austin-starks/NextTrade

• highreadme#1

  Reposition the README's opening to clearly define NextTrade's purpose

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  # NextTrade - Plan your next trade
  
  A system to create, test, optimize, and deploy algorithmic trading strategies.
  
  For a better, faster, cloud-based platform, check out NexusTrade. If you want to learn about algorithmic trading and financial research from a community of data-driven investors, join our free Discord channel!
  
  NexusTrade is a AI-Powered platform that streamlines the configuration of trading strategies. It's faster, more configurable, and more feature-rich than NextTrade. It features a powerful AI Chat Assistant tool as an entry point to many of its features.

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  # NextTrade - Your Open-Source Algorithmic Trading System
  
  NextTrade is a comprehensive, full-stack system designed for individual traders and developers to create, test, optimize, and deploy algorithmic trading strategies locally. It provides a robust platform for learning about financial research and automated trading through hands-on experience.

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• mediumreadme#2

  Add a dedicated section to clarify the relationship between NextTrade and NexusTrade

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  ## NextTrade vs. NexusTrade
  
  NextTrade serves as a powerful open-source foundation for exploring algorithmic trading. For those seeking a more advanced, cloud-based, and AI-powered platform with enhanced configurability and research tools, consider its commercial counterpart, NexusTrade. NexusTrade builds upon the principles of NextTrade, offering a faster, more feature-rich experience with an AI Chat Assistant and powerful stock screener.

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• lowreadme#3

  Expand and complete the 'NextTrade Features' section in the README

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  ## NextTrade Features
  
  1. Combine conditions to form compound conditions. Combine compound conditions and create trading strategies.
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     - For example:
       - Condition A: QQQ stock is 1 SD below its 5-day mean price
       - Condition B: Buying power is above $8,000.
       - Condition C: Condition A and condition B
       - Strategy: If condition C, buy $3000 of SPY
  2. Create unlimited portfolios with different combinations of strategies
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  4. Backtest those strategies u

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  ## NextTrade Features
  
  1.  **Flexible Strategy Builder:** Combine multiple conditions to form complex compound conditions, enabling the creation of sophisticated algorithmic trading strategies.
      *   *Example:* Condition A: QQQ stock is 1 SD below its 5-day mean price. Condition B: Buying power is above $8,000. Strategy: If (Condition A AND Condition B), then buy $3000 of SPY.
  2.  **Unlimited Portfolio Creation:** Design and manage multiple simulated portfolios, each configured with different combinations of trading strategies.
  3.  **Comprehensive Backtesting:** Evaluate strategy performance and optimize parameters using a robust backtesting engine against historical market data.
  4.  **Strategy Deployment (Simulated):** Deploy and monitor your optimized strategies in a simulated trading environment.

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• CATEGORY QUERY

  How can I build, test, and deploy automated stock trading strategies?

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  5. Backtrader (mementum/backtrader)
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  What platforms are available for developing and optimizing algorithmic investment strategies?

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  1. QuantConnect (QuantConnect/Lean)
  2. Quantopian
  3. Zipline (quantopian/zipline)
  4. MetaTrader 5
  5. MetaTrader 4
  6. Interactive Brokers
  7. Alpaca Markets
  8. TradingView
  9. Backtrader (mementum/backtrader)

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