Getting Started
Create your first strategy on Podium. No local installation required — strategies are written in the browser and executed in a cloud sandbox.
How It Works
Podium strategies are Python classes that extend Strategy from the podium_sdk package. You write your strategy code in the web editor (or clone a template), run backtests against historical data, and deploy to paper trading — all from the dashboard.
Requirements
- A Podium account (sign up at podium-finance.com)
- Basic Python knowledge (classes, dicts, lists)
- Understanding of portfolio weights (target allocation per stock)
Quick Start Path
- Sign up — Create an account at podium-finance.com
- Browse templates — Go to Dashboard → Create Strategy → Templates tab
- Clone a template — Start with "Momentum Ranking" (recommended for first-time users)
- Run a backtest — Click "Run Backtest" with default settings
- Review results — Examine equity curve, Sharpe, Sortino, max drawdown
- Deploy — Deploy to paper trading when satisfied
Available Libraries
Strategies execute in a sandboxed Python environment with these pre-installed packages:
Data Science
- numpy
- pandas
- scipy
Machine Learning
- scikit-learn
- statsmodels