# GoCryptoTrader Backtester: Engine package

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This engine package is part of the GoCryptoTrader codebase.

## This is still in active development

You can track ideas, planned features and what's in progress on our [GoCryptoTrader Kanban board](https://github.com/orgs/thrasher-corp/projects/3).

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## Engine package overview

The engine package is the most important package of the GoCryptoTrader backtester. It is the engine which combines all elements.
It is responsible for the following functionality
- Loading settings from a provided config file
- Retrieving data
- Loading the data into assessable chunks
- Analysing the data via the `handleEvent` function
- Looping through all data
- Outputting results into a report

A flow of the application is as follows:
![workflow](https://i.imgur.com/Kup6IA9.png)

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