/* * 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. */ using QuantConnect.Data; using QuantConnect.Data.Custom.TradingEconomics; namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.CSharp { /// /// Trades on interest rate announcements from data provided by Trading Economics /// public class TradingEconomicsAlgorithm : QCAlgorithm { private Symbol _interestRate; public override void Initialize() { SetStartDate(2013, 11, 1); SetEndDate(2019, 10, 3); SetCash(100000); AddEquity("AGG", Resolution.Hour); AddEquity("SPY", Resolution.Hour); _interestRate = AddData(TradingEconomics.Calendar.UnitedStates.InterestRate).Symbol; } public override void OnData(Slice data) { // Make sure we have an interest rate calendar event if (!data.ContainsKey(_interestRate)) { return; } var announcement = data.Get(_interestRate); // Confirm it's a FED Rate Decision if (announcement.Event != "Fed Interest Rate Decision") { return; } // In the event of a rate increase, rebalance 50% to Bonds. var interestRateDecreased = announcement.Actual <= announcement.Previous; if (interestRateDecreased) { SetHoldings("SPY", 1); SetHoldings("AGG", 0); } else { SetHoldings("SPY", 0.5); SetHoldings("AGG", 0.5); } } } }