Difficulty Implementing Basic Strategy – Need for Better Documentation

[arfar-x]

Difficulty Implementing Basic Strategy – Need for Better Documentation

Hello,

First of all, thank you for your efforts in building and maintaining such a powerful open-source platform. I'm truly excited about its potential and really looking forward to using it in my projects.

However, after spending weeks trying to implement a basic algo-trading app, I keep running into complexity — even with the simplest strategies like the EMACross example. I believe the main issue is the lack of solid, beginner-friendly documentation that provides a clear path to building a “hello-world” level app, both in backtesting and live environments.

Despite having experience in backend development, I often find myself stuck in what feels like a pointless struggle. While there is some information available — such as architectural overviews and component descriptions — it simply isn't enough for a newcomer to get started.

For example:

• What’s the difference between LiveDataClient and LiveMarketDataClient?
  They both seem to have the same description in the docs.
• How are the various components supposed to be wired together in a real-world app?
• What is the minimal set of components required to run a simple strategy?

A clear roadmap or getting-started guide would be incredibly helpful. Like many modern frameworks, not all features are needed to build something minimal — and knowing what to ignore is just as important as knowing what to use.

Unfortunately, I don’t have Rust knowledge to dive deep into the source code and help improve the documentation, otherwise I would.

Thanks again for your work. I hope this feedback helps make the platform more accessible to other developers like myself.

Best regards