In the docs it says that the only frequency currently available is "1d"
frequency: The size of the bars returned by history. Currently, "1d"
is the only supported frequency
But when backtesting I'm told that I must be in minute mode in order to use the history() function.
does "1d" stand for 1 day?
If I request 5 bars, then in minute mode I should expect 5 minutes of data, correct?
The graphs don't actually display minute to minute what's going on so it's hard to tell what my algo is doing.
Pumplerod,
You should get a trailing window of daily prices (or volumes) plus the prices (or volumes) for the current minute.
For example, consider:
p = history(30, '1d', 'price', ffill=True)
You should get 29 days of daily closing prices, plus the current minutely closing prices.
Hope this helps.
Grant
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