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Open-Source Tutorial: "Live Trading with CoinAPI Data Feed and LEAN" #281

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jaredbroad opened this issue Jun 25, 2020 · 0 comments
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jaredbroad commented Jun 25, 2020

Create a tutorial for how to do live trading with Coin API live data feed and LEAN. (Est 800 words)
All tutorials should try and explain with a combination of text and visuals (tidy screen shots).

Introduction

  • Who is Coin API, what feeds do they offer?
  • What this tutorial will cover

Live Trading in LEAN

  • What is an IQueueDataFeed, where it is used

Configuring CoinAPI IQueueDataFeed

  • How to set LEAN to use the IQueueDataFeed
  • Build then running LEAN Live.
  • Screen shots.

Placing Trades

  • How to request crypto data
  • How to place your first trade
  • Understanding the cashbook / fetching coins from cashbook.

See Also:

  • Converting data provided by CoinAPI into LEAN format (link todo).
  • Configuring a CoinAPI HistoryProvider (not sure this is possible / done).

It would show up here too -- and all the similar tutorials about local live trading could be # 120 - # 130:
https://www.quantconnect.com/tutorials/open-source/introduction

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