Different Resolution For Inidicators and Equity

Hey Guys!

I am new to Python and just trying to figure out a something. I want to run the backtest on a minute resolution but have the SMA run on a daily resolution. My current SMA I have added:

self.sma = self.SMA("SPY", 5)

I tried for a while to change the resolution of the indicator by adding Resolution.Daily i.e.

self.sma = self.SMA("SPY", 5, Resolution.Daily)

but this didn't seem to work.

If anyone is able to give some guidance that would be such a huge help. I am just looking to run a daily resolution on the SMA and a minute resolution on the equity.

Thanks for your time

Hey Sebastian,

To subscribe to minute resolution data, while also having a daily indicator, we need to

self.AddEquity("SPY", Resolution.Minute)self.sma = self.SMA("SPY", 5, Resolution.Daily)

We can verify that our indicator is a daily indicator by checking how often it is updated. This can be accomplished by using the Updated event handler for our indicator.

self.sma.Updated += self.OnSMA

In our event handler let's debug when the time it is updated.

def OnSMA(self, sender, updated):
        if self.sma.IsReady:
            self.Debug(f"SMA Updated on {self.Time} with value: {self.sma.Current.Value}")

I highly recommend you checkout the bootcamps, they cover many different aspects of using indicators. If you have any other issues or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask! Hope that helped!

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