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Backtrader Bybit

Backtrader Bybit is an open-source Python integration that connects the Backtrader strategy framework to Bybit through pybit, enabling historical cryptocurrency data downloads, strategy backtesting and automated live trading.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when a Python-based Backtrader workflow needs Bybit historical or live market data, backtesting, or exchange-connected automated trading.

Who it is for

  • Python developers building or adapting Backtrader strategies for Bybit.
  • Traders who want to retrieve Bybit market history or evaluate strategies against historical exchange data.
  • Developers connecting automated Backtrader strategies to live Bybit trading.

Documented uses

  • Download historical cryptocurrency price data from Bybit.
  • Backtest a Backtrader strategy using exchange history.
  • Retrieve historical and live data for one or multiple symbols and timeframes.
  • Export historical symbol data to CSV.
  • Run automated strategies that place or cancel live orders.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and MIT-licensed. Its README requires Bybit API credentials and an account type for running examples; live trading examples also describe read-write and trade permissions.

  • The integration uses pybit for Bybit API connectivity and works with Backtrader.
  • The README says either original Backtrader or the maintainer's fork can be used.
  • The repository includes separate data and strategy examples, including CSV export, timeframe resampling and multi-symbol indicators.
  • Live examples can place real market or limit orders, so testing them is not equivalent to running a historical backtest.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install the library and prepare an example configuration

Set up the documented Python dependencies and add Bybit credentials for the repository examples.

Before you start

  • Python environment with pip
  • Bybit API key, secret key and account type
  • Packages: pybit, pycryptodome, backtrader, pandas and matplotlib

Steps

  1. Install the integration with the command below, or install from the GitHub repository.

    Documented command
    pip install backtrader_bybit

  2. Install the listed dependencies directly or use the repository's requirements.txt file.

  3. Add the API key, secret key and account type to ConfigBybit/Config.py as shown in the README.

Expected outcome

The integration and required packages are installed, and the example configuration contains the connection details the README says are needed before running examples.

Guide limitations

  • These steps cover installation and configuration, not execution of a particular strategy.
  • Live trading examples can place exchange orders; the README advises cancelling submitted orders after testing.
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