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I would like to be able to use data on a short resolution, minute for example, but then revieve hourly quote bars in the Update method of my AlphaModel for generating insights. Is this possible?
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Shile Wen
Hi Riley,
We would need to create a consolidator within our Alpha Model class in a similar fashion as we usually do for consolidators, except this time, some of the methods will be called on the algorithm parameter instead of self. An example can be seen in the attached backtest.
Best,
Shile Wen
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James Candan
I have a similar set up, but I don't understand how to affect insights with consolidated data. Can you elaborate with an example within Update()?
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Shile Wen
Hi James,
You could store the consolidated bars in a RollingWindow and access this RollingWindow inside the Update method. To make sure that we only return Insights on the frequency of the Consolidated bars, we can have a boolean field to track that a new bar has been formed. I've shown this in the attached backtest.
Best,
Shile Wen
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Daniel Rosenwald
Hi Shile Wen ,
Forgive me for reviving this older post, but it is very on topic. What if my Alpha Model uses SymbolData objects to store indicators for each symbol in the universe. How would you go about feeding consolidated data into each SymbolData's indicator? Would you instantiate the consolidator within the init of each SymbolData object? Can you give an example?
Best,
Daniel
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Varad Kabade
Hi Daniel Rosenwald,
To use SymbolData for indicators using consolidator, we would need to create consolidator object for each SymbolData object. In the attached backtest, I have implemented an example using two indicators in our AlphaModel.
Best,
Varad Kabade
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