diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5ccb00..8ce2613 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 Cargo.lock
 ### My claude md file 
 CLAUDE.md
+*/data/
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a946f9..ebe5eff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4"
diff --git a/examples/simple_strategy.rs b/examples/simple_strategy.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8abcab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_strategy.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use backtestingfx::types::Bar;
+use backtestingfx::broker::Broker;
+use backtestingfx::strategy::Strategy;
+use backtestingfx::engine::Engine;
+use backtestingfx::data::load_csv;
+
+struct BuyEveryBar;
+
+impl Strategy for BuyEveryBar {
+    fn next (&mut self, bar: &Bar, broker: &mut Broker) {
+        broker.close_all(bar.close, bar.timestamp); //closes any open positions
+        broker.buy(bar.close, 1.0, bar.timestamp); // can be more complicated with buy, sells, close position, close all etc.
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let data = load_csv("examples/data/eurusd_lse_1h.csv");
+    let mut engine = Engine::new(data, 10000.0);
+    let mut strategy = BuyEveryBar;
+
+    engine.run(&mut strategy); // main line that runs the strategy 
+
+    println!("Final cash: {}", engine.broker.cash);
+    println!("Trades executed: {}", engine.broker.trade_history.len());
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index cf3074a..62a4ab9 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use crate::types::Bar;
+use chrono::DateTime;
 
 pub fn load_csv(path: &str) -> Vec<Bar> {
     let file = File::open(path).expect("Could not open file");
@@ -11,8 +12,10 @@ pub fn load_csv(path: &str) -> Vec<Bar> {
         let line = line.expect("could not read line");
         let cols: Vec<&str> = line.split(',').collect();
 
+        let dt = DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(cols[0]).expect("Bad Timestamp"); // this handles the timestamp to be in 2024-01-01 00:00:00 kind of way 
+
         let bar = Bar {
-            timestamp: cols[0].parse().expect("Bad timestamp"),
+            timestamp: dt.timestamp(),
             open:      cols[1].parse().expect("Bad open"),
             high:      cols[2].parse().expect("Bad high"),
             low:       cols[3].parse().expect("Bad low"),