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Dear all,
I am Alex who is new to QuantConnect. I am excited by discovering this platform and also have been trying to clone Quantpedia's algo for further study.
I notice those strategies with futures trading seems to stop working since start of this June., same for when I kick off live trading (paper trading). I am sorry since I am quite new to here so its not easy for me to tackle the issue/debug by myself. Does anytone know what is the issue?
Attached the backtest, you would notice the equity curve flatted since start of 1st Jun.
Thank you.
Shile Wen
Hi Alex,
This is because the data in the csv on line 75 only has data up until May 29. To fix this, set self.use_quantpedia_data on line 27 to False so that the algorithm uses our Quandl data instead.
Best,
Shile Wen
DC Chan
Thank you, Shile! Your comment resolves the issue.
I have faced similar problem in another algo which I have put live trading but it does not seem to function. It had the same issue subscribed to Quantpedia which was amended.
If you wish me to open a new thread for another discuss, I can do that. Thank you in advance.
Shile Wen
Hi Kwun-Ho Chan,
If the issue seems similar enough, feel free to just post it in this thread. However, if you feel there is a different problem, post it in a new thread.
Best,
Shile Wen
DC Chan
Hi Shile,
Thank you. I feel I am facing similar issue here but its still unresolved. Would you take a look at the algorithm on previous post as well?
Shile Wen
Hi Kwun-Ho,
I’ve deployed the algorithm live, but I had no error, so hopefully this isn’t the problem described.
The reason we may not see trading action immediately is that this isn’t an intraday strategy that trades frequently daily. Looking at line 70, we see that it only makes its trades one per week on Monday through the Schedule function. This means we will need to wait until Monday until we can see any trades in live.
For the future, try strategically placing logging/debugging statements in the algorithm so it is easier to understand the algorithm is not trading, which can reveal any problems in the algorithm's logic.
Best,
Shile Wen
DC Chan
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