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# GoCryptoTrader Backtester: Backtest package
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This backtest 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 this Trello board: [https://trello.com/b/ZAhMhpOy/gocryptotrader](https://trello.com/b/ZAhMhpOy/gocryptotrader).
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## Backtest package overview
The backtest 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)
### Please click GoDocs chevron above to view current GoDoc information for this package
## Contribution
Please feel free to submit any pull requests or suggest any desired features to be added.
When submitting a PR, please abide by our coding guidelines:
+ Code must adhere to the official Go [formatting](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting) guidelines (i.e. uses [gofmt](https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/)).
+ Code must be documented adhering to the official Go [commentary](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary) guidelines.
+ Code must adhere to our [coding style](https://github.com/thrasher-corp/gocryptotrader/blob/master/doc/coding_style.md).
+ Pull requests need to be based on and opened against the `master` branch.
## Donations
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