=None)[source]¶: Write both dividend payouts and the derived price adjustment ratios.

write_dividend_payouts(frame)[source]¶: Write dividend payout data to SQLite table dividend_payouts.

class zipline.assets.AssetDBWriter(engine)[source]¶

Class used to write data to an assets db.

Parameters: engine (Engine or str) – An SQLAlchemy engine or path to a SQL database.

init_db(txn=None)[source]¶

Connect to database and create tables.

Parameters: txn (sa.engine.Connection, optional) – The transaction to execute in. If this is not provided, a new transaction will be started with the engine provided.
Returns: metadata – The metadata that describes the new assets db.
Return type: sa.MetaData

write(equities=None, futures=None, exchanges=None, root_symbols=None, equity_supplementary_mappings=None, chunk_size=999)[source]¶

Write asset metadata to a sqlite database.

Parameters

equities (pd.DataFrame, optional) –
The equity metadata. The columns for this dataframe are:

symbolstr
The ticker symbol for this equity.

asset_namestr
The full name for this asset.

start_datedatetime
The date when this asset was created.

end_datedatetime, optional
The last date we have trade data for this asset.

first_tradeddatetime, optional
The first date we have trade data for this asset.

auto_close_datedatetime, optional
The date on which to close any positions in this asset.

exchangestr
The exchange where this asset is traded.

The index of this dataframe should contain the sids.
futures (pd.DataFrame, optional) –
The future contract metadata. The columns for this dataframe are:

symbolstr
The ticker symbol for this futures contract.

root_symbolstr
The root symbol, or the symbol with the expiration stripped out.

asset_namestr
The full name for this asset.

start_datedatetime, optional
The date when this asset was created.

end_datedatetime, optional
The last date we have trade data for this asset.

first_tradeddatetime, optional
The first date we have trade data for this asset.

exchangestr
The exchange where this asset is traded.

notice_datedatetime
The date when the owner of the contract may be forced to take physical delivery of the contract’s asset.

expiration_datedatetime
The date when the contract expires.

auto_close_datedatetime
The date when the broker will automatically close any positions in this contract.

tick_sizefloat
The minimum price movement of the contract.

multiplier: float
The amount of the underlying asset represented by this contract.
exchanges (pd.DataFrame, optional) –
The exchanges where assets can be traded. The columns of this dataframe are:

exchangestr
The full name of the exchange.

canonical_namestr
The canonical name of the exchange.

country_codestr
The ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code of the exchange.
root_symbols (pd.DataFrame, optional) –
The root symbols for the futures contracts. The columns for this dataframe are:

root_symbolstr
The root symbol name.

root_symbol_idint
The unique id for this root symbol.

sectorstring, optional
The sector of this root symbol.

descriptionstring, optional
A short description of this root symbol.

exchangestr
The exchange where this root symbol is traded.
equity_supplementary_mappings (pd.DataFrame, optional) – Additional mappings from values of abitrary type to assets.
chunk_size (int, optional) – The amount of rows to write to the SQLite table at once. This defaults to the default number of bind params in sqlite. If you have compiled sqlite3 with more bind or less params you may want to pass that value here.

See also

zipline.assets.asset_finder

Readers¶

class zipline.data.minute_bars.BcolzMinuteBarReader(rootdir, sid_cache_sizes=mappingproxy({'close': 3000, 'open': 1550, 'high': 1550, 'low': 1550, 'volume': 1550}))[source]¶

Reader for data written by BcolzMinuteBarWriter

Parameters: rootdir (string) – The root directory containing the metadata and asset bcolz directories.

property first_trading_day¶

returns: dt – The first trading day (session) for which the reader can provide: data.

Return type: pd.Timestamp

get_last_traded_dt(asset, dt)[source]¶

Get the latest minute on or before dt in which asset traded.

If there are no trades on or before dt, returns pd.NaT.

Parameters

asset (zipline.asset.Asset) – The asset for which to get the last traded minute.
dt (pd.Timestamp) – The minute at which to start searching for the last traded minute.

Returns

last_traded – The dt of the last trade for the given asset, using the input dt as a vantage point.

Return type

pd.Timestamp

get_value(sid, dt, field)[source]¶

Retrieve the pricing info for the given sid, dt, and field.

Parameters

sid (int) – Asset identifier.
dt (datetime-like) – The datetime at which the trade occurred.
field (string) – The type of pricing data to retrieve. (‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, ‘volume’)

Returns

out (float|int)
The market data for the given sid, dt, and field coordinates.
For OHLC – Returns a float if a trade occurred at the given dt. If no trade occurred, a np.nan is returned.
For volume – Returns the integer value of the volume. (A volume of 0 signifies no trades for the given dt.)

load_raw_arrays(fields, start_dt, end_dt, sids)[source]¶

Parameters

fields (list of str) – ‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, or ‘volume’
start_dt (Timestamp) – Beginning of the window range.
end_dt (Timestamp) – End of the window range.
sids (list of int) – The asset identifiers in the window.

Returns

A list with an entry per field of ndarrays with shape (minutes in range, sids) with a dtype of float64, containing the values for the respective field over start and end dt range.

Return type

list of np.ndarray

table_len(sid)[source]¶: Returns the length of the underlying table for this sid.

property trading_calendar¶: Returns the zipline.utils.calendar.trading_calendar used to read the data. Can be None (if the writer didn’t specify it).

class zipline.data.us_equity_pricing.BcolzDailyBarReader(table, read_all_threshold=3000)[source]¶

Reader for raw pricing data written by BcolzDailyOHLCVWriter.

Parameters

table (bcolz.ctable) – The ctable contaning the pricing data, with attrs corresponding to the Attributes list below.
read_all_threshold (int) – The number of equities at which; below, the data is read by reading a slice from the carray per asset. above, the data is read by pulling all of the data for all assets into memory and then indexing into that array for each day and asset pair. Used to tune performance of reads when using a small or large number of equities.

The table with which this loader interacts contains the following

attributes¶

first_row¶

Map from asset_id -> index of first row in the dataset with that id.

Type: dict

last_row¶

Map from asset_id -> index of last row in the dataset with that id.

Type: dict

calendar_offset¶

Map from asset_id -> calendar index of first row.

Type: dict

start_session_ns¶

Epoch ns of the first session used in this dataset.

Type: int

end_session_ns¶

Epoch ns of the last session used in this dataset.

Type: int

calendar_name¶

String identifier of trading calendar used (ie, “NYSE”).

Type: str

We use first_row and last_row together to quickly find ranges of rows to

load when reading an asset's data into memory.

We use calendar_offset and calendar to orient loaded blocks within a

range of queried dates.

Notes

A Bcolz CTable is comprised of Columns and Attributes. The table with which this loader interacts contains the following columns:

[‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, ‘volume’, ‘day’, ‘id’].

The data in these columns is interpreted as follows:

Price columns (‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’) are interpreted as 1000 * as-traded dollar value.
Volume is interpreted as as-traded volume.
Day is interpreted as seconds since midnight UTC, Jan 1, 1970.
Id is the asset id of the row.

The data in each column is grouped by asset and then sorted by day within each asset block.

The table is built to represent a long time range of data, e.g. ten years of equity data, so the lengths of each asset block is not equal to each other. The blocks are clipped to the known start and end date of each asset to cut down on the number of empty values that would need to be included to make a regular/cubic dataset.

When read across the open, high, low, close, and volume with the same index should represent the same asset and day.

get_last_traded_dt(asset, day)[source]¶

Get the latest minute on or before dt in which asset traded.

If there are no trades on or before dt, returns pd.NaT.

Parameters

asset (zipline.asset.Asset) – The asset for which to get the last traded minute.
dt (pd.Timestamp) – The minute at which to start searching for the last traded minute.

Returns

last_traded – The dt of the last trade for the given asset, using the input dt as a vantage point.

Return type

pd.Timestamp

get_value(sid, dt, field)[source]¶

Parameters

sid (int) – The asset identifier.
day (datetime64-like) – Midnight of the day for which data is requested.
colname (string) – The price field. e.g. (‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, ‘volume’)

Returns

The spot price for colname of the given sid on the given day. Raises a NoDataOnDate exception if the given day and sid is before or after the date range of the equity. Returns -1 if the day is within the date range, but the price is 0.

Return type

float

property last_available_dt¶: returns: dt – The last session for which the reader can provide data. :rtype: pd.Timestamp

load_raw_arrays(columns, start_date, end_date, assets)[source]¶

Parameters

fields (list of str) – ‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, or ‘volume’
start_dt (Timestamp) – Beginning of the window range.
end_dt (Timestamp) – End of the window range.
sids (list of int) – The asset identifiers in the window.

Returns

A list with an entry per field of ndarrays with shape (minutes in range, sids) with a dtype of float64, containing the values for the respective field over start and end dt range.

Return type

list of np.ndarray

sid_day_index(sid, day)[source]¶

Parameters

sid (int) – The asset identifier.
day (datetime64-like) – Midnight of the day for which data is requested.

Returns

Index into the data tape for the given sid and day. Raises a NoDataOnDate exception if the given day and sid is before or after the date range of the equity.

Return type

int

class zipline.data.us_equity_pricing.SQLiteAdjustmentReader(conn)[source]¶

Loads adjustments based on corporate actions from a SQLite database.

Expects data written in the format output by SQLiteAdjustmentWriter.

Parameters: conn (str or sqlite3.Connection) – Connection from which to load data.

unpack_db_to_component_dfs(convert_dates=False)[source]¶

Returns the set of known tables in the adjustments file in DataFrame form.

Parameters: convert_dates (bool, optional) – By default, dates are returned in seconds since EPOCH. If convert_dates is True, all ints in date columns will be converted to datetimes.
Returns: dfs – Dictionary which maps table name to the corresponding DataFrame version of the table, where all date columns have been coerced back from int to datetime.
Return type: dict{str->DataFrame}

class zipline.assets.AssetFinder(engine, future_chain_predicates={'AD': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'Z', 'M', 'H'}), 'BP': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'Z', 'M', 'H'}), 'CD': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'Z', 'M', 'H'}), 'EL': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'Z', 'M', 'H'}), 'GC': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'M', 'J', 'Q', 'V', 'Z', 'G'}), 'JY': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'Z', 'M', 'H'}), 'ME': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'Z', 'M', 'H'}), 'PA': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'Z', 'M', 'H'}), 'PL': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'F', 'V', 'N', 'J'}), 'SV': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'H', 'K', 'Z', 'N'}), 'XG': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'M', 'J', 'Q', 'V', 'Z', 'G'}), 'YS': functools.partial(<built-in function delivery_predicate>, {'U', 'H', 'K', 'Z', 'N'})})[source]¶

An AssetFinder is an interface to a database of Asset metadata written by an AssetDBWriter.

This class provides methods for looking up assets by unique integer id or by symbol. For historical reasons, we refer to these unique ids as ‘sids’.

Parameters

engine (str or SQLAlchemy.engine) – An engine with a connection to the asset database to use, or a string that can be parsed by SQLAlchemy as a URI.
future_chain_predicates (dict) – A dict mapping future root symbol to a predicate function which accepts
contract as a parameter and returns whether or not the contract should be (a) –
in the chain. (included) –

See also

zipline.assets.AssetDBWriter

property equities_sids¶: All of the sids for equities in the asset finder.

property futures_sids¶: All of the sids for futures consracts in the asset finder.

get_supplementary_field(sid, field_name, as_of_date)[source]¶

Get the value of a supplementary field for an asset.

Parameters

sid (int) – The sid of the asset to query.
field_name (str) – Name of the supplementary field.
as_of_date (pd.Timestamp, None) – The last known value on this date is returned. If None, a value is returned only if we’ve only ever had one value for this sid. If None and we’ve had multiple values, MultipleValuesFoundForSid is raised.

Raises

NoValueForSid – If we have no values for this asset, or no values was known on this as_of_date.
MultipleValuesFoundForSid – If we have had multiple values for this asset over time, and None was passed for as_of_date.

group_by_type(sids)[source]¶

Group a list of sids by asset type.

Parameters: sids (list[int]) –
Returns: types – A dict mapping unique asset types to lists of sids drawn from sids. If we fail to look up an asset, we assign it a key of None.
Return type: dict[str or None -> list[int]]

lifetimes(dates, include_start_date, country_codes)[source]¶

Compute a DataFrame representing asset lifetimes for the specified date range.

Parameters

dates (pd.DatetimeIndex) – The dates for which to compute lifetimes.
include_start_date (bool) –
Whether or not to count the asset as alive on its start_date.

This is useful in a backtesting context where lifetimes is being used to signify “do I have data for this asset as of the morning of this date?” For many financial metrics, (e.g. daily close), data isn’t available for an asset until the end of the asset’s first day.
country_codes (iterable[str]) – The country codes to get lifetimes for.

Returns

lifetimes – A frame of dtype bool with dates as index and an Int64Index of assets as columns. The value at lifetimes.loc[date, asset] will be True iff asset existed on date. If include_start_date is False, then lifetimes.loc[date, asset] will be false when date == asset.start_date.

Return type

pd.DataFrame

See also

numpy.putmask, zipline.pipeline.engine.SimplePipelineEngine._compute_root_mask

lookup_asset_types(sids)[source]¶

Retrieve asset types for a list of sids.

Parameters: sids (list[int]) –
Returns: types – Asset types for the provided sids.
Return type: dict[sid -> str or None]

lookup_future_symbol(symbol)[source]¶

Lookup a future contract by symbol.

Parameters: symbol (str) – The symbol of the desired contract.
Returns: future – The future contract referenced by symbol.
Return type: Future
Raises: SymbolNotFound – Raised when no contract named ‘symbol’ is found.

lookup_generic(asset_convertible_or_iterable, as_of_date)[source]¶

Convert a AssetConvertible or iterable of AssetConvertibles into a list of Asset objects.

This method exists primarily as a convenience for implementing user-facing APIs that can handle multiple kinds of input. It should not be used for internal code where we already know the expected types of our inputs.

Returns a pair of objects, the first of which is the result of the conversion, and the second of which is a list containing any values that couldn’t be resolved.

lookup_symbol(symbol, as_of_date, fuzzy=False, country_code=None)[source]¶

Lookup an equity by symbol.

Parameters

symbol (str) – The ticker symbol to resolve.
as_of_date (datetime or None) – Look up the last owner of this symbol as of this datetime. If as_of_date is None, then this can only resolve the equity if exactly one equity has ever owned the ticker.
fuzzy (bool, optional) – Should fuzzy symbol matching be used? Fuzzy symbol matching attempts to resolve differences in representations for shareclasses. For example, some people may represent the A shareclass of BRK as BRK.A, where others could write BRK_A.
country_code (str or None, optional) – The country to limit searches to. If not provided, the search will span all countries which increases the likelihood of an ambiguous lookup.

Returns

equity – The equity that held symbol on the given as_of_date, or the only equity to hold symbol if as_of_date is None.

Return type

Equity

Raises

SymbolNotFound – Raised when no equity has ever held the given symbol.
MultipleSymbolsFound – Raised when no as_of_date is given and more than one equity has held symbol. This is also raised when fuzzy=True and there are multiple candidates for the given symbol on the as_of_date. Also raised when no country_code is given and the symbol is ambiguous across multiple countries.

lookup_symbols(symbols, as_of_date, fuzzy=False, country_code=None)[source]¶

Lookup a list of equities by symbol.

Equivalent to:

[finder.lookup_symbol(s, as_of, fuzzy) for s in symbols]

but potentially faster because repeated lookups are memoized.

Parameters

symbols (sequence[str]) – Sequence of ticker symbols to resolve.
as_of_date (pd.Timestamp) – Forwarded to lookup_symbol.
fuzzy (bool, optional) – Forwarded to lookup_symbol.
country_code (str or None, optional) – The country to limit searches to. If not provided, the search will span all countries which increases the likelihood of an ambiguous lookup.

Returns

equities

Return type

list[Equity]

map_identifier_index_to_sids(index, as_of_date)[source]¶

This method is for use in sanitizing a user’s DataFrame or Panel inputs.

Takes the given index of identifiers, checks their types, builds assets if necessary, and returns a list of the sids that correspond to the input index.

Parameters

index (Iterable) – An iterable containing ints, strings, or Assets
as_of_date (pandas.Timestamp) – A date to be used to resolve any dual-mapped symbols

Returns

A list of integer sids corresponding to the input index

Return type

List

reload_symbol_maps()[source]¶

Clear the in memory symbol lookup maps.

This will make any changes to the underlying db available to the symbol maps.

retrieve_all(sids, default_none=False)[source]¶

Retrieve all assets in sids.

Parameters

sids (iterable of int) – Assets to retrieve.
default_none (bool) – If True, return None for failed lookups. If False, raise SidsNotFound.

Returns

assets – A list of the same length as sids containing Assets (or Nones) corresponding to the requested sids.

Return type

list[Asset or None]

Raises

SidsNotFound – When a requested sid is not found and default_none=False.

retrieve_asset(sid, default_none=False)[source]¶: Retrieve the Asset for a given sid.

retrieve_equities(sids)[source]¶

Retrieve Equity objects for a list of sids.

Users generally shouldn’t need to this method (instead, they should prefer the more general/friendly retrieve_assets), but it has a documented interface and tests because it’s used upstream.

Parameters: sids (iterable[int]) –
Returns: equities
Return type: dict[int -> Equity]
Raises: EquitiesNotFound – When any requested asset isn’t found.

retrieve_futures_contracts(sids)[source]¶

Retrieve Future objects for an iterable of sids.

Users generally shouldn’t need to this method (instead, they should prefer the more general/friendly retrieve_assets), but it has a documented interface and tests because it’s used upstream.

Parameters: sids (iterable[int]) –
Returns: equities
Return type: dict[int -> Equity]
Raises: EquitiesNotFound – When any requested asset isn’t found.

property sids¶: All the sids in the asset finder.

class zipline.data.data_portal.DataPortal(asset_finder, trading_calendar, first_trading_day, equity_daily_reader=None, equity_minute_reader=None, future_daily_reader=None, future_minute_reader=None, adjustment_reader=None, last_available_session=None, last_available_minute=None, minute_history_prefetch_length=1560, daily_history_prefetch_length=40)[source]¶

Interface to all of the data that a zipline simulation needs.

This is used by the simulation runner to answer questions about the data, like getting the prices of assets on a given day or to service history calls.

Parameters

asset_finder (zipline.assets.assets.AssetFinder) – The AssetFinder instance used to resolve assets.
trading_calendar (zipline.utils.calendar.exchange_calendar.TradingCalendar) – The calendar instance used to provide minute->session information.
first_trading_day (pd.Timestamp) – The first trading day for the simulation.
equity_daily_reader (BcolzDailyBarReader, optional) – The daily bar reader for equities. This will be used to service daily data backtests or daily history calls in a minute backetest. If a daily bar reader is not provided but a minute bar reader is, the minutes will be rolled up to serve the daily requests.
equity_minute_reader (BcolzMinuteBarReader, optional) – The minute bar reader for equities. This will be used to service minute data backtests or minute history calls. This can be used to serve daily calls if no daily bar reader is provided.
future_daily_reader (BcolzDailyBarReader, optional) – The daily bar ready for futures. This will be used to service daily data backtests or daily history calls in a minute backetest. If a daily bar reader is not provided but a minute bar reader is, the minutes will be rolled up to serve the daily requests.
future_minute_reader (BcolzFutureMinuteBarReader, optional) – The minute bar reader for futures. This will be used to service minute data backtests or minute history calls. This can be used to serve daily calls if no daily bar reader is provided.
adjustment_reader (SQLiteAdjustmentWriter, optional) – The adjustment reader. This is used to apply splits, dividends, and other adjustment data to the raw data from the readers.
last_available_session (pd.Timestamp, optional) – The last session to make available in session-level data.
last_available_minute (pd.Timestamp, optional) – The last minute to make available in minute-level data.

get_adjusted_value(asset, field, dt, perspective_dt, data_frequency, spot_value=None)[source]¶

Returns a scalar value representing the value of the desired asset’s field at the given dt with adjustments applied.

Parameters

asset (Asset) – The asset whose data is desired.
field ({'open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume', 'price', 'last_traded'}) – The desired field of the asset.
dt (pd.Timestamp) – The timestamp for the desired value.
perspective_dt (pd.Timestamp) – The timestamp from which the data is being viewed back from.
data_frequency (str) – The frequency of the data to query; i.e. whether the data is ‘daily’ or ‘minute’ bars

Returns

value – The value of the given field for asset at dt with any adjustments known by perspective_dt applied. The return type is based on the field requested. If the field is one of ‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, or ‘price’, the value will be a float. If the field is ‘volume’ the value will be a int. If the field is ‘last_traded’ the value will be a Timestamp.

Return type

float, int, or pd.Timestamp

get_adjustments(assets, field, dt, perspective_dt)[source]¶

Returns a list of adjustments between the dt and perspective_dt for the given field and list of assets

Parameters

assets (list of type Asset, or Asset) – The asset, or assets whose adjustments are desired.
field ({'open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume', 'price', 'last_traded'}) – The desired field of the asset.
dt (pd.Timestamp) – The timestamp for the desired value.
perspective_dt (pd.Timestamp) – The timestamp from which the data is being viewed back from.

Returns

adjustments – The adjustments to that field.

Return type

list[Adjustment]

get_current_future_chain(continuous_future, dt)[source]¶

Retrieves the future chain for the contract at the given dt according the continuous_future specification.

Returns: future_chain – A list of active futures, where the first index is the current contract specified by the continuous future definition, the second is the next upcoming contract and so on.
Return type: list[Future]

get_fetcher_assets(dt)[source]¶

Returns a list of assets for the current date, as defined by the fetcher data.

Returns: list
Return type: a list of Asset objects.

get_history_window(assets, end_dt, bar_count, frequency, field, data_frequency, ffill=True)[source]¶

Public API method that returns a dataframe containing the requested history window. Data is fully adjusted.

Parameters

assets (list of zipline.data.Asset objects) – The assets whose data is desired.
bar_count (int) – The number of bars desired.
frequency (string) – “1d” or “1m”
field (string) – The desired field of the asset.
data_frequency (string) – The frequency of the data to query; i.e. whether the data is ‘daily’ or ‘minute’ bars.
ffill (boolean) – Forward-fill missing values. Only has effect if field is ‘price’.

Returns

Return type

A dataframe containing the requested data.

get_last_traded_dt(asset, dt, data_frequency)[source]¶

Given an asset and dt, returns the last traded dt from the viewpoint of the given dt.

If there is a trade on the dt, the answer is dt provided.

get_scalar_asset_spot_value(asset, field, dt, data_frequency)[source]¶

Public API method that returns a scalar value representing the value of the desired asset’s field at either the given dt.

Parameters

assets (Asset) – The asset or assets whose data is desired. This cannot be an arbitrary AssetConvertible.
field ({'open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume',) – ‘price’, ‘last_traded’} The desired field of the asset.
dt (pd.Timestamp) – The timestamp for the desired value.
data_frequency (str) – The frequency of the data to query; i.e. whether the data is ‘daily’ or ‘minute’ bars

Returns

value – The spot value of field for asset The return type is based on the field requested. If the field is one of ‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, or ‘price’, the value will be a float. If the field is ‘volume’ the value will be a int. If the field is ‘last_traded’ the value will be a Timestamp.

Return type

float, int, or pd.Timestamp

get_splits(assets, dt)[source]¶

Returns any splits for the given sids and the given dt.

Parameters

assets (container) – Assets for which we want splits.
dt (pd.Timestamp) – The date for which we are checking for splits. Note: this is expected to be midnight UTC.

Returns

splits – List of splits, where each split is a (asset, ratio) tuple.

Return type

list[(asset, float)]

get_spot_value(assets, field, dt, data_frequency)[source]¶

Public API method that returns a scalar value representing the value of the desired asset’s field at either the given dt.

Parameters

assets (Asset, ContinuousFuture, or iterable of same.) – The asset or assets whose data is desired.
field ({'open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume',) – ‘price’, ‘last_traded’} The desired field of the asset.
dt (pd.Timestamp) – The timestamp for the desired value.
data_frequency (str) – The frequency of the data to query; i.e. whether the data is ‘daily’ or ‘minute’ bars

Returns

value – The spot value of field for asset The return type is based on the field requested. If the field is one of ‘open’, ‘high’, ‘low’, ‘close’, or ‘price’, the value will be a float. If the field is ‘volume’ the value will be a int. If the field is ‘last_traded’ the value will be a Timestamp.

Return type

float, int, or pd.Timestamp

get_stock_dividends(sid, trading_days)[source]¶

Returns all the stock dividends for a specific sid that occur in the given trading range.

Parameters

sid (int) – The asset whose stock dividends should be returned.
trading_days (pd.DatetimeIndex) – The trading range.

Returns

list (A list of objects with all relevant attributes populated.)
All timestamp fields are converted to pd.Timestamps.

handle_extra_source(source_df, sim_params)[source]¶

Extra sources always have a sid column.

We expand the given data (by forward filling) to the full range of the simulation dates, so that lookup is fast during simulation.

class zipline.sources.benchmark_source.BenchmarkSource(benchmark_asset, trading_calendar, sessions, data_portal, emission_rate='daily', benchmark_returns=None)[source]¶

daily_returns(start, end=None)[source]¶

Returns the daily returns for the given period.

Parameters

start (datetime) – The inclusive starting session label.
end (datetime, optional) – The inclusive ending session label. If not provided, treat start as a scalar key.

Returns

returns – The returns in the given period. The index will be the trading calendar in the range [start, end]. If just start is provided, return the scalar value on that day.

Return type

pd.Series or float

get_range(start_dt, end_dt)[source]¶

Look up the returns for a given period.

Parameters

start_dt (datetime) – The inclusive start label.
end_dt (datetime) – The inclusive end label.

Returns

returns – The series of returns.

Return type

pd.Series

: This method expects minute inputs if emission_rate == 'minute' and session labels when emission_rate == 'daily.

get_value(dt)[source]¶

Look up the returns for a given dt.

Parameters: dt (datetime) – The label to look up.
Returns: returns – The returns at the given dt or session.
Return type: float

: This method expects minute inputs if emission_rate == 'minute' and session labels when emission_rate == 'daily.

Bundles¶

zipline.data.bundles.register(name='__no__default__', f='__no__default__', calendar_name='NYSE', start_session=None, end_session=None, minutes_per_day=390, create_writers=True)¶

Register a data bundle ingest function.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the bundle.
f (callable) –
The ingest function. This function will be passed:

environmapping
The environment this is being run with.

asset_db_writerAssetDBWriter
The asset db writer to write into.

minute_bar_writerBcolzMinuteBarWriter
The minute bar writer to write into.

daily_bar_writerBcolzDailyBarWriter
The daily bar writer to write into.

adjustment_writerSQLiteAdjustmentWriter
The adjustment db writer to write into.

calendartrading_calendars.TradingCalendar
The trading calendar to ingest for.

start_sessionpd.Timestamp
The first session of data to ingest.

end_sessionpd.Timestamp
The last session of data to ingest.

cacheDataFrameCache
A mapping object to temporarily store dataframes. This should be used to cache intermediates in case the load fails. This will be automatically cleaned up after a successful load.

show_progressbool
Show the progress for the current load where possible.
calendar_name (str, optional) – The name of a calendar used to align bundle data. Default is ‘NYSE’.
start_session (pd.Timestamp, optional) – The first session for which we want data. If not provided, or if the date lies outside the range supported by the calendar, the first_session of the calendar is used.
end_session (pd.Timestamp, optional) – The last session for which we want data. If not provided, or if the date lies outside the range supported by the calendar, the last_session of the calendar is used.
minutes_per_day (int, optional) – The number of minutes in each normal trading day.
create_writers (bool, optional) – Should the ingest machinery create the writers for the ingest function. This can be disabled as an optimization for cases where they are not needed, like the quantopian-quandl bundle.

Notes

This function my be used as a decorator, for example:

@register('quandl')
def quandl_ingest_function(...):
    ...

See also

zipline.data.bundles.bundles

zipline.data.bundles.ingest(name, environ=os.environ, date=None, show_progress=True)¶

Ingest data for a given bundle.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the bundle.
environ (mapping, optional) – The environment variables. By default this is os.environ.
timestamp (datetime, optional) – The timestamp to use for the load. By default this is the current time.
assets_versions (Iterable[int], optional) – Versions of the assets db to which to downgrade.
show_progress (bool, optional) – Tell the ingest function to display the progress where possible.

zipline.data.bundles.load(name, environ=os.environ, date=None)¶

Loads a previously ingested bundle.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the bundle.
environ (mapping, optional) – The environment variables. Defaults of os.environ.
timestamp (datetime, optional) – The timestamp of the data to lookup. Defaults to the current time.

Returns

bundle_data – The raw data readers for this bundle.

Return type

BundleData

zipline.data.bundles.unregister(name)¶

Unregister a bundle.

Parameters: name (str) – The name of the bundle to unregister.
Raises: UnknownBundle – Raised when no bundle has been registered with the given name.

See also

zipline.data.bundles.bundles

zipline.data.bundles.bundles¶: The bundles that have been registered as a mapping from bundle name to bundle data. This mapping is immutable and may only be updated through register() or unregister().

Risk Metrics¶

Algorithm State¶

class zipline.finance.ledger.Ledger(trading_sessions, capital_base, data_frequency, cash)[source]¶

The ledger tracks all orders and transactions as well as the current state of the portfolio and positions.

portfolio¶

The updated portfolio being managed.

Type: zipline.protocol.Portfolio

account¶

The updated account being managed.

Type: zipline.protocol.Account

position_tracker¶

The current set of positions.

Type: PositionTracker

todays_returns¶

The current day’s returns. In minute emission mode, this is the partial day’s returns. In daily emission mode, this is daily_returns[session].

Type: float

daily_returns_series¶

The daily returns series. Days that have not yet finished will hold a value of np.nan.

Type: pd.Series

daily_returns_array¶

The daily returns as an ndarray. Days that have not yet finished will hold a value of np.nan.

Type: np.ndarray

orders(dt=None)[source]¶

Retrieve the dict-form of all of the orders in a given bar or for the whole simulation.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp or None, optional) – The particular datetime to look up order for. If not passed, or None is explicitly passed, all of the orders will be returned.
Returns: orders – The order information.
Return type: list[dict]

override_account_fields(settled_cash=sentinel('not_overridden'), accrued_interest=sentinel('not_overridden'), buying_power=sentinel('not_overridden'), equity_with_loan=sentinel('not_overridden'), total_positions_value=sentinel('not_overridden'), total_positions_exposure=sentinel('not_overridden'), regt_equity=sentinel('not_overridden'), regt_margin=sentinel('not_overridden'), initial_margin_requirement=sentinel('not_overridden'), maintenance_margin_requirement=sentinel('not_overridden'), available_funds=sentinel('not_overridden'), excess_liquidity=sentinel('not_overridden'), cushion=sentinel('not_overridden'), day_trades_remaining=sentinel('not_overridden'), leverage=sentinel('not_overridden'), net_leverage=sentinel('not_overridden'), net_liquidation=sentinel('not_overridden'))[source]¶: Override fields on self.account.

property portfolio¶

Compute the current portfolio.

Notes

This is cached, repeated access will not recompute the portfolio until the portfolio may have changed.

process_commission(commission)[source]¶

Process the commission.

Parameters: commission (zp.Event) – The commission being paid.

process_dividends(next_session, asset_finder, adjustment_reader)[source]¶

Process dividends for the next session.

This will earn us any dividends whose ex-date is the next session as well as paying out any dividends whose pay-date is the next session

process_order(order)[source]¶

Keep track of an order that was placed.

Parameters: order (zp.Order) – The order to record.

process_splits(splits)[source]¶

Processes a list of splits by modifying any positions as needed.

Parameters: splits (list[(Asset, float)]) – A list of splits. Each split is a tuple of (asset, ratio).

process_transaction(transaction)[source]¶

Add a transaction to ledger, updating the current state as needed.

Parameters: transaction (zp.Transaction) – The transaction to execute.

transactions(dt=None)[source]¶

Retrieve the dict-form of all of the transactions in a given bar or for the whole simulation.

Parameters: dt (pd.Timestamp or None, optional) – The particular datetime to look up transactions for. If not passed, or None is explicitly passed, all of the transactions will be returned.
Returns: transactions – The transaction information.
Return type: list[dict]

update_portfolio()[source]¶: Force a computation of the current portfolio state.

class zipline.protocol.Portfolio(start_date=None, capital_base=0.0, cash=None)[source]¶

The portfolio at a given time.

Parameters

start_date (pd.Timestamp) – The start date for the period being recorded.
capital_base (float) – The starting value for the portfolio. This will be used as the starting cash, current cash, and portfolio value.

property current_portfolio_weights¶

Compute each asset’s weight in the portfolio by calculating its held value divided by the total value of all positions.

Each equity’s value is its price times the number of shares held. Each futures contract’s value is its unit price times number of shares held times the multiplier.

class zipline.protocol.Account[source]¶: The account object tracks information about the trading account. The values are updated as the algorithm runs and its keys remain unchanged. If connected to a broker, one can update these values with the trading account values as reported by the broker.

class zipline.finance.ledger.PositionTracker(data_frequency)[source]¶

The current state of the positions held.

Parameters: data_frequency ({'daily', 'minute'}) – The data frequency of the simulation.

earn_dividends(cash_dividends, stock_dividends)[source]¶

Given a list of dividends whose ex_dates are all the next trading day, calculate and store the cash and/or stock payments to be paid on each dividend’s pay date.

Parameters

cash_dividends (iterable of (asset, amount, pay_date) namedtuples) –
stock_dividends (iterable of (asset, payment_asset, ratio, pay_date)) – namedtuples.

handle_splits(splits)[source]¶

Processes a list of splits by modifying any positions as needed.

Parameters: splits (list) – A list of splits. Each split is a tuple of (asset, ratio).
Returns: int – position.
Return type: The leftover cash from fractional shares after modifying each

pay_dividends(next_trading_day)[source]¶: Returns a cash payment based on the dividends that should be paid out according to the accumulated bookkeeping of earned, unpaid, and stock dividends.

property stats¶

The current status of the positions.

Returns: stats – The current stats position stats.
Return type: PositionStats

Notes

This is cached, repeated access will not recompute the stats until the stats may have changed.

class zipline.finance._finance_ext.PositionStats¶

Computed values from the current positions.

gross_exposure¶

The gross position exposure.

Type: float64

gross_value¶

The gross position value.

Type: float64

long_exposure¶

The exposure of just the long positions.

Type: float64

long_value¶

The value of just the long positions.

Type: float64

net_exposure¶

The net position exposure.

Type: float64

net_value¶

The net position value.

Type: float64

short_exposure¶

The exposure of just the short positions.

Type: float64

short_value¶

The value of just the short positions.

Type: float64

longs_count¶

The number of long positions.

Type: int64

shorts_count¶

The number of short positions.

Type: int64

position_exposure_array¶

The exposure of each position in the same order as position_tracker.positions.

Type: np.ndarray[float64]

position_exposure_series¶

The exposure of each position in the same order as position_tracker.positions. The index is the numeric sid of each asset.

Type: pd.Series[float64]

Notes

position_exposure_array and position_exposure_series share the same underlying memory. The array interface should be preferred if you are doing access each minute for better performance.

position_exposure_array and position_exposure_series may be mutated when the position tracker next updates the stats. Do not rely on these objects being preserved across accesses to stats. If you need to freeze the values, you must take a copy.

Built-in Metrics¶

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.SimpleLedgerField(ledger_field, packet_field=None)[source]¶

Emit the current value of a ledger field every bar or every session.

Parameters

ledger_field (str) – The ledger field to read.
packet_field (str, optional) – The name of the field to populate in the packet. If not provided, ledger_field will be used.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.DailyLedgerField(ledger_field, packet_field=None)[source]¶

Like SimpleLedgerField but also puts the current value in the cumulative_perf section.

Parameters

ledger_field (str) – The ledger field to read.
packet_field (str, optional) – The name of the field to populate in the packet. If not provided, ledger_field will be used.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.StartOfPeriodLedgerField(ledger_field, packet_field=None)[source]¶

Keep track of the value of a ledger field at the start of the period.

Parameters

ledger_field (str) – The ledger field to read.
packet_field (str, optional) – The name of the field to populate in the packet. If not provided, ledger_field will be used.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.StartOfPeriodLedgerField(ledger_field, packet_field=None)[source]¶

Keep track of the value of a ledger field at the start of the period.

Parameters

ledger_field (str) – The ledger field to read.
packet_field (str, optional) – The name of the field to populate in the packet. If not provided, ledger_field will be used.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.Returns[source]¶: Tracks the daily and cumulative returns of the algorithm.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.BenchmarkReturnsAndVolatility[source]¶: Tracks daily and cumulative returns for the benchmark as well as the volatility of the benchmark returns.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.CashFlow[source]¶

Tracks daily and cumulative cash flow.

Notes

For historical reasons, this field is named ‘capital_used’ in the packets.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.Orders[source]¶: Tracks daily orders.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.Transactions[source]¶: Tracks daily transactions.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.Positions[source]¶: Tracks daily positions.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.ReturnsStatistic(function, field_name=None)[source]¶

A metric that reports an end of simulation scalar or time series computed from the algorithm returns.

Parameters

function (callable) – The function to call on the daily returns.
field_name (str, optional) – The name of the field. If not provided, it will be function.__name__.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.AlphaBeta[source]¶: End of simulation alpha and beta to the benchmark.

class zipline.finance.metrics.metric.MaxLeverage[source]¶: Tracks the maximum account leverage.

Metrics Sets¶

zipline.finance.metrics.register(name, function=None)¶

Register a new metrics set.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the metrics set
function (callable) – The callable which produces the metrics set.

Notes

This may be used as a decorator if only name is passed.

See also

zipline.finance.metrics.get_metrics_set, zipline.finance.metrics.unregister_metrics_set

zipline.finance.metrics.load(name)¶

Return an instance of the metrics set registered with the given name.

Returns: metrics – A new instance of the metrics set.
Return type: set[Metric]
Raises: ValueError – Raised when no metrics set is registered to name

zipline.finance.metrics.unregister(name)¶

Unregister an existing metrics set.

Parameters: name (str) – The name of the metrics set

See also

zipline.finance.metrics.register_metrics_set

zipline.data.finance.metrics.metrics_sets¶: The metrics sets that have been registered as a mapping from metrics set name to load function. This mapping is immutable and may only be updated through register() or unregister().

Utilities¶

Caching¶

class zipline.utils.cache.CachedObject(value, expires)[source]¶

A simple struct for maintaining a cached object with an expiration date.

Parameters

value (object) – The object to cache.
expires (datetime-like) – Expiration date of value. The cache is considered invalid for dates strictly greater than expires.

Examples

>>> from pandas import Timestamp, Timedelta
>>> expires = Timestamp('2014', tz='UTC')
>>> obj = CachedObject(1, expires)
>>> obj.unwrap(expires - Timedelta('1 minute'))
1
>>> obj.unwrap(expires)
1
>>> obj.unwrap(expires + Timedelta('1 minute'))
... 
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
Expired: 2014-01-01 00:00:00+00:00

class zipline.utils.cache.ExpiringCache(cache=None, cleanup=<function ExpiringCache.<lambda>>)[source]¶

A cache of multiple CachedObjects, which returns the wrapped the value or raises and deletes the CachedObject if the value has expired.

Parameters

cache (dict-like, optional) – An instance of a dict-like object which needs to support at least: __del__, __getitem__, __setitem__ If None, than a dict is used as a default.
cleanup (callable, optional) – A method that takes a single argument, a cached object, and is called upon expiry of the cached object, prior to deleting the object. If not provided, defaults to a no-op.

Examples

>>> from pandas import Timestamp, Timedelta
>>> expires = Timestamp('2014', tz='UTC')
>>> value = 1
>>> cache = ExpiringCache()
>>> cache.set('foo', value, expires)
>>> cache.get('foo', expires - Timedelta('1 minute'))
1
>>> cache.get('foo', expires + Timedelta('1 minute'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
KeyError: 'foo'

class zipline.utils.cache.dataframe_cache(path=None, lock=None, clean_on_failure=True, serialization='msgpack')[source]¶

A disk-backed cache for dataframes.

dataframe_cache is a mutable mapping from string names to pandas DataFrame objects. This object may be used as a context manager to delete the cache directory on exit.

Parameters

path (str, optional) – The directory path to the cache. Files will be written as path/<keyname>.
lock (Lock, optional) – Thread lock for multithreaded/multiprocessed access to the cache. If not provided no locking will be used.
clean_on_failure (bool, optional) – Should the directory be cleaned up if an exception is raised in the context manager.
serialize ({'msgpack', 'pickle:<n>'}, optional) – How should the data be serialized. If 'pickle' is passed, an optional pickle protocol can be passed like: 'pickle:3' which says to use pickle protocol 3.

Notes

The syntax cache[:] will load all key:value pairs into memory as a dictionary. The cache uses a temporary file format that is subject to change between versions of zipline.

class zipline.utils.cache.working_file(final_path, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

A context manager for managing a temporary file that will be moved to a non-temporary location if no exceptions are raised in the context.

Parameters

final_path (str) – The location to move the file when committing.
*args – Forwarded to NamedTemporaryFile.
**kwargs – Forwarded to NamedTemporaryFile.

Notes

The file is moved on __exit__ if there are no exceptions. working_file uses shutil.move() to move the actual files, meaning it has as strong of guarantees as shutil.move().

class zipline.utils.cache.working_dir(final_path, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

A context manager for managing a temporary directory that will be moved to a non-temporary location if no exceptions are raised in the context.

Parameters

final_path (str) – The location to move the file when committing.
*args – Forwarded to tmp_dir.
**kwargs – Forwarded to tmp_dir.

Notes

The file is moved on __exit__ if there are no exceptions. working_dir uses dir_util.copy_tree() to move the actual files, meaning it has as strong of guarantees as dir_util.copy_tree().

Command Line¶

zipline.utils.cli.maybe_show_progress(it, show_progress, **kwargs)[source]¶

Optionally show a progress bar for the given iterator.

Parameters

it (iterable) – The underlying iterator.
show_progress (bool) – Should progress be shown.
**kwargs – Forwarded to the click progress bar.

Returns

itercontext – A context manager whose enter is the actual iterator to use.

Return type

context manager

Examples

with maybe_show_progress([1, 2, 3], True) as ns:
     for n in ns:
         ...