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This seems like such an easy question but I can't locate the answer anywhere. I've tried self.Symbol which just returns <bound method, 'symbol'> and self.Portfolio.Key since self.Portfolio.Keys returns the entire list of symbols. Neither of those work. How can I get the current symbol that is present? In OnData, I believe it is possible to use data.Symbol? Is there something similar that I can use to get the current symbol in a Rebalancing function? Thanks for the help!
Note: I'm developing in python
Shile Wen
Hi Nathan,
I am not sure what you mean by the Current Symbol. However, if you’d like to convert a ticker string into a Symbol, use self.Symbol(ticker). You can also store the Symbol in initialize using self.symbolSPY = self.AddEquity('SPY', Resolution.Daily).Symbol. To get the list of all Symbols you can use symbols = [symbol for symbol in self.Securities.Keys], and to get just one Symbol from this list, do symbols[0]. If you’d like to iterate through the symbols, do for curr_symbol in symbols: …
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Shile Wen
Nathan Miller
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