CcyTicker

class qf_lib.common.tickers.tickers.CcyTicker(ticker: str, security_type: SecurityType = SecurityType.CRYPTO, point_value: int = 1)[source]

Bases: Ticker

Representation of Cryptocurrency tickers.

Parameters:

  • ticker (str) – The name of the crypto currency. For example Bitcoin -> ticker: bitcoin

  • security_type (SecurityType) – denotes the type of the security, that the ticker is representing e.g. SecurityType.STOCK for a stock, SecurityType.FUTURE for a futures contract etc. By default equals SecurityType.CRYPTO.

  • point_value (int) – size of the contract as given by the ticker’s Data Provider. Used mostly by tickers of security_type FUTURE and by default equals 1.

Methods:

from_string(ticker_str[, security_type, ...])

Example: CcyTicker.from_string('Bitcoin').
classmethod from_string(ticker_str: Union[str, Sequence[str]], security_type: SecurityType = SecurityType.CRYPTO, point_value: int = 1) → Union[CcyTicker, Sequence[CcyTicker]][source]

Example: CcyTicker.from_string(‘Bitcoin’).