QCAlgorithm is the C# base class to access the QC-Cloud Cluster of computers, and US equities tick data. You can download this library, compile your algorithm locally on your home computer, and upload the compiled DLL to the QuantConnect cloud.

The repository has several building blocks: Common, Interface and Algorithm.

• Common - Provides the basic security objects for accessing financial data, math lirbaries.
• Interface - Interaction interface between the Algorithm and the backtesting platform.
• Algorithm - Underlying class handling the logistics of placing orders, event placeholders.

Feel free to extend this class and recommend additions / modifications to the API. We push updates to QC on a nightly basis so approved changes will be live within 48 hours.

See http://www.quantconnect.com/docs for more information.

Provided with the Apache 2.0 license.

QuantConnect is seeking to democratize algorithmic trading through providing powerful tools and free financial data. With our online IDE engineers can design strategies in C#, and backtest them across 15 years of free high resolution financial data. Feel free to reach out to the QC Team -- contact@quantconnect.com