QuantConnect Telegram Bot

Unofficial Telegram bot for retrieving data from a QuantConnect live algorithm deployment. Supports Oanda accounts.

Commands/Features

• /get_qc: Gets the current $ NAV from a QuantConnect deployment.
• /get_oanda: Gets a detailed account summary from an Oanda account, including:
  • NAV
  • Unrealised P&L
  • Realised P&L
  • Margin call %
  • (for each open position) Symbol, Unrealised P&L, Direction, Units

Getting Started

Requirements

• Windows or *NIX instance
• (if Windows) Visual Studio 2017
• QuantConnect account and API key
• Oanda account and API key
• Telegram account and Bot API token

Instructions for installation under Windows

1. Clone into directory of choice.
2. Fill out the bot-config.json file.
3. Restore NuGet packages.
4. Compile and run.

Instructions for installation under *NIX

1. Follow steps to install Mono for your distro, making sure you install mono-complete.
2. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nuget
3. Clone into directory of choice, cd into this directory.
4. Fill out the bot-config.json file.
5. nuget restore QuantConnect-Telegram-Bot.sln
6. msbuild QuantConnect-Telegram-Bot.sln /p:Configuration=Release
7. cd QuantConnect-Telegram-Bot/bin/Release
8. mono ./QuantConnect-Telegram-Bot.exe

If you want to run the process in the background and have it restart automatically if it crashes, replace the last two steps above with the following:

1. chmod +x ./monitor.sh
2. nohup ./monitor.sh &

Instructions for Docker deployment

1. Clone into directory of choice, cd into this directory.
2. Fill out the bot-config.json file.
3. Build a Docker image. Example for Google Cloud deployment:
   1. gcloud auth login, follow steps
   2. gcloud config set project [PROJECT_ID]
   3. gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/[PROJECT_ID]/quantconnect-telegram-bot .
4. Run or deploy image as you see fit.