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Hello I am new to Quantconnect and I can't figure how to access Tickets in the Symbol of a Universe in order to use with rolling window?
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Jack Simonson
Hi George,
Welcome to QuantConnect! If you're looking to access the ticker of a Symbol, you can use the Symbol.Value attribute. Otherwise, calling str(symbol) will also return the ticker.
## if symbol is a QC Symbol object, the following will return its ticker as a string ticker = symbol.Value ticker = str(symbol)However, we don't recommend using the ticker in algorithms aside from Logging/Debugging statements. The Symbol object is more powerful and is a more reliable method for accessing other related LEAN objects that are tied to the Symbol.
If you are having trouble accessing the Symbol or it's ticker in a specific place or algorithm, feel free to post that below and we can help answer any questions you might have.
Ralph West
Hi
I read in numerous places that the ticker is less powerful than the symbol, but if one has multiple pairs in a strategy and needs to reference them by name i.e ticker in the pair is there a simpler method?
Douglas Stridsberg
I'm not sure why you would need to reference them by name. The whole point of a Symbol object is that it is an absolute, unchanging and exact reference to a security. If your algorithm is structured such that it needs string/ticker representations of securities then I would suggest you refactor your code such that you don't rely on string references.
Ralph West
A fair point. Sadly it makes importing my work a pain; the ticker reference gave some flexibility.
Douglas Stridsberg
Using tickers is not guaranteed to fail, only a less robust approach. If it significantly speeds up your workflow then I suggest you give it a try. If you get errors about missing securities or "failed to find Symbol [xxx]" then you know where they are coming from.
Ralph West
This is good advice, cheers.
GEORGE FILIPPAKOS
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