Can Basana be used for paper trading like pyalgotrade?

[NagarajuGunda]

I have started using pyalgotrade as base for my trading with my code on top of it(https://github.com/NagarajuGunda/PyAlgoMate) to support indian stock markets

I am a big fan of pyalgotrade and use backtesting, paper trading and live trading using it

I am considering moving to async based basana, Just wanted to check if all that is possible using pyalgotrade is possible using basana?

[gbeced]

No. Basana is, by design, a smaller package. As explained in the docs, the framework has 3 main components:

• The core, where basic abstractions like events, event sources and the event dispatcher live.
• A backtesting exchange that you can use to validate your strategies before using real money.
• External integrations, where you’ll find support for live trading at Binance and Bitstamp crypto currency exchanges.

A couple of differences with PyAlgoTrade:

• Python 3 only.
• Basana doesn't ship with technical indicators. There are many packages out there and it didn't make sense to me to redo all that work. I use talipp in the examples.
• Right now there is no support for metrics like drawdown, sharpe, etc. These will be available in the future though.
• The position based interface (enterLong, enterShort, etc) doesn't exist in Basana.