How to receive emails in Quantconnect?

You can probably implement this using 

Hi Matthew and Aaron

Thank you for your reply Aaron. Indeed, we provide a built-in function for email, SMS and webhook notification. Please check this doc for details.

Based on the description, we suggest using the in-built self.Quit() method to stop the algorithm:

def OnData(self):
   # if condition checking the stopping criteria is True in live mode
   if self.LiveMode and stopping_condtion:
       # if yes, send email and liquidate all
       message = "stopping criteria met and all position cleared"
self.Notify.Email("myEmailAddress@gmail.com", "Algorithm Stopped", message)
       self.Liquidate()
       self.Quit(message)

Please make sure all other activities in the algorithm only run if stopping_condition is False, as well as uncheck the box for auto-restart before deploy.

Best
Louis Szeto

Matthew et al;

If my understanding is correct, using the data store, which is shared across all your algos, could be used to store your kill switch value. 

It could be manually set from 0 t o 1 in dev, or by running a simple backtest algo (in dev or live), which would set it faster. 

It doesn't fit your email requirement, but allows for an “external” kill switch.

Not sure if an external data source (Dropbox or Google Sheets) works in Live. If so, that would be another technique.

Let me know what you think - good, bad?

Marc