Midas Shell

Overview

The Midas Shell is the central entry point for interacting with the Midas Trading System. Designed as a CLI/REPL tool, it provides comprehensive control over all system components, including backtesting, data ETL pipelines, file comparison, live trading, and launching the GUI dashboard.

Key Capabilities:

1. Backtesting: Run backtests directly from the shell, provided the shell is launched within a Python virtual environment that has the midastrader library installed.
2. ETL Pipelines: Supports data ingestion from sources like Databento, with plans to expand to additional sources in the future.
3. Midas Server Integration: Push data directly to the midas-server for processing and visualization.
4. GUI Integration: Open the Midas Dashboard from the shell for a graphical view of the system.
5. Live Trading: Execute live trading strategies seamlessly.
6. File Comparison: Analyze and compare files encoded in the Midas binary format.

Usage

The shell includes the following commands:

Command	Description
Historical	Download historical price data.
Instrument	Create instruments in server database.
Strategy	List local strategies available for operation.
Live	Start live trading with a specified strategy.
Backtest	Run a backtest with a specified strategy.
Dashboard	Open the midas-gui.
Midas	Handles Midas binary encoded files.
Databento	ETL pipeline for Databento source.

Screenshots

Default

Starship Toolbar

Installation

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midassystems/midas-shell/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Requirements

Dependencies:

1. Python Virtual Environment:

   • The midastrader library is required, though it is not yet available on PyPI. You can install it from source:

     git clone https://github.com/midassystems/midastrader.git
     cd midastrader
     python setup.py install

2. Starship Toolbar (Optional):

   • If you'd like to use the Starship toolbar for an enhanced experience:
     • Install Starship using Homebrew:

       brew install starship

     • A default Starship configuration (midas_starship.toml) ships with the tool, avoiding conflicts with other Starship configurations.

3. Databento API Key:

   • The ETL pipeline is currently configured to use Databento as a data source.
   • You will need to add your Databento API key to the configuration file (~/.config/midas/config.toml).

4. Midas Server:

   • The Midas Shell requires the Midas Server to be running. This can be deployed locally or remotely using Docker.

Configuration

Data Configuration

The application ships with a default configuration file (config.toml) located at ~/.config/midas/. Users will need to edit this file to match their environment. Below is an example:

[common]
log_level = "info"
midas_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
api_key = "api_key"

[vendors]
databento_key = "api_key"

• Midas URL: Update the midas_url based on where your midas-server is running.
• Databento API Key: You must acquire a free Databento API key from Databento and add it to the config.toml file.

Starship Toolbar Configuration (Optional)

A separate Starship configuration file (midas_starship.toml) is included and will be picked up automatically by the shell. Users can edit this file for customization as needed. It is located in the same directory as config.toml.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.