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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using QuantConnect.Data.UniverseSelection;
using QuantConnect.Interfaces;
namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.CSharp
{
///
/// This is a regression algorithm to ensure coarse data does not enable potential look-ahead bias.
///
public class CoarseNoLookAheadBiasAlgorithm : QCAlgorithm, IRegressionAlgorithmDefinition
{
private const int NumberOfSymbols = 1;
private static Dictionary _coarsePrices = new Dictionary();
public override void Initialize()
{
UniverseSettings.Resolution = Resolution.Daily;
SetStartDate(2014, 03, 24);
SetEndDate(2014, 04, 06);
SetCash(50000);
AddUniverse(CoarseSelectionFunction);
// schedule an event at 10 AM every day
Schedule.On(
DateRules.EveryDay(),
TimeRules.At(10, 0),
() =>
{
foreach (var symbol in _coarsePrices.Keys)
{
if (Securities.ContainsKey(symbol))
{
// If the coarse price is emitted at midnight for the same date, we would have look-ahead bias
// i.e. _coarsePrices[symbol] would be the closing price of the current day,
// which we obviously cannot know at 10 AM :)
// As the coarse data is now emitted for the previous day, there is no look-ahead bias:
// _coarsePrices[symbol] and Securities[symbol].Price will have the same value (equal to the previous closing price)
// for the backtesting period, so we expect this algorithm to make zero trades.
if (_coarsePrices[symbol] > Securities[symbol].Price)
{
SetHoldings(symbol, 1m / NumberOfSymbols);
}
else
{
Liquidate(symbol);
}
}
}
}
);
}
private static IEnumerable CoarseSelectionFunction(IEnumerable coarse)
{
var sortedByDollarVolume = coarse.OrderByDescending(x => x.DollarVolume);
var top = sortedByDollarVolume.Take(NumberOfSymbols).ToList();
// save the coarse adjusted prices in a dictionary, so we can access them in the scheduled event handler
_coarsePrices = top.ToDictionary(c => c.Symbol, c => c.AdjustedPrice);
return top.Select(x => x.Symbol);
}
///
/// This is used by the regression test system to indicate if the open source Lean repository has the required data to run this algorithm.
///
public bool CanRunLocally { get; } = true;
///
/// This is used by the regression test system to indicate which languages this algorithm is written in.
///
public Language[] Languages { get; } = { Language.CSharp };
///
/// This is used by the regression test system to indicate what the expected statistics are from running the algorithm
///
public Dictionary ExpectedStatistics => new Dictionary
{
{"Total Trades", "0"},
{"Average Win", "0%"},
{"Average Loss", "0%"},
{"Compounding Annual Return", "0%"},
{"Drawdown", "0%"},
{"Expectancy", "0"},
{"Net Profit", "0%"},
{"Sharpe Ratio", "0"},
{"Loss Rate", "0%"},
{"Win Rate", "0%"},
{"Profit-Loss Ratio", "0"},
{"Alpha", "0"},
{"Beta", "0"},
{"Annual Standard Deviation", "0"},
{"Annual Variance", "0"},
{"Information Ratio", "0"},
{"Tracking Error", "0"},
{"Treynor Ratio", "0"},
{"Total Fees", "$0.00"}
};
}
}