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I am currently having an issue. Fees are destroying my gains, so I decided to learn how to use the reality modeling section in the documentation. I am trying to incorporate the given line:
self.Securities["IBM"].FeeModel = ConstantFeeModel(1.5)yet with my selection of stocks replacing the "IBM" and the fee being 0. When I try this, my algorithm no longer will work correctly. What variable do I use to replace "IBM"? I have tried many and have had no luck, I guess I don't understand how to transfer this knowledge for one stock into a whole universe. Thank you for any help.
Jared Broad
Hey Gage; you can use a SecurityInitializer to configure it for your entire universe.
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Gage Riley Coon
Thanks Jared. I am still having issues incorportating it. Why would this code not work? It says lambda cannot contain assignment.Â
self.SetSecurityInitializer(lambda x: self.x.FeeModel = ConstantFeeModel(0))Â
Jared Broad
In this case, I think you would not use the self. as x is a local variable in the lamba (function).Â
You can see here for a full example using a full-function instead of a lamba.
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Gage Riley Coon
After reading that and working on it I still cannot figure it out. I will just keep trying. If anyone seeing this can offer additional advice much appreciated.
Adam W
A lambda function behaves almost equivalently to:
foo = lambda x: x**2 def foo(x): return x**2so as Jared mentioned, you wouldn't want self in there.
Furthermore, the syntax for lambda functions is args:expression, and you can't do assignment ( = ) in an expression. (Note: In Python 3.8+, this is possible with " := " instead but LEAN runs on Py3.6 I believe).
Give this a shot:
def SetCustomFeeModel(x): x.FeeModel = ConstantFeeModel(0) # Try this self.SetSecurityInitializer(SetCustomFeeModel) # Maybe this self.SetSecurityInitializer(lambda x: SetCustomFeeModel(x))If not, then the full example that Jared posted would work.
Gage Riley Coon
I still cannot figure this out. I have tried returning x, adding self in places, etc. I read all the links here and cannot get it. I have attached my code if anyone else would like to give it a shot.
Gage Riley Coon
Here:
Derek Melchin
Hi Gage,
To set the fees model to 0 for a universe, we need to utilize the SetSecurityInitializer method.
self.SetSecurityInitializer(lambda x: x.SetFeeModel(CustomFeeModel()))We define our CustomFeeModel as
class CustomFeeModel: def GetOrderFee(self, parameters): return OrderFee(CashAmount(0, 'USD'))See the attached backtest for reference. Also, consider reviewing our documentation on security initializers.
Best,
Derek Melchin
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Glenn Pedley
self.SetSecurityInitializer(lambda x: x.SetFeeModel(ConstantFeeModel(0)))
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Gage Riley Coon
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