BloombergTicker¶
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class
qf_lib.common.tickers.tickers.
BloombergTicker
(ticker: str, security_type: qf_lib.common.enums.security_type.SecurityType = <SecurityType.STOCK: 'STK'>, point_value: int = 1)[source]¶ Bases:
qf_lib.common.tickers.tickers.Ticker
Representation of Bloomberg tickers.
- Parameters
ticker (str) – identifier of the security, e.g. ‘CTZ9 Comdty’ or ‘MSFT US Equity’
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.STOCK.
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, Sequence[str]], …)Example: BloombergTicker.from_string(‘SPX Index’)
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classmethod
from_string
(ticker_str: Union[str, Sequence[str]], security_type: qf_lib.common.enums.security_type.SecurityType = <SecurityType.STOCK: 'STK'>, point_value: int = 1) → Union[qf_lib.common.tickers.tickers.BloombergTicker, Sequence[qf_lib.common.tickers.tickers.BloombergTicker]][source]¶ Example: BloombergTicker.from_string(‘SPX Index’)