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i have written an algo and it only gives me profit when there is this tag on the orders.
when there is no tag it only gives me losses. is there a way to only use tradebar data on these tests ?
thank you, LM
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Varad Kabade
Hi Luis roldan,
The default fill model uses L1 data (bid and ask) to fill the orders. It will give you more realistic fills since orders are filled at the bid or ask in real live trading. If the L1 data is not available, the trade bar data is used instead and the message with "No quote information available" is attached to the order tag. QuantConnect doesn't have L1 data prior to July 2008 (trade bar data is available for the whole period), so all your market orders will have this message. During this period, the algorithm will have better performance because it doesn't account for bid/ask spread.
Best,
Varad Kabade
Luis roldan
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