Installation¶

Get SignalFlow up and running in minutes.

Requirements¶

Python 3.12+
4GB RAM minimum (16GB recommended for backtesting)

Install¶

Standard Installation¶

pip install signalflow-trading

With Neural Networks¶

For deep learning validators (LSTM, Transformers):

pip install signalflow-trading[nn]

Virtual Environment (Recommended)¶

# Create environment
python -m venv signalflow-env
source signalflow-env/bin/activate  # Windows: signalflow-env\Scripts\activate

# Install
pip install signalflow-trading[nn]

Verify Installation¶

import signalflow
from signalflow.core import RawData, Signals
from signalflow.detector import SmaCrossSignalDetector

print(f"SignalFlow {signalflow.__version__} installed ✓")

Platform Notes¶

=== "Linux" Works out of the box.

=== "macOS" Supports both Intel and Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3).

=== "Windows" Works in Command Prompt or PowerShell.

Troubleshooting¶

Import errors?

pip install --force-reinstall signalflow-trading

GPU not detected?

# Check CUDA version first: nvidia-smi
pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121
pip install signalflow-nn

Python version too old?

python --version  # Must be 3.12+

Next Steps¶

Quick Start

Build your first strategy in 10 minutes
Configuration

Configure components and parameters

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