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Write an example that shows how to use benchmarking

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#177 opened on Jun 7, 2013

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I'd love an example in the zipline/examples directory that shows how to do a simple comparison to a benchmark

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Create a new example script in the zipline/examples directory that demonstrates benchmarking using a simple comparison to a benchmark index.
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
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Documentation
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1
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Under 1 hour
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Stale
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Clear
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85