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Window length limit

Hi:

I have done a simple notebook with a pipeline and a custom factor. I have computed the median of a valuation ratio. If I execute the notebook with a window length greater than 1400, the kernel answers with this message: "The kernel appears to have died. It will restart automatically."
Can I overcome this window length limit? Is there a better strategy to implement the pipeline?

Thanks a lot

3 responses

Hi Carlos,

While there's no strict window limit, there is a limit dependent on a combination of window_length and the amount of data that you're importing. It's important to remember that your pipeline is recalculated every day in before_trading_start() so if you look back 1300 days for 8000+ securities, this will be done every day over the course of the simulation, which isn't really practical. Are you trying to construct a 5-year history for all stocks?

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In a backtest, is the pipeline window_length always in days, even if the backtest is done in minute mode?

Thanks

Correct. Daily data only in pipeline.

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