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order on fetched csv

Using fetch_csv, I ran an simple algo that buy 10 stocks.

I get an following error.
"UnsupportedOrderParameters: Passing non-Asset argument to 'order()' is not supported. Use 'sid()' or 'symbol()' methods to look up an Asset."

can any one tell me what's wrong?

# For fetcher  
def rename_col(df):  
    df = df.rename(columns={'Adj Close': 'price'})  
    df = df.fillna(method='ffill')  
    df = df[['price', 'sid']]  
    return df

def initialize(context):  
    # Fetching the CSV  
    fetch_csv('https://copy.com/BmDtqiJkMXACEdP1',  
        date_column='Date',  
        symbol='oooo',  
        usecols=['Adj Close'],  
        post_func=rename_col,  
        date_format='%Y-%m-%d',  
        )  
    # Just here so handle_data will work  
    context.stock = sid(8554)

def handle_data(context, data):

    if 'price' in data['oooo']:  
        current = data['oooo'].price  
        order(data['oooo'], 10)  
        record(oooo=current)  
1 response

I tried to run your code but that URL isn't active anymore, so I can't check what data['oooo'] represents. Looking at the ordering logic,

order(data['oooo'], 10)  

the backtest isn't aware of a security named data['oooo'] and fails. If you had a valid symbol call there, such as symbol('ooo'), then the order would go through. Does that help?

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