backtrader.errors module

Exception Classes Module - Custom exceptions for backtrader.

This module defines the exception hierarchy used throughout the backtrader framework.

Classes:

BacktraderError: Base exception for all backtrader exceptions. StrategySkipError: Raised to skip a strategy during optimization. ModuleImportError: Raised when a required module cannot be imported. FromModuleImportError: Raised when a from-style import fails.

Example

Raising StrategySkipError during optimization: >>> class MyStrategy(bt.Strategy): … params = ((‘period’, 20),) … … def __init__(self): … if self.p.period < 5: … raise bt.errors.StrategySkipError()

exception backtrader.errors.BacktraderError

Bases: Exception

Base exception for all backtrader exceptions.

exception backtrader.errors.StrategySkipError

Bases: BacktraderError

Requests the platform to skip this strategy for backtesting. To be raised during the initialization (__init__) phase of the instance