Hi, first of all thanks to the creator of backtrader and all its contributors!

I'm planning to use Backtrader for institutional purposes, and due to needing to comply with company cybersecurity policy, I'm curious about how I can get assurance that the package is safe, and doesn't for example, steal our strategies? I totally trust that the community here has done enough due diligence on this software, but is there a way to verify rather than base it on faith?

Thanks again for this wonderful platform!

Sincerely,
Eric

Hi, I have a question related to the topics discussed here.

In live trading, I'm trying to send a "MOC" order to Interactive Brokers, and the orders appear to be correct on the TWS blotter, but IB won't accept my order, with the error message:

"Rejected by System: Invalid OCA Handling method."

I've tried sending the MOC order with these lines:

self.sell(data=self.datas[1], size=100, exectype=bt.Order.Close, valid=bt.Order.T_Close)

self.sell(data=self.datas[1], size=100, orderType='MOC', valid=bt.Order.T_Close)

But if I manually create a MOC order on TWS, with the same TIF/Order Type attributes, it gets accepted without errors.

Any thoughts on this? Thanks

@dasch I agree I have access to the source code, but even if I try to read it, it won't give me any assurance...

Hi, yes I'm aware I can read the source code, but 1) even if I tried, I'm certainly not good enough to identify any suspicious code, and 2) that would take me forever! I wonder how other people have approached this problem. Is there a shortcut to address security concerns?

Hi, first of all thanks to the creator of backtrader and all its contributors!

I'm planning to use Backtrader for institutional purposes, and due to needing to comply with company cybersecurity policy, I'm curious about how I can get assurance that the package is safe, and doesn't for example, steal our strategies? I totally trust that the community here has done enough due diligence on this software, but is there a way to verify rather than base it on faith?

Thanks again for this wonderful platform!

Sincerely,
Eric