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 stratis is in the early stages of development, and is not yet ready for production use.  However, it is encouraged
 to try it out and provide feedback via [GitHub issues](https://github.com/robswc/stratis/issues/new).
 
+Stratis is a part of [Shenandoah Research's](https://shenandoah.capital/) Open source Trading Software Initiative.
+
 <img width="256" alt="stratis-full-logo" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38849824/224753683-4cb3decb-4232-42e4-8bce-fca2f7f23998.png">
+
+## Basic Example
+
+The following code demonstrates how to create a strategy that prints the timestamp and close price of the 
+OHLC data every hour.  The `on_step` decorator is used to run the function on every step of the OHLC data.  You can find
+more info about how to create strategies [here](https://github.com/robswc/stratis/wiki/Strategies).
+
+Using the `Strategy`
+class, along with the `on_step` decorator, you can create strategies that are as simple or as complex as you want, with
+the full power of python at your disposal.
+
+```python
+class OHLCDemo(Strategy):
+
+    @on_step  # the on_step decorator runs the function on every "step" of the OHLC data
+    def print_ohlc(self):
+
+        # create shorthands for the OHLC data
+        timestamp = self.data.timestamp
+        close = self.data.close
+
+        # if the timestamp is a multiple of 3600000 (1 hour), print the timestamp and close price
+        if timestamp % 3600000 == 0:
+            print(f'{timestamp}: {close}')
+
+```
+```python
+data = CSVAdapter('data/AAPL.csv')
+strategy = OHLCDemo().run(data)
+```
+
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Installation](#Installation)
+- [Features](#features)
+
+## Installation
+
+It is heavily recommended to use Docker to run stratis.  This is because stratis requires a number of dependencies that
+can be difficult to install.  To install Docker, follow the instructions [here](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/).
+
+Once Docker is installed, you can run stratis by running the following command:
+
+```bash
+# Clone the repository
+git clone https://github.com/robswc/stratis
+
+# Change directory to the repository
+cd stratis
+
+# Run the docker-compose file
+docker-compose up -d # -d runs the container in the background
+```