TuringTrader

The Open-Source Backtesting Engine/ Trading Simulator by Bertram Enterprises.

From fbertram·Updated June 15, 2026·View on GitHub·

An open-source backtesting engine/ trading simulator, licensed under [AGPL 3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0). The project is written primarily in C#, distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 license, first published in 2019. Key topics include: algorithmic-trading, backtesting, c-sharp, finance, options.

TuringTrader

GNU Affero General Public License

An open-source backtesting engine/ trading simulator, licensed under AGPL 3.0.

For news, updates, and more information about the project, please visit our website at https://www.turingtrader.org/.

Installing

To install TuringTrader, download the setup file from https://www.turingtrader.org/download/.

Documentation

Find the TuringTrader documentation at https://www.turingtrader.org/documentation/.

Building from Source

Prerequisites

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022
- installation must include Workloads for .NET desktop development and Universal Windows Platform development
.NET 6.0 SDK
DocFX toolset version 2.62.2
WiX Toolset v4 (FireGiant's HeatWave Community Edition)

Build Steps

Here are the individual steps to build TuringTrader from source:

Install TuringTrader from binary distribution
Open TuringTrader solution in Visual Studio
Build release version of TuringTrader project
Publish TuringTrader application
Build BooksAndPubs project (linked against the binary version installed)
Build setup project
Build documentation

The project also contains a script for a single-click build of the installer. See SINGLE_CLICK_BUILD.bat at the repository root!

Happy coding!

Felix Bertram
info@TuringTrader.org

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