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minute_by_index?

Dustin_LangDustin_Lang Posts: 25
edited March 2017 in Under The Hood

Is the use of minute_by_index discouraged?

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  • shayneshayne Posts: 70

    it's not discouraged, it just used for a different use case.

    md.bar.minute() defines a specific time range for retrieving data (either relative (offset from now) or specific (2016-08-16 16:00:00) ).

    md.bar.minute_by_index defines the range of data without the limitation of time (10 bars back).

    high volume stocks aren't usually impacted because there's no gap, but thinly traded stock that don't have trades in every minute of the trading day can have gaps between bars.

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