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Stupid question: when the algorithm is live and linked with a brokerage. Does it use QC data or the brokerage data?
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Jared Broad
Currently it uses QuantConnect as its data source (which comes from the relevent brokerage). In the next week we're adding the ability to get it from your own brokerage if you want. We're doing this to support futures and options trading in live mode.
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