Run strategy with data from Borsdata

This guide will show how to download market data and run a strategy based on both technical and fundamental analysis. In this example data is downloaded from the data provider Börsdata who also provides the API-key for data access.

1. Make sure Algoloop is installed on your computer. See instructions on the Getting Started page.
2. On the Markets tab, press the "Add market" button and select the new item "Market".
3. Switch to the Settings tab (within the Markets tab) and fill in the form as show below.
4. On the Markets tab, tick the checkbox in front of "Borsdata(0)".
5. Data is now downloading and it will take about an hour the first time data is downloading.
6. Download is finished when the message "Market Börsdata completed" appears in the status bar.
7. On the Instruments tab (within the Makets tab), select Column Country="Sverige" and Marketplace="Large Cap","Mid Cap" and "Small Cap".
8. On the Instruments tab (within the Makets tab), select all instruments that matches the filter with shortcut key sequence Ctrl-A and press button "Add to new symbol list".
9. On the Markets tab, expand all sublevels of "Börsdata, select "New list (411)".
10. On the Settings tab, replace the name "New list" with "OMXS".
11. Switch to the Strategies tab and press button "Add strategy".
12. Fill the "Configuration" tab with the name of the strategy you want to use together with other strategy data.
13. Switch over to the "Symbols" tab and select the list "OMXS" and press button "Add symbol".
14. Switch over to the "Parameters" tab and set the parameters for the strategy. The parameter values are dependent upon the actual parameter itself and can be any of following values: "any", "use", "true", "false" or a number. It is also possible to examine a range of parameters with a comma separated list in the Range field, i.e: "100,150,200,250" or "0,any,use".
15. Run the strategy by pressing the button "Run strategy". A message "Strategy completed" will appear on the status bar when the strategy execution is completed.
16. Expand the strategy name and view the result of the strategy execution. Select tab "Chart" to see the equity curve of the strategy.
17. Select tab "Orders" to see the history of orders. Scroll down to the bottom of the list to see if there are any submitted orders if you want to send the same orders to your broker to trade along with the strategy.