added options strategy algorithm

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Jing Wu
2017-09-14 17:51:11 -04:00
parent d89f376d56
commit ec27cbcb1e
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using System;
namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.Python
{
public class BasicTemplateOptionStrategyAlgorithm
{
public BasicTemplateOptionStrategyAlgorithm()
{
}
}
}
from QuantConnect.Securities.Option import *
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import numpy as np
class BasicTemplateOptionStrategyAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm):
''' This example demonstrates how to add option strategies for a given underlying equity security.
It also shows how you can prefilter contracts easily based on strikes and expirations.
It also shows how you can inspect the option chain to pick a specific option contract to trade. '''
def Initialize(self):
# Set the cash we'd like to use for our backtest
self.SetCash(1000000)
# Start and end dates for the backtest.
self.SetStartDate(2015,12,24)
self.SetEndDate(2015,12,24)
self.UnderlyingTicker = "GOOG"
# Add assets you'd like to see
equity = self.AddEquity(self.UnderlyingTicker)
option = self.AddOption(self.UnderlyingTicker)
self.OptionSymbol = option.Symbol
equity.SetDataNormalizationMode(DataNormalizationMode.Raw)
# set our strike/expiry filter for this option chain
option.SetFilter(-2, +2, timedelta(0), timedelta(180))
# use the underlying equity as the benchmark
self.SetBenchmark(equity.Symbol)
def OnData(self,slice):
if not self.Portfolio.Invested:
for kvp in slice.OptionChains:
chain = kvp.Value
contracts = sorted(sorted(chain, key = lambda x: abs(chain.Underlying.Price - x.Strike)),
key = lambda x: x.Expiry, reverse=False)
if len(contracts) == 0: continue
atmStraddle = contracts[0]
if atmStraddle != None:
self.Sell(OptionStrategies.Straddle(self.OptionSymbol, atmStraddle.Strike, atmStraddle.Expiry), 2)
else:
self.Liquidate()
def OnOrderEvent(self, orderEvent):
''' Order fill event handler. On an order fill update the resulting information is passed to this method.
param "orderEvent"Order event details containing details of the evemts '''
self.Log(str(orderEvent))