# QUANTCONNECT.COM - Democratizing Finance, Empowering Individuals. # Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine v2.0. Copyright 2014 QuantConnect Corporation. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. from AlgorithmImports import * ### ### This example demonstrates how to add futures with daily resolution. ### ### ### ### class BasicTemplateFuturesDailyAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def Initialize(self): self.SetStartDate(2013, 10, 8) self.SetEndDate(2014, 10, 10) self.SetCash(1000000) self.contractSymbol = None # Subscribe and set our expiry filter for the futures chain futureSP500 = self.AddFuture(Futures.Indices.SP500EMini, Resolution.Daily) futureGold = self.AddFuture(Futures.Metals.Gold, Resolution.Daily) # set our expiry filter for this futures chain # SetFilter method accepts timedelta objects or integer for days. # The following statements yield the same filtering criteria futureSP500.SetFilter(timedelta(0), timedelta(182)) futureGold.SetFilter(0, 182) def OnData(self,slice): if not self.Portfolio.Invested: for chain in slice.FutureChains: # Get contracts expiring no earlier than in 90 days contracts = list(filter(lambda x: x.Expiry > self.Time + timedelta(90), chain.Value)) # if there is any contract, trade the front contract if len(contracts) == 0: continue front = sorted(contracts, key = lambda x: x.Expiry, reverse=True)[0] self.contractSymbol = front.Symbol if self.IsMarketOpen(self.contractSymbol): self.MarketOrder(front.Symbol , 1) else: self.Liquidate()