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I'm trying to create and test an alpha offline providing custom data to it. I have the custom data working with an algorithm, but am struggling to get it working with an alpha. Can you use custom data with an alpha?
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Rahul Chowdhury
Hey Sam,
It is possible to use custom data with AlphaModels. There are two ways to do it.
class Main(QCAlgorithm): def Initialize(self): ... self.SetAlpha(MyAlphaModel(self)) class MyAlphaModel(AlphaModel): def __init__(self, algorithm): algorithm.AddData(MyCustomData, "CustomDataTicker")Â
Sam Smucker
That did it for me :) I originally had it asÂ
AddData<CryptoData>("BTCUSDT", Resolution.Minute) var symbols = new[] { "BTCUSDT" } .Select(x => QuantConnect.Symbol.Create(x, SecurityType.Crypto, Market.GDAX)); SetUniverseSelection(new ManualUniverseSelectionModel(symbols));Which would throw some kind of error that it couldn't find "BTCUSDT". I think it threw the error because the data was labeled as "BTCUSDT.CRYPTODATA" and the Universe Symbol was "BTCUSDT".Â
I realized my error when I carefully read yourÂ
1. Call AddData in the main class and pass its symbols to ManualUniverseSelectionModel
The error went away when I changed it to:
var s = AddData<CryptoData>("BTCUSDT", Resolution.Minute); SetUniverseSelection(new ManualUniverseSelectionModel(new Symbol[] { s.Symbol }));Big thank you!
Sam Smucker
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