Ingesting A Zipline Data Bundle

1. Update Users/NAME/.zipline/extension.py (needs to be updated every time you are ingesting a bundle)
   • To locate you will need to unhide files, Command + Shift + Dot (.) on mac
   • Update the start_session & end_session to match the trading start date and end date
   • Update bundle name and ensure file location is correct
2. Update csvdir.py (one time fix)
   • Line 183 – replace ‘in fname][0]’ with ‘== fname][0]’
   • Line 228 – add div[‘pay_date’] = div[‘ex_date’]
     • Dividends will now be read in correctly
3. Ingest the CSV files as a new bundle using the terminal
   • conda activate zip35 – activate correct environment
   • zipline bundles – view all bundles currently ingested
   • zipline ingest -b custom-bundle
     • Files are now located in Users/NAME/.zipline/data/bundlename/datecreated/
       • view files via SQLlite (free download)

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