Your first strategy

If you follow this tutorial, you'll learn how to submit a sample strategy from a web browser, to our grid, see the results, modify the strategy and see impact on the results.

Log into Algodeal

First of all, as we are going to run a strategy directly from the web, you need to log into Algodeal. The easiest way is to click Try now (this will automatically log you as anonymous).

Homepage with 'Try now' link

Choose a strategy

You will be redirected automatically to a list of samples. Chose one and click on its name.

Samples page

Run the strategy

You will now see the chosen strategy, and will even be able to edit it if you wish. For now, let's leave it unedited, by clicking the "Submit Strategy" button.

Sample ready to submit

The strategy will then be submitted to our grid to be run and appear on the backtests page.

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View results

From the backtests history page, click on the Details link for the submitted backtest.

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This will open an overview of the backtest results, with links to more detailed views and graphs.

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And that's it, you ran your first strategy on Algodeal grid, using Algodeal market data!

Feel free to run the other samples as well and explore the possibilities offered to you. The description attached to each will explain what the sample intends to do, and what functionality it leverages. Once you are more confident with the system, how about trying to edit the strategy code directly from the editable text box?

Going further

You can try to optimize a strategy directly with the provided samples: just try the SlowTurtleCrossInstruments sample strategy, and adjust its parameters.
Or you can also install Market Runner (our design tool) now, and retry the samples from your own environment.