Comparing TA-Lib and Built-In Parabolic SAR Indicators

# tablibsartest.py


```py
#!/usr/bin/env python
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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                        unicode_literals)

import argparse
import datetime

import backtrader as bt


class TALibStrategy(bt.Strategy):
    def __init__(self):
        bt.talib.SAR(self.data.high, self.data.low)
        bt.ind.PSAR()


def runstrat(args=None):
    args = parse_args(args)

    cerebro = bt.Cerebro()

    dkwargs = dict()
    if args.fromdate:
        fromdate = datetime.datetime.strptime(args.fromdate, '%Y-%m-%d')
        dkwargs['fromdate'] = fromdate

    if args.todate:
        todate = datetime.datetime.strptime(args.todate, '%Y-%m-%d')
        dkwargs['todate'] = todate

    data0 = bt.feeds.YahooFinanceCSVData(dataname=args.data0, **dkwargs)
    cerebro.adddata(data0)

    cerebro.addstrategy(TALibStrategy)
    cerebro.run(runonce=not args.use_next, stdstats=False)
    if args.plot:
        pkwargs = dict(style='candle')
        if args.plot is not True:  # evals to True but is not True
            npkwargs = eval('dict(' + args.plot + ')')  # args were passed
            pkwargs.update(npkwargs)

        cerebro.plot(**pkwargs)


def parse_args(pargs=None):

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
        description='Sample for sizer')

    parser.add_argument('--data0', required=False,
                        default='../../datas/yhoo-1996-2015.txt',
                        help='Data to be read in')

    parser.add_argument('--fromdate', required=False,
                        default='2005-01-01',
                        help='Starting date in YYYY-MM-DD format')

    parser.add_argument('--todate', required=False,
                        default='2006-12-31',
                        help='Ending date in YYYY-MM-DD format')

    parser.add_argument('--use-next', required=False, action='store_true',
                        help=('Use next (step by step) '
                              'instead of once (batch)'))

    # Plot options
    parser.add_argument('--plot', '-p', nargs='?', required=False,
                        metavar='kwargs', const=True,
                        help=('Plot the read data applying any kwargs passed\n'
                              '\n'
                              'For example (escape the quotes if needed):\n'
                              '\n'
                              '  --plot style="candle" (to plot candles)\n'))

    if pargs is not None:
        return parser.parse_args(pargs)

    return parser.parse_args()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    runstrat()

```