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Pipeline filter for inclusion in an index (SPY500, QQQ, etc.)

Is there any pipeline method for filtering targets by inclusion in an index such as Dow30, SPY500, QQQ, SPY400 mid cap, etc ?

For example, if I wanted to run a backtest from 1/1/2010 - today on only the constituents of the SPY500 at that time, is there way to do that with pipeline?

If not, I'm officially requesting it as a feature. It would make more algos qualify for things around here since it removes the need to fetch CSVs.

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Thanks for posting. We're working on an example for using Pipeline to construct indexes. It's close to done, and we hope to release it next week, so keep an eye open for it.

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Awesome! I can't wait to try it out.

Has this been released?

See https://www.quantopian.com/posts/the-tradeable500us-is-almost-here. However, it is not exactly point-in-time index constituents, as requested. I don't think Q has those data.

Maybe there is another project, since Nathan says "We're working on an example for using Pipeline to construct indexes" suggesting point-in-time index data?