algowave

This project enables you to perform algorithmic and systematic trading on the IG Trading platform via low latency REST API calls. You can place trades based on predefined strategies. The project is designed to be easily configurable and extendable.

Features

• Create and manage trading sessions with IG API
• Fetch account and market details
• Place trades based on predefined strategies

Requirements

• IG Trading Account
• IG API Key
• Docker
• Visual Studio Code

Setup

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/armaanPy/algowave

2. Build Development Container

• Open Visual Studio code, and open the repository as a Development Container.

3. Create '.env file' to store your IG credentials

# /workspaces/algowave/.env
IG_USERNAME=[IG_USERNAME]
IG_PASSWORD=[IG_PASSWORD]
IG_API_KEY=[IG_API_KEY]

3. Generate a key by running generate_key.py

4. Encrypt the '.env' file by running encrypt_config.py

5. Decrypt the '.env' file by running decrypt_config.py

6. Create trading strategies and store in strategies/

7. Run chosen strategy with:

# Standard Buy/Sell Trade
python -m algowave.standard_trade --config algowave/configs/[config_file]