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Csv import, simple question
Darell Lask
edited

Hi, Trying to get started with importing csv data. Just want to use data from a column as a signal to trigger a trade is something else, not link it to any ticker available in quantopian. I can write the trigger code once i have the csv data flowing in correctly.

Thanks

Heres the code, i have error on the row where i define vix_close 

import pandas as pd

vxurl ='http://www.quandl.com/api/v1/datasets/YAHOO/INDEX_VIX.csv?request_source=python&request_version=2&sort_order=asc&trim_start=2002-01-01'

def initialize(context):  
    # Only need data from csv as a signal, not as a ticker  
    fetch_csv(  
        vxurl,  
        symbol='MySymbolName',  
        date_column='Date',  
    )

def handle_data(context, data):  
  # VIX_Close is the column name of what i want into the algo  
    vix_close = data['MySymbolName']['VIX_Close']  
    record(VixValuePlot = vix_close)
2 responses
David Edwards

Hey Darell,
'VIX_Close' is not an actual column in the dataframe so you are getting a KeyError. That being said, I still get the error when using the right column name, but you can check if the data exists like I did in the backtest. I have run into this before, it only seems to happen on the first bar. Hope this helps.

David

Darell Lask

This works, Thanks so much David

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