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The Framework Algorithm wizzard provides either a scheduled universe or a coarse/fine universe collection. How can I combine both and schedule a coarse/fine universe selection once a month?
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Link Liang
Hi Filib,
Scheduled universe selection and coarse/fine universe selection are not designed to work in a chain combination. We are making more universe selection models.
Here is an example of scheduling selection once a month: in both CoarseSelectionFunction() and FineSelectionFunction(), we first check if it is a new month. If not, we return the unchanged symbol list. If it is a new month, then do monthly selection. The check for new month is
{if self.Time.month == self.lastMonth:
return self.symbols}
And the update for new month is
{self.lastMonth = self.Time.month}
Hope it helps!
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Filib Uster
Thanks for your answer - I am already using these kind of workarounds. My point is: They shouldn't be necessary. If you provide a scheduling mechanism for anything, you should also provide flexible scheduling periods. Right now, one can only choose between minute, daily, weekly and monthly and for the latter, you only get to choose between month start and month end. If I want any other period , or if I want to schedule an event in the middle of a month, I am bound to use workarounds and additional code, like the one you provided.
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Jon Quant
I second Filib User. The ability to combine scheduled and coarse/fine universe selection would be great without the guard clause hack as I like the granularity that scheduled (ITimeTriggeredUniverse) brings.
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Alexandre Catarino
Hi!
We have opened a GitHub issue to address this request:
Custom Universe Selection Schedule #3890
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