# owocki/pytrader

cryptocurrency trading robot

Repository: https://github.com/owocki/pytrader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pytrader
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-08-21T22:57:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3812, "days_push": 2934, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1960, forks 418 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.377875+00:00)

## What it is
pytrader is a cryptocurrency trading robot that uses machine learning classifiers (sklearn, pybrain) to predict price movements and execute trades on the Poloniex exchange. It was a 2016 side project that has been on ice since 2017.

## Use cases
- automate cryptocurrency trading on poloniex
- predict crypto price movements with machine learning
- build a bitcoin trading bot
- experiment with sklearn classifiers on price data
- learn quantitative finance with python

## When to choose
- you want a reference implementation of ML-based crypto trading on Poloniex
- you want to study or revive an educational trading bot codebase

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, profitable trading system
- you trade on exchanges other than Poloniex
- you need production-grade reliability or support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: machine-learning, trading
- domain: fintech, machine-learning
- platform: python
- tags: crypto-trading-bot, poloniex, sklearn, quantitative-finance, algorithmic-trading, cryptocurrency

## Member repositories
- owocki/pytrader (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.377875+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:05:48.437818+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/owocki/pytrader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.377875+00:00, sha 50c71e277858)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.