diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8276c4951..635b143f4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -159,6 +159,28 @@ Users could create the same dataset with it. *Please pay **ATTENTION** that the data is collected from [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/lookup), and the data might not be perfect. We recommend users to prepare their own data if they have a high-quality dataset. For more information, users can refer to the [related document](https://qlib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/component/data.html#converting-csv-format-into-qlib-format)*. +### Automatic update of daily frequency data(from yahoo finance) + > It is recommended that users update the data manually once (--trading_date 2021-05-25) and then set it to update automatically. + + > For more information refer to: [yahoo collector](https://github.com/microsoft/qlib/tree/main/scripts/data_collector/yahoo#Automatic-update-of-daily-frequency-data) + + * Automatic update of data to the "qlib" directory each trading day(Linux) + * use *crontab*: `crontab -e` + * set up timed tasks: + + ``` + * * * * 1-5 python