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custom factor error debug help please

Total newb here...I want to pull the minimum volume over the past 10 days to use in the pipeline:

class minvol(CustomFactor):  
    #minimum volume over 10 days  
    inputs = [USEquityPricing.volume]  
    window_length = 10  
    def compute(self, today, assets, out, volume):  
        out[:] = np.minimum(volume, axis=0)  

ValueError: invalid number of arguments
USER ALGORITHM:377, in compute
out[:] = np.minimum(volume, axis=0)

2 responses

Hi Levi,

Based on your custom factor definition, I think you might be looking for the numpy min function instead of minimum. It looks like minimum is meant to compare two arrays element-wise and come up with the lower element in each cell. On the other hand min can be applied to the 2-dimensional array in the custom factor definition. I think you should be all set if you just change np.minimum to np.min.

Let me know if this helps!

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np.amin was the ticket, thanks.