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Dear Community,
I have an algo running and would like to determine when and how the Portfolio[].Invested flag is updated.
If I open a position in SPY, the self.Portfolio["SPY"].Invested is set to TRUE, as expected. And in reverse when the the position is closed (by the algo) the flag is set to FALSE. However if I close the position by other means (outside the algo) this flag remains TRUE, even though the position does not exist anymore in my broker account.
How should I set this is in a way that outside orders are reflected by the portfolio object immediately?
John Espo
Can anyone help me on this?
Alexandre Catarino
Hi John Espo
However if I close the position by other means (outside the algo) this flag remains TRUE, even though the position does not exist anymore in my broker account.
QuantConnect/Lean does not synchronize the portfolio position with the brokerage during execution. It performs cash sync once per day before the market opens. We don't recommend "external" manual trading while the algorithm is running. If we need to intervene, the algorithm should be stopped and redeployed after the intervention.
On the other hand, we can place orders manually with the Web IDE without any synchronization issue.
John Espo
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