QuantConnect
Unified platform for quantitative research, backtesting, and live algorithmic trading with cloud and on-premise deployment.
Overview
QuantConnect provides a unified API and platform for quantitative research, backtesting, and live trading. It supports cloud-based research terminals with access to extensive financial, fundamental, and alternative data sets, linked to securities identifiers such as FIGI, CUSIP, and ISIN.
The platform enables realistic, multi-asset backtesting with fee, slippage, and spread adjustments, supporting portfolios of thousands of securities with margin modeling. It offers parameter optimization and AI assistance to enhance strategy development and deployment.
QuantConnect supports both cloud and on-premise deployment options, allowing users to replicate the platform locally for bespoke requirements or proprietary datasets. It integrates with multiple brokerage and trading systems for live trading execution.
Key Features
- + Unified API for research, backtesting, and live trading
- + Access to terabytes of financial, fundamental, and alternative data
- + Multi-asset backtesting with realistic fee, slippage, and spread adjustments
- + Parameter sensitivity testing and optimization
- + AI assistance for strategy development
- + Cloud-based research terminals with fast compute cores
- + On-premise deployment option for proprietary data and bespoke needs
- + Integration with multiple brokerage platforms for live trading