* engine: shutdown and unload exchange when engine is stopped * linter: fixes * engine/exchMan: add nil check * engine/exchanges: add shutdown method to exchanges, rm len check lock not needed, expanded code coverage, address some nits * exchMan: report all failed shutdowns across exchanges, implement timer and monitoring routines. * exchMan: improve shutdown sequence and aloc. * further improvement * exchman: log from warn to error * websockconnection: Suppress error return when closure is caused by library * linter: fix * fix racies * add note on why not parallel tests * glorious: nits * spelling kween * thrasher: nits * engine: change print of setting using reflection, I keep forgetting to implement this so program around forgetfulness * engine/exchange_management: remove wait group and just rely on intermediary lock * glorious: nits * Update common/common.go Co-authored-by: Adrian Gallagher <adrian.gallagher@thrasher.io> * Update main.go Co-authored-by: Adrian Gallagher <adrian.gallagher@thrasher.io> --------- Co-authored-by: Ryan O'Hara-Reid <ryan.oharareid@thrasher.io> Co-authored-by: Adrian Gallagher <adrian.gallagher@thrasher.io>
GoCryptoTrader Backtester: Engine package
This engine package is part of the GoCryptoTrader codebase.
This is still in active development
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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
handleEventfunction - Looping through all data
- Outputting results into a report
A flow of the application is as follows:

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