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Hi,
How would I create a 7 days low for the 7 preceding days to today (so todays price is excluded from the low calculation).
For example:
day, low
T-7 54
T-6 56
T-5 52
T-4 61
T-3 62
T-2 64
T-1 63
Today 51
In this example the value of 52 is required.
The low for the preceding 7 days is 52 - I do not want to include today's price (51) in the calculation.
I have used:
hist = self.History(self.spy,timedelta(7), Resolution.Daily)
low=min(hist("low")But the close price for today never breaks the low suggesting to me that today is included in the calculation when I would like it excluded.
Any help would be very welcome
Thanks
Simon
Fred Painchaud
Hi Simon,
Have you looked at
Especially Minimum.
If you want to compare the current low with a number of the previous ones, don't add the current one in your indie before comparing. Compare, then act, then add the current low to the indie so next time, you compare the new current with the previous ones.
Fred
Simon Coleman
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