pychoam

pychoam is a minimal event-driven trading framework for Interactive Brokers built on ib_insync. It supports both live trading and CSV-based back-testing with identical strategy logic.

Installation

pip install -e .[dev]
cp .env.example .env  # then edit credentials

Usage

Back-test a CSV file:

Provide a CSV with columns ts,o,h,l,c,v and run:

pychoam backtest --file path/to/data.csv

Run against a live IB paper account:

pychoam live --env .env

Notes

• Designed for educational purposes only.
• Ensure you are connected to IB's paper-trading gateway before running the live command.