simplify readme with badges, add installation comments about conda-forge

Author: timkpaine

README.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 .. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/pmorissette/bt/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
     :target: https://codecov.io/pmorissette/bt
 
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/bt
+    :alt: PyPI
+    :target: https://pypi.org/project/bt/
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/bt
+    :alt: PyPI - License
+    :target: https://pypi.org/project/bt/
+
 bt - Flexible Backtesting for Python 
 ====================================
 
@@ -112,18 +120,3 @@ This environment allows you to plot your charts in-line and also allows you to
 easily add surrounding text with Markdown. You can easily create Notebooks that
 you can share with colleagues and you can also save them as PDFs. If you are not
 yet convinced, head over to their website.
-
-Special Thanks
---------------
-
-A special thanks to the following contributors for their involvement with the project:
-
-* Vladimir Filimonov `@vfilimonov <https://github.com/vfilimonov>`_ 
-* Jordan Platts `@JordanPlatts <https://github.com/JordanPlatts>`_ 
-* Pascal Tomecek `@ptomecek <https://github.com/ptomecek>`_ 
-
-
-License
--------
-
-MIT

docs/source/install.rst

@@ -5,18 +5,25 @@ Installing bt
 -------------
 
 The easiest way to install ``bt`` is from the `Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bt/>`_
-using ``pip`` or ``easy_insatll``:
+using ``pip``:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     $ pip install bt 
 
-Since bt has many dependencies, we strongly recommend installing the `Anaconda Scientific Python
+Since ``bt`` has many dependencies, we strongly recommend installing the `Anaconda Scientific Python
 Distribution <https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/>`_, especially on Windows. This distribution 
 comes with many of the required packages pre-installed, including pip. Once Anaconda is installed, the above 
 command should complete the installation. 
 
-bt should be compatible with Python 2.7. 
+``bt`` is also available on `Conda Forge <https://conda-forge.org/>`_, and installable via:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ conda install bt --channel conda-forge
+
+
+``bt`` is compatible with Python >=3.7. 
 
 Recommended Setup
 -----------------