Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency Daily Data

Quantiacs provides up-to-date daily data for cryptocurrencies:

import qnt.data as qndata

btc_data = qndata.cryptodaily.load_data(tail=365 * 8, dims=('time', 'field', 'asset'))

['ADA', 'AUR', 'AVAX', 'BCH', 'BCN', 'BLK', 'BNB', 'BSV', 'BTC', 'BTG',
 'BTS', 'DASH', 'DGC', 'DGD', 'DOGE', 'DOT', 'EOS', 'ETC', 'ETH', 'FCT',
 'FRC', 'FTC', 'GNT', 'ICP', 'IFC', 'IXC', 'LINK', 'LSK', 'LTC', 'MAID',
 'MNC', 'NEO', 'NMC', 'NXT', 'OMNI', 'PPC', 'PTS', 'QRK', 'REP', 'SOL',
 'STEEM', 'STRAX', 'THETA', 'TRC', 'TRX', 'UNI', 'WAVES', 'WDC', 'XCP',
 'XEM', 'XLM', 'XMR', 'XPM', 'XPY', 'XRP']  

Number	Ticker	Full Name
1	ADA	Cardano
2	AUR	Auroracoin
3	AVAX	Avalanche
4	BCH	Bitcoin Cash
5	BCN	Bytecoin
6	BLK	BlackCoin
7	BNB	Binance Coin
8	BSV	Bitcoin SV
9	BTC	Bitcoin
10	BTG	Bitcoin Gold
11	BTS	BitShares
12	DASH	Dash
13	DGC	DigitalCoin
14	DGD	DigixDAO
15	DOGE	Dogecoin
16	DOT	Polkadot
17	EOS	EOS
18	ETC	Ethereum Classic
19	ETH	Ethereum
20	FCT	Factom
21	FRC	Freicoin
22	FTC	Feathercoin
23	GNT	Golem
24	ICP	Internet Computer
25	IFC	Infinitecoin
26	IXC	Ixcoin
27	LINK	Chainlink
28	LSK	Lisk
29	LTC	Litecoin
30	MAID	MaidSafeCoin
31	MNC	Mincoin
32	NEO	NEO
33	NMC	Namecoin
34	NXT	Nxt
35	OMNI	Omni
36	PPC	Peercoin
37	PTS	ProtoShares
38	QRK	Quark
39	REP	Augur
40	SOL	Solana
41	STEEM	Steem
42	STRAX	Stratis
43	THETA	Theta Network
44	TRC	Terracoin
45	TRX	TRON
46	UNI	Uniswap
47	WAVES	Waves
48	WDC	WorldCoin
49	XCP	Counterparty
50	XEM	NEM
51	XLM	Stellar
52	XMR	Monero
53	XPM	Primecoin
54	XPY	Paycoin
55	XRP	XRP

Example

This trading strategy uses a moving average crossover system for Crypto Daily Long contest, taking long positions when the 10-day LWMA is above the 50-day LWMA, considering the asset’s liquidity.

# import os
# os.environ['API_KEY'] = "{your_api_key_here}"  # you may need it for local development

import xarray as xr

import qnt.stats as qnstats
import qnt.data as qndata
import qnt.output as qnout
import qnt.ta as qnta

def calculate_weights(data):
    close = data.sel(field="close")
    liquidity = data.sel(field='is_liquid')
    long_lwma = qnta.lwma(close, 50)
    short_lwma = qnta.lwma(close, 10)
    buy = 1
    return xr.where(short_lwma > long_lwma, buy, 0) * liquidity

# SINGLE-PASS
data = qndata.cryptodaily.load_data(min_date="2013-04-01")  # load data

weights = calculate_weights(data)
weights = qnout.clean(weights, data, 'crypto_daily_long')  # fix common errors

qnout.check(weights, data, 'crypto_daily_long')  # check that weights are correct.
qnout.write(weights)  # write results, necessary for submission.

statistics = qnstats.calc_stat(data, weights.sel(time=slice("2014-01-01", None)))  # calc stats
print(statistics.to_pandas().tail())

# import qnt.graph as qngraph
# qngraph.make_major_plots(statistics)  # works in Jupyter Notebook

# # MULTI-PASS

# import qnt.backtester as qnbt

# weights = qnbt.backtest(
#     competition_type='crypto_daily_long',  # Crypto Daily Long contest
#     lookback_period=365,  # lookback in calendar days
#     start_date="2014-01-01",
#     strategy=calculate_weights,
#     analyze=True,
#     build_plots=True
# )

Cryptocurrency Hourly Data

Quantiacs provides up-to-date hourly data - price and volume - for the following cryptocurrencies:

import qnt.data as qndata

crypto_data = qndata.crypto.load_data(tail=365 * 10)

['BCH', 'BTC', 'EOS', 'ETH', 'LTC', 'USDT', 'XRP']

Number	Ticker	Full Name
1	BCH	Bitcoin Cash
2	BTC	Bitcoin
3	EOS	EOS
4	ETH	Ethereum
5	LTC	Litecoin
6	USDT	Tether
7	XRP	XRP

BTC Futures from spot price

For a more detailed description on loading and accessing BTC Futures consult our API-Reference: Loading BTC Futures Data

The Bitcoin Futures data for the last 8 years (history extended with Bitcoin spot price) can be loaded using:

import qnt.data as qndata

btc_data = qndata.cryptofutures.load_data(tail=365 * 8, dims=('time', 'field', 'asset'))