BUG: Fix numpy.random generation in Backtest.optimize

Fixes #500

Author: kernc

Diff for: backtesting/backtesting.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+from numpy.random import default_rng
 
 try:
     from tqdm.auto import tqdm as _tqdm
@@ -1254,7 +1255,7 @@ def optimize(self, *,
         [plotting tools]: https://scikit-optimize.github.io/stable/modules/plots.html
 
         If you want reproducible optimization results, set `random_state`
-        to a fixed integer or a `numpy.random.RandomState` object.
+        to a fixed integer random seed.
 
         Additional keyword arguments represent strategy arguments with
         list-like collections of possible values. For example, the following
@@ -1321,7 +1322,7 @@ def _grid_size():
             return size
 
         def _optimize_grid() -> Union[pd.Series, Tuple[pd.Series, pd.Series]]:
-            rand = np.random.RandomState(random_state).random
+            rand = default_rng(random_state).random
             grid_frac = (1 if max_tries is None else
                          max_tries if 0 < max_tries <= 1 else
                          max_tries / _grid_size())

Diff for: setup.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             'write_to': os.path.join('backtesting', '_version.py'),
         },
         install_requires=[
-            'numpy',
+            'numpy >= 1.17.0',
             'pandas >= 0.25.0, != 0.25.0',
             'bokeh >= 1.4.0',
         ],