Develop trading strategies locally on VSCode for the QuantConnect cloud platform
- Fully manage your QuantConnect projects from VSCode
- See current project status
- Capable of adding and editing multiple files in multiple projects concurrently
- See backtest results from VSCode (work in progress)
- Save and sync your files to the clouda
This extension contributes the following settings:
quantconnect.apiKey
: User API key. You can get this value from the accounts page. Requiredquantconnect.userId
: User ID. You can get this from the accounts page. Required.quantconnect.cloudApiUrl
: API to use. Defaults tohttps://www.quantconnect.com/api/v2/
quantconnect.workspaceAsRootPath
: Establish the workspace root folder as the project directoryquantconnect.uploadOnSave
: Save/sync the file to the cloud on file savequantconnect.uploadSkipDialog
: Lets you skip the dialog box asking for confirmation before saving to the cloud
These settings can be configured by editing the global or workspace settings.json
file. You can access it by doing the following:
- For global settings.json:
File > Preferences > Settings > User Settings (tab) > Extensions > QuantConnect Backtesting Configuration
- For workspace settings.json:
File > Preferences > Settings > Workspace Settings (tab) > Extensions > QuantConnect Backtesting Configuration
It is currently not stable enough for use in production.