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Hi,
In this simple example I wouldn't get any data pumped in OnData before Jan 17. Simply saying algo won't warm up . Can anyone please explaine the reason why - and how do I get data to warm up the algo on futures? First output will be following:
2018-01-17 00:00:00 TIME: 1/17/2018 12:00:00 AM
2018-01-17 00:01:00 TIME: 1/17/2018 12:01:00 AM
public override void Initialize()
{
SetStartDate(2018, 01, 17);
SetEndDate(2018, 03, 01);
SetCash(100000);
SetWarmUp(TimeSpan.FromDays(7));
future = AddFuture("BTC", Resolution.Minute);
future.SetFilter(TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromDays(92));
}
public override void OnData(Slice data)
{
Log($"TIME: {Time}");
}
Jared Broad
Sorry at this time we do not support warming up Universes. Because futures is a universe of contracts (+ options, equity-universe) it falls into this category. We are aware of the limitation and for now, recommend using the History API to fetch the future contract history you need on start.
Here is an example of using the futures history API to warm up your algorithm:
You will need the specific Symbol object for the contract. These are passed into the OnSecuritiesChanged Event.
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Ilshat Garipov
Thank you Jared, that's very helpful !
Ilshat Garipov
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