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Hello,
There are quite a number interesting number of automatic universe selections, but most of them are tailored for US market, how can we use them on Forex?
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Halldor Andersen
Hi Armin.
Use AddUniverse() in the method Initialize() to add a custom universe:
self.fxPairs = ["EURUSD","GBPUSD","AUDUSD"] self.UniverseSettings.Resolution = Resolution.Daily self.AddUniverse(self.fxPairsUniverse)And define the universe selection function:
def fxPairsUniverse(self, coarse): return [Symbol.Create(ticker, SecurityType.Forex, Market.FXCM) for ticker in self.fxPairs]I've attached a backtest where I demonstrate how to create a universe that consists of forex securities for your reference. Check out this documentation section on Universe Selection for further information.
Armin Ranjbar
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