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Anytime I try to run a framework in cash mode I get an error. Are there any example module combinations that work in cash mode?
Thanks,
A cash poor quant
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Jack Simonson
Hi Sean,
There are no current examples right now. The restriction on Cash trading is done on our end, and only specifically for Framework Algorithms, which you can see here. Cash modeling poses several unique problems with respect to the algorithm framework. One constant issue is that our primary cash brokerage, GDAX, doesn't support the concept of virtual positions (this is GDAX specific since they don't support margin trading, but we've applied the restriction across all brokerages). Another issue is the very concept of a virtual position. Cash Account support for Framework Algorithms is something we're looking into but we can't provide a timeline of when this might be implemented. In the meantime, you can mimic using a cash account in backtesting by setting security leverage to 1.
self.Securities[symbol].SetLeverage(1)Sean Miller
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