From 660a757842d9c4a7b95a8c7e046a2f1be95ac35f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Preslav Rachev Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:08:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adds an initial version of a README file --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..37eca48 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# CryptoTrader + +CryptoTrader is a system for automating crypto-currency trading transactions, based on different signals and trading strategies. + +### Why am I building it? + +I have been spent a significant portion of my free time over the past year, targeting my machine learning efforts into predicting price trends of various crypto-currenties. As a result, I have gathered a set of Python-based scripts and Jupyter notebooks listing various strategies each with its own advantages and disadvantages. + +### Why a Spring Boot Project? + +I have said it many times that Python is my secret love. The language and the ecosystem of libraries are simply a bliss to work with. The combination of Python, Jupyter Notebook and the available ML libraries that are just a `pip install` away, makes it incredible easy to sketch ideas and see their potential. Yet, when it comes to developing a more complex system that builds off all those separate ideas, the years of JVM experience I've gathered simply turn the decision in their favor. + + + +