How to import all symbols in Research? by Hua Wang

Hua Wang INVESTOR

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Hello,

From the documentation, I learn the following way to add individual equity; but is there way to add the whole universe without adding each symbol? For example, I want to add all symbols = MorningstarSectorCode.Technology, and search for tech stocks that meet fundamental criteria overtime. What would be the best approach? Thanks

qb = QuantBook()

symbols=["SPY","VMW","TWTR","ADBE","W","UBER","LYFT","WORK","FB","PINS","SQ","MSFT"]

for symbol in symbols:
qb.AddEquity(symbol)

history = qb.History(qb.Securities.Keys, 253, Resolution.Daily)

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Derek Melchin

STAFF ,

Hi Hua,

Universe selection is not currently supported in the research environment. For now, this can only be done during a backtest.

For the securities we manually enter into the research environment, we can request historical fundamental data by using the GetFundamental method.

qb = QuantBook()

aapl = qb.AddEquity("AAPL").Symbol

qb.GetFundamental([aapl], "AssetClassification.MorningstarIndustryCode", datetime(2019, 1, 4), datetime.now())

Review our documentation for more information.

Best,
Derek Melchin

Hua Wang

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Thanks Derek! hopefully universe selection can be supported in the research environment in near future..

Best,

Hua

Big mak

1.2k ,

Would also love for this feature to be added. It feels like I'm trying to do my research in the backtester which is really frustrating to use instead of a notebook.

Doug B

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Is Universe Selection supported in the research environment? If not yet, when?

Derek Melchin

STAFF ,

Hi Doug,

Subscribe to GitHub Issue #1614 to track the feature progress.

Best,
Derek Melchin

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