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A newbie question. I know how to initialize algorithm with cash via SetCash method. How about initializing with equities? What if I have a portfolio of cash and equities at a certain point in time and I want to start with that portfolio to backtest? Not sure how I would "setEquity" basically. It'd be also useful to manually enter stats like "buy price" for these equities so I can properly track gains.
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Daniel Chen
Hi Mete,
Welcome to QuantConnect! One possible way to initialize with equities is to use Portfolio[symbol].SetHoldings(averagePrice, quantity) in Initialize method. For example, Portfolio["AAPL"].SetHoldings(200, 2) means that we hold 2 shares of AAPL with average buy-in price 200 in Initialize.
In this case, please be careful that we should set the average price reasonably to avoid conflicts with reality. For example, it doesn't make sense to set the average buy-in price of AAPL to be 100 on July 24th, 2019, since the price is around 200. Thank you for your question. Hope it helps!
Mete Atamel
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