--- title: 'Project documentation template' disqus: hackmd --- alphaBets Start Guide === ![downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/atom/atom/total.svg) ![build](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/:user/:repo.svg) ![chat](https://img.shields.io/discord/:serverId.svg) ## Table of Contents [TOC] ## Structure Here is a list of what we need to get started for our algorithmic trading set up. 1) Virtual Machine to host calculations and execution 2) Brokerage Account to trade with 3) Data Feeds (backtesting and execution) 4) General Backtesting and Execution (research, [general framework](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/alpha-streams/creating-an-alpha), connecting brokerage to quantconnect) Setting up VM --- User flows --- ```sequence Alice->Bob: Hello Bob, how are you? Note right of Bob: Bob thinks Bob-->Alice: I am good thanks! Note left of Alice: Alice responds Alice->Bob: Where have you been? ``` > Read more about sequence-diagrams here: http://bramp.github.io/js-sequence-diagrams/ Project Timeline --- ```mermaid gantt title A Gantt Diagram section Section A task :a1, 2014-01-01, 30d Another task :after a1 , 20d section Another Task in sec :2014-01-12 , 12d anther task : 24d ``` > Read more about mermaid here: http://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/ ## Appendix and FAQ :::info **Find this document incomplete?** Leave a comment! ::: ###### tags: `Templates` `Documentation`