Is there a way for me to get a smaller portion of Fundamentals Data offline in a csv, so that I can try out a perl statistical algorithm I dev'd (for another purpose)? It uses R and I need a series of instances in a csv for it to work.
If the python IDE permits me to write a file? I'll just do that for now, using the API to write a bit of data out to my computer.
This'll be a nice intro to python, I guess. :)
We can't re-distribute the data from the backtester (per our license agreement), so unfortunately you can't write or download the files.
If your port your strategy to Python and develop in the Quantopian IDE, you can use Fetcher to retrieve external data in a CSV to your algo (https://www.quantopian.com/help#overview-fetcher)
And here's a basic example: https://www.quantopian.com/help#sample-csv-1
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Grant,
Broadly, the nature of our agreement specifies that the Morningstar data is to be used within the Quantopian product. So an offline use is prohibited. We need to strictly enforce this as policy. Just as we work hard to earn the trust of our community members like yourself around protection of your IP, we need to work just as hard to protect the IP of the data vendors with whom we work today. Our objective is to get thousands of data sets easily available within Quantopian for your use. The number one concern data vendors have is leakage and redistribution of their product. So though I sympathize with Eric's situation, we can't advocate for the download of the data.
Eric,
In the case of fundamental data for download locally, our hands are currently tied based on your requirements. Our upcoming Research tool is probably the perfect solution but it doesn't yet have the fundamentals data integrated. With that in mind, I'd recommend you check out our friends over at Quandl -- Tammer and team make fundamental data available for download at very reasonable prices. Tell them I sent ya https://www.quandl.com/data/SF1 ;)
Thanks so much using Quantopian and I hope you keep checking in on Quantopian to polish up your python skills.
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Thanks Josh. That's kinda what I figured, but the distinction of whether the data are used within your product or outside it is lost on me, so long as they are used for Quantopian algo development. But I ain't no IP lawyer. --Grant
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