from bbg_helpers import init_bbg_session, retrieve_data, BBG_IP import pandas as pd import datetime df = pd.read_clipboard(header=None) trace_data = {} with init_bbg_session(BBG_IP) as session: for cusip in df[0].tolist(): security = "{}@TRAC Mtge".format(cusip) trace_data[cusip] = retrieve_data(session, security, start_date=datetime.datetime(2016, 5, 22, 12, 42), end_date=datetime.datetime(2017, 5, 22, 18, 42))