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2023

Hummingbot Docker Quickstart Guide

Introduction

This brief guide will introduce you to the process of installing and deploying Hummingbot using Docker. You will learn step-by-step how to set up Hummingbot using Docker Compose, a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications, and then run your first algo trading strategy!

What You Will Learn

  1. Install Docker: Step-by-step instructions to installing Docker and Docker Compose,

  2. Hummingbot Interface: Uncover the essentials of the Hummingbot interface, including layout and navigation.

  3. Running a Script: Learn how to run an algo trading strategy as a Hummingbot script.

  4. Connecting API Keys: Master the crucial process of integrating API keys with Hummingbot, ensuring secure API-based bot trading across various exchanges.

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Directional Trading with MACD and Bollinger Bands

Welcome to the inaugural post in our Strategy Experiments series, where we publish hypotheses, code, and performance analyses of live bot strategies.

We're thrilled to return to the Hummingbot blog with an exciting experiment: developing a crypto trading bot using the open-source Hummingbot platform. This bot employs an indicator-based directional strategy on the Binance Futures exchange, leveraging MACD and Bollinger Bands.

Sign up for Binance Futures using our Hummingbot referral code to receive a 10% fee rebate!

Introducing Strategy Experiments

As the first entry in our Strategy Experiments series, we aim to foster a collaborative environment where users can share their strategic insights with the community, enhancing growth and knowledge exchange among quantitative traders.

We invite everyone to contribute their Strategy Experiments, regardless of outcome, as there is valuable learning in each experience. Through sharing insights and discussing novel concepts, we aspire to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem for continual improvement and refinement of trading strategies.

Below is a detailed account of our first experiment. You can watch the accompanying video or read the following description.