3. OverflowError: int too large to convert to float
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OverflowError: int too large to convert to float


  • Im running an example from here: https://ntguardian.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/getting-started-with-backtrader/ and I ran into this error:

    ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/backtrader/position.py in update(self, size, price, dt)
    191             if size < 0:  # increased position
    192                 opened, closed = size, 0
--> 193                 self.price = (self.price * oldsize + size * price) / self.size
    194 
    195             elif self.size < 0:  # reduced position

OverflowError: int too large to convert to float

    Seems like a simple error- self.price could easily be huge. Wondering if anyone else has encountered it, and if not what the next steps are (Im VERY new to github)

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    It's a limitation of floating point storage capabilities (64 bits and you have to account for sign, mantissa and exponent). What is what you want to do?

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