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Leverage dropping below 0.8

?I can constrain the upper bound of the leverage using a constraint. How does one prevent the leverage from dropping below 0.8

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Hi Arun,

That's a good question.

To meet the minimum leverage requirement, you have to provide an objective function with a large set of stocks to order_optimal_portfolio. Unlike the upper limit on leverage, the lower limit can’t be controlled with a constraint. Passing an objective function to order_optimal_portfolio that covers a large set of assets (100 or more in most cases) will give the Optimize API a better opportunity to find a portfolio that meets all of the supplied constraints while investing all of its capital.

(I took this answer from the Contest Tutorial - Lesson 7)

Let me know if this helps.

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Thanks!

Hi @Jamie,

Thanks. Do you have any tips on how to meet the minimum leverage and minimum turnover requirements for a portfolio that rebalances weekly? I can't seem to be able to meet these requirements no matter what I do, even with a max position concentration constraint of 0.001 (0.1%).

Nevermind, got it to work.