Friday Snapshots: Weekly Portfolio and Historical Backfill
Part of the Sanchayam series. Why Friday Portfolio performance is tracked week by week, not day by day. Daily snapshots would generate a large amount of data for a view that is displayed weekly at best. Friday is chosen because Indian markets close at 3:30 PM IST on Friday. The snapshot cron runs at 11:00 AM UTC, which is 4:30 PM IST - 30 minutes after market close, giving price feeds time to settle. ...