Eiten
Web and SaaS
portfolio optimization
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How HN took it
4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
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What people liked
Useful tool for merging finance and data science
From 2 comments
I’ll give it my second biggest big compliment: I’ve wanted to do something like this for years. (My biggest compliment is: why didn’t I think of that?) Anyway, do you have a…
omarhaneef on HNVery cool, thanks for sharing. Currently sitting in the early drawing board stage of a potential portfolio tool for a small pool of asset managers in my north-European country,…
codebolt on HN
Easy to use with a single command
From 1 comment
I would say this is a subset of the above repo but with one major difference. All you need is a single command to use Eiten while for most of the other repos, they require a user…
hydershykh on HN
Objections
Ignores trading costs and dividends in backtests
From 2 comments
Trading costs are not included during the back test. Since the portfolios are buy and hold, there won't be a lot of trades. Therefore, it seemed like a reasonable assumption to…
hydershykh on HNIt does not.
hydershykh on HN
Weights confusing, including negative and above one values
From 1 comment
Hi, very interesting tool. Thanks for sharing. While playing with it, I see some weights that are confusing. In some portfolios I see weights that are > 1 as well as some that…
daddypro on HN
Requests
Add sustainability (ESG) factors to the fitness function
From 1 comment
Is it possible to factor (e.g. GRI) sustainability criteria into the portfolio fitness function? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21922558 My concern is that - like any other…
westurner on HN
Support custom datasets and factor investing
From 2 comments
yes, since the code is pretty modular. All the changes that one needs to make are in the data_manager.py file. There is a single function that loads the stocks data which can…
hydershykh on HNDoes the code have any factor investing features at all right now? I was just reading about alpha lens, another project focused on performance attribution of factors. To avoid…
iav on HN
Include taxes and reinvested dividends
From 2 comments
In addition to trading fees, it would be good to track taxable events, (dividends and capital gains) and let the user specify tax rates on these.
schemescape on HNAre dividends at least included in the calculated return (even if not reinvested)? If not, how does that impact the example portfolios’ outperformance?
schemescape on HN
Questions
How it differs from PyPortfolioOpt
From 1 comment
I'm curious how it differs from PyPortfolioOpt. https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyPortfolioOpt
scribu on HN
Whether it works for ETFs
From 1 comment
Is this also work for etf ?
BOOSTERHIDROGEN on HN
How to understand the tool before investing
From 2 comments
I am in the same camp. Can anyone more knowledgeable give us some advice on how to approach this? I am currently learning investing/trading, but not certain about how to use…
d1lanka on HNI understand none of these concepts. If you're like me, make sure you take the time to learn these things before you trust any tool to help you invest. This is not to say I…
xupybd on HN
Alternatives named
PyPortfolioOpt
From 1 comment
I'm curious how it differs from PyPortfolioOpt. https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyPortfolioOpt
scribu on HN
alphalens
From 1 comment
Does the code have any factor investing features at all right now? I was just reading about alpha lens, another project focused on performance attribution of factors. To avoid…
iav on HN
pyfolio
From 1 comment
(Sustainable) Index ETFs in the stocks.txt universe would likely be less sensitive to single performers' effects in unbalanced portfolios. >…
westurner on HN