Example #1
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def initialize(context):
	"""	Define algorithm"""
	print "Initialize..."
	global TRAINING_STOCK, BACKTEST_STOCK
	context.security = None #becomes symbol(BACKTEST_STOCK)
	context.benchmark = symbol('SPY')
	
	context.training_data = loadTrainingData(TRAINING_TIME, TRAINING_STOCK)
	context.training_data_length = len(context.training_data) - 2
	context.normalized_data = Manager.normalize(context.training_data) 	# will have to redo every time step
	
	target = Manager.getTargets(context.normalized_data)
	context.training_data = context.training_data[:-2]			# delete last data entry, because it won't be used
	context.normalized_data = context.normalized_data[:-2] 		# delete last data entry, because it won't be used
	#print target
	#plt.figure("Training Data")
	#for i in range(len(context.normalized_data[0])):
	#	plt.plot([x[i] for x in context.normalized_data])
	#plt.legend(['open', 'high', 'low', 'close', 'volume', 'price'], loc='upper left')
	#plt.show()

	print "Train..."
	#print len(context.training_data), len(context.normalized_data), len(target)
	context.strategy = STRATEGY_CLASS([context.normalized_data], [target], num_epochs=EPOCHS)
	
	print "Capital Base: " + str(context.portfolio.cash)