Backtesting Engine Python Packages

backtesting

🔎 📈 🐍 💰 Backtest trading strategies in Python.

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hftbacktest

Free, open source, a high frequency trading and market making backtesting and trading bot, which accounts for limit orders, queue positions, and latencies, utilizing full tick data for trades and order books(Level-2 and Level-3), with real-world crypto trading examples for Binance and Bybit

14K 4K 822

backtrader-next

Python Backtesting library for trading strategies

9K 44 8

pm-hbtbacktest

6K 4K 822

pynesys-pynecore

PyneCore - Pine Script Like Python Framework

6K 160 40

bbstrader

Simplified Investment & Trading Toolkit with Python & C++

5K 13 3

axon-quant

AI-native event-driven trading engine. Rust core with Python RL bindings. Built-in Gymnasium environments, LLM agents, SHAP explainability, and model ensembling — from backtesting to production.(AI 原生事件驱动交易引擎，Rust 内核，Python RL 绑定，支持 Gymnasium 环境、LLM 智能体、SHAP 可解释性与模型集成，贯穿回测到生产部署。)

4K 4 0

quantcore

High-performance C++20 backtesting engine with Python interface

4K 0 0

keel-trade

Keel — CLI and MCP server for AI-driven crypto strategy development on Hyperliquid

3K 1 0

strategytester5

A strategy tester for MetaTrader5 in Python language

2K 30 16

qstrader

QuantStart.com - QSTrader backtesting simulation engine.

2K 3K 925

simtradelab

SimTradeLab is an open-source backtesting framework inspired by PTrade’s event-driven architecture. It features a lightweight, modular design and full syntax compatibility, enabling seamless strategy development and validation.

2K 320 62

deltafq

Python 开源量化框架：覆盖“研究、回测、交易”全生命周期，构建从零到实盘的工业级量化闭环工作流。

2K 52 24

qtradex

AI-powered SDK featuring algorithmic trading, backtesting, deployment on 100+ exchanges, and multiple optimization engines.

938 79 16

neoportfolio

Portfolio Selection, Weight Optimization, and Backtesting with Sentiment analysis and ML return predictions. Automatic retrieval of popular indices' components.

695 1 2

stocksimpy

A lightweight Python library for backtesting stock strategies

647 4 0

polarbt

Blazingly fast strategy backtest with polars

637 9 1

vibe-trade

AI trading agent with a skill system: drop a SKILL.md file, declare your tools, ship. Built-in planner, pattern detection, strategy backtesting, 9 LLM providers, multi-agent simulation, and a full Next.js web UI bundled into one pipx install.

626 10 1