Installation and preparation

Instructions for Python beginners as well as experienced programmers

1. Installing Python on Windows 🖥️

Install from Python.org (Recommended)

1

📌 Download Python

Access Python Homepage

Click Download Python (Latest version)

2

📌 Install Python

Open the downloaded .exe file.

Click “Add Python to PATH”

Click "Install Now" and wait for the installation process to complete.

3

📌 Verify installation

Open Command Prompt (CMD) and type:

python --version

2. Install FiinQuant library.

pip install --extra-index-url https://fiinquant.github.io/fiinquantx/simple fiinquantx

Update library when a new version is available.

pip install --upgrade --extra-index-url https://fiinquant.github.io/fiinquantx/simple fiinquantx

Note: DO NOT NAME YOUR PYTHON SCRIPT FILES THE SAME AS THE LIBRARY (i.e., FiinQuant).