Parallelise `backtest()` & `historical_forecasts()`

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Research direction

Explore using Python's concurrent.futures or joblib to parallelize the loops in backtest() and historical forecasts(). Focus on ensuring thread safety and proper handling of shared resources.

Tech stack

python

Domain

backend

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Performance

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3

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Half day

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Active

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Clear

Prerequisites

PythonParallel processing

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

30