Brian, I use one login for IBKR but I want to start trading multiple accounts (regular and an IRA). If I use the same strategy in two different accounts do I just use my Zipline Allocation File to designate the amount I want to invest in the strategy in each account? Please advise. Thank you.
Yes, you would first define the allocation for both accounts in your Zipline allocations file. You can see an example here: https://www.quantrocket.com/docs/#zipline-account-allocations
If a single strategy is allocated to multiple accounts, you will have to specify the account whenever you run the trade command. You can see an example of that here: https://www.quantrocket.com/docs/#zipline-trade-strategies
@Brian I should have thought of this earlier but I assume I could also just give a different name to an identical strategy to be used in a different account and then use the allocations file to determine which accounts the different versions trade in. Is there any reason that wouldn't work? Thanks.
That is also a perfectly fine option.
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