Funds less than risk appetite. Will not start

Algo Trading Backtesting
1

I was trying the pyalgotrading tutorial.
I was able to create new strategy using Jupyter.

When I start the backtesting, and look at logs I get

[2020-11-02 00:33:00] Performing sanity checks on cfg strategy_parameters, setting up broker connection and required data structures...
[2020-11-02 00:33:01] ABBroker connection has been setup successfully.
[2020-11-02 00:33:01] Sanity checks on cfg successful.
[2020-11-02 00:33:01] Setting up broker connection...
[2020-11-02 00:33:02] Broker connection has been setup successfully.
[2020-11-02 00:33:02] (NSE_EQ) Funds available in client's ABVirtualBroker account is : Rs. '1000000000.00'
[2020-11-02 00:33:02] Funds less than risk appetite. Will not start | Rs. 1000000000.0 | Risk Appetite: 10000000000.0

Where can I configure the Risk Appetite for ABBroker ?

I tried chaning MAX Capital Drawdown but the same problem remains.

2

Hi Vijayakrishna,

Can you please share some more details, specifically, how are you submitting a Backtesting job?

Regards,
AlgoBulls Support Team

3

Hi ,
I followed the steps provided in tutorial to upload and start a Backtesting job.
Upload : https://algobulls.github.io/pyalgotrading/upload/
Start Backtesting : https://algobulls.github.io/pyalgotrading/testing/

algobulls_connection.backtest(strategy_code=strategy_code1, 
    start_timestamp=dt(year=2020, month=7, day=1, hour=9, minute=15), 
    end_timestamp=dt(year=2020, month=7, day=7, hour=15, minute=30), 
    instrument=instrument, 
    lots=1,
    strategy_parameters={
      'timeperiod1': 5,
      'timeperiod2': 12
    }, 
    candle_interval=CandleInterval.MINUTES_15)

After calling backtest method, I tried to get status.
algobulls_connection.get_backtesting_job_status(strategy_code1)

It gave me “STARTING”. and when I tried after some time, it gave me “STOPPED”.

When I get the logs

   logs = algobulls_connection.get_backtesting_logs(strategy_code1)
   print(logs)

I see the problem.

[2020-11-02 00:33:00] Performing sanity checks on cfg strategy_parameters, setting up broker connection and required data structures...
[2020-11-02 00:33:01] ABBroker connection has been setup successfully.
[2020-11-02 00:33:01] Sanity checks on cfg successful.
[2020-11-02 00:33:01] Setting up broker connection...
[2020-11-02 00:33:02] Broker connection has been setup successfully.
[2020-11-02 00:33:02] (NSE_EQ) Funds available in client's ABVirtualBroker account is : Rs. '1000000000.00'
[2020-11-02 00:33:02] Funds less than risk appetite. Will not start | Rs. 1000000000.0 | Risk Appetite: 10000000000.0
4

Hi Vijayakrishna,

There has been an update in the Risk Management Feature recently. We asked the backend team to update the same for your account.

Please check it now and let us know if you are still facing any issues in running your Backtesting job.

Regards,
AlgoBulls Support Team