Hi guys,

I was trying to use Rollingwindow to store the past daily trade bars for futures contract, but got an error when I try to add futures symbol object to the rolling window. What's weird is that the exact same code works perfectly fine for Equities, but not for Futures object for some reason. I would really appreciate if someone could help me take a look.

Thanks! 

Here's the error message:

Runtime Error: Trying to dynamically access a method that does not exist throws a TypeError exception. To prevent the exception, ensure each parameter type matches those required by the 'QuantConnect.Data.Market.QuoteBar'>) method. Please checkout the API documentation.
  at OnData
    self.window.Add(data[self.contract.Symbol])
   at Python.Runtime.PythonException.ThrowLastAsClrException()
   at Python.Runtime.PyObject.Invoke(PyTuple args in main.py: line 66

 

Here's my code:



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from AlgorithmImports import *

### <summary>
### Using rolling windows for efficient storage of historical data; which automatically clears after a period of time.
### </summary>
### <meta name="tag" content="using data" />
### <meta name="tag" content="history and warm up" />
### <meta name="tag" content="history" />
### <meta name="tag" content="warm up" />
### <meta name="tag" content="indicators" />
### <meta name="tag" content="rolling windows" />
class RollingWindowAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm):

    def Initialize(self):
        '''Initialise the data and resolution required, as well as the cash and start-end dates for your algorithm. All algorithms must initialized.'''

        self.SetStartDate(2013,10,1)  #Set Start Date
        self.SetEndDate(2013,11,1)    #Set End Date
        self.SetCash(100000)           #Set Strategy Cash
        # Find more symbols here: http://quantconnect.com/data

        self.contract = self.AddFuture(Futures.Indices.SP500EMini,
                                                  resolution = Resolution.Daily,
                                                  dataNormalizationMode = DataNormalizationMode.BackwardsRatio,
                                                  dataMappingMode = DataMappingMode.LastTradingDay,
                                                  contractDepthOffset= 0)

        # self.contract = self.AddEquity("SPY", Resolution.Daily)

        # Creates a Rolling Window indicator to keep the 2 TradeBar
        self.window = RollingWindow[TradeBar](20)    # For other security types, use QuoteBar

        # Creates an indicator and adds to a rolling window when it is updated
        self.sma = self.SMA(self.contract.Symbol, 5)
        self.sma.Updated += self.SmaUpdated
        self.smaWin = RollingWindow[IndicatorDataPoint](5)

        history_trade_bar = self.History[TradeBar](self.contract.Symbol, 20, Resolution.Daily)
        for trade_bar in history_trade_bar:
            self.window.Add(trade_bar)


    def SmaUpdated(self, sender, updated):
        '''Adds updated values to rolling window'''
        self.smaWin.Add(updated)


    def OnData(self, data):
        '''OnData event is the primary entry point for your algorithm. Each new data point will be pumped in here.'''

        # Add SPY TradeBar in rollling window
        self.window.Add(data[self.contract.Symbol])

        # Wait for windows to be ready.
        if not (self.window.IsReady and self.smaWin.IsReady): return

        currBar = self.window[0]                     # Current bar had index zero.
        pastBar = self.window[1]                     # Past bar has index one.
        self.Log("Price: {0} -> {1} ... {2} -> {3}".format(pastBar.Time, pastBar.Close, currBar.Time, currBar.Close))

        currSma = self.smaWin[0]                     # Current SMA had index zero.
        pastSma = self.smaWin[self.smaWin.Count-1]   # Oldest SMA has index of window count minus 1.
        self.Log("SMA:   {0} -> {1} ... {2} -> {3}".format(pastSma.Time, pastSma.Value, currSma.Time, currSma.Value))

        if not self.Portfolio.Invested and currSma.Value > pastSma.Value:
            self.SetHoldings(self.contract.Symbol, 1)

        self.Plot('Benchmark', 'Past Bar', pastBar.Close)