PyFinance

Personal portfolio analysis 📈💰

What is this

Personal portfolio analysis with Python and Alpaca API. Contains a monte carlo simulation script to predict the returns of a portfolio.

Inspiration

Wanted to try out the Alpaca API and use it to analyze a portfolio.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• You have the Alpaca API key and have python and jupyter-notebook installed.

Add the API keys to .env file

APCA_API_KEY_ID=SECRET
APCA_API_SECRET_KEY=SECRET

Getting pyfinance

To install pyfinance, follow these steps:

git clone https://github.com/2kabhishek/pyfinance
cd pyfinance

Using pyfinance

Explore the dataset and the notebook, tweak parameters and run the notebook.

How it was built

pyfinance was built using jupyter-notebook and python.

Challenges faced

Understanding different financial instruments and terminology was a challenge.

What I learned

• Alpaca API and the Alpaca Trading Platform.
• Monte Carlo simulation.

What's next

Some sections are incomplete.

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More Info

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