CME Datamine

Overview

CME Datamine is offered via a self-service cloud solution, where you can access more than 450 terabytes of historical data almost instantaneously, using some of the most flexible data delivery methods available. Extensively back-test strategies using real benchmark markets that date back as far as the 1970s, to help you gauge profitability and risk.

This python package will support your rapid analysis by supplying a basic framework for direct iteration with CME Datamine cloud system to accomplish the following tasks.

1. Load your data item catalog which you have subscribed
2. Download your data items to your local machines from the cloud
3. Specific data items automatically structured into a Pandas dataframe from your local copy. This includes correct typing and other generic routines to support your analysis needs.
4. Examples of working with this data in Pandas via a collection of Ipyhon Notebook files.

Installation

Conda

The easiest way to install this package is to do so in a Python environment created with Anaconda or its minimalist alternative Miniconda. Once this environment is installed and activated, simply run this command:

conda install -c cme_group datamine

PyPi

Installation from PyPi

pip install datamine

From source

To install from source, clone this repository and execute

pip install .

If you wish to install the package in writable mode for development, do

pip install -e .

Example usage

The following sections quickly outline some of the simple methods to access CME Datamine data. For interactive use, we recommend the use of a Jupyter notebook or the JupyterLab platform.

Load My Data Catalog Items

myDatamine = dm.DatamineCon(username='YOUR_CME_APP_ID', password='YOUR_CME_APP_PASSWORD', path='./data/')
#Get My Datamine Data Catalog
myDatamine.get_catalog(limit=1000)
# Review one of the data catalog items as supplied in dict format.  
myDatamine.data_catalog.popitem()

Download Specific Data Products

You can request specific data products. Current data products supported are as follows. When requesting your data, you must specify the dataset tag or leave it blank will request all items in your catalog.

CME Data Products

Third Party Data

A complete list of data products can be reviewed on CME Datamine

Example request for specific Data Sets using the dataset tag.

myDatamine.get_catalog(dataset='CRYPTOCURRENCY', limit=1000)
myDatamine.get_catalog(dataset='TICK', limit=1000)
myDatamine.get_catalog(dataset='TELLUSLABS', limit=1000)
myDatamine.get_catalog(dataset='RSMETRICS', limit=1000)

Use Bitcoin Information in Analysis

The following example can be found in the Load Datamine Data Locally Example Notebook

myDatamine.get_catalog(dataset='CRYPTOCURRENCY', limit=1000)
myDatamine.crypto_load()

#plot second interval index values for Bitcoin
indexValue = myDatamine.crypto_DF.loc[myDatamine.crypto_DF['symbol'] =='BRTI','mdEntryPx'].plot(figsize=[15,5]);
plt.title('Historical Bitcoin Intraday Reference Rate')
plt.xlabel('Date')
plt.ylabel('USD/BTC')
plt.style.use('fivethirtyeight')
plt.show()

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Notice

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