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using System;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.Examples
{
///
/// 4.0 DEMONSTRATION OF CUSTOM CHARTING FLEXIBILITY:
///
/// The entire charting system of quantconnect is adaptable. You can adjust it to draw whatever you'd like.
///
/// Charts can be stacked, or overlayed on each other.
/// Series can be candles, lines or scatter plots.
///
/// Even the default behaviours of QuantConnect can be overridden
///
///
public class CustomChartingAlgorithm : QCAlgorithm
{
decimal lastPrice = 0;
decimal fastMA = 0;
decimal slowMA = 0;
DateTime resample = new DateTime();
TimeSpan resamplePeriod = new TimeSpan();
DateTime startDate = new DateTime(2010, 3, 3);
DateTime endDate = new DateTime(2014, 3, 3);
///
/// Called at the start of your algorithm to setup your requirements:
///
public override void Initialize()
{
//Set the date range you want to run your algorithm:
SetStartDate(startDate);
SetEndDate(endDate);
//Set the starting cash for your strategy:
SetCash(100000);
//Add any stocks you'd like to analyse, and set the resolution:
// Find more symbols here: http://quantconnect.com/data
AddSecurity(SecurityType.Equity, "SPY", resolution: Resolution.Minute);
//Chart - Master Container for the Chart:
Chart stockPlot = new Chart("Trade Plot", ChartType.Overlay);
//On the Trade Plotter Chart we want 3 series: trades and price:
Series buyOrders = new Series("Buy", SeriesType.Scatter);
Series sellOrders = new Series("Sell", SeriesType.Scatter);
Series assetPrice = new Series("Price", SeriesType.Line);
stockPlot.AddSeries(buyOrders);
stockPlot.AddSeries(sellOrders);
stockPlot.AddSeries(assetPrice);
AddChart(stockPlot);
Chart avgCross = new Chart("Strategy Equity", ChartType.Stacked);
Series fastMA = new Series("FastMA", SeriesType.Line);
Series slowMA = new Series("SlowMA", SeriesType.Line);
avgCross.AddSeries(fastMA);
avgCross.AddSeries(slowMA);
AddChart(avgCross);
resamplePeriod = TimeSpan.FromMinutes((endDate - startDate).TotalMinutes / 2000);
}
///
/// OnEndOfDay Event Handler - At the end of each trading day we fire this code.
/// To avoid flooding, we recommend running your plotting at the end of each day.
///
public override void OnEndOfDay()
{
//Log the end of day prices:
Plot("Trade Plot", "Price", lastPrice);
}
///
/// On receiving new tradebar data it will be passed into this function. The general pattern is:
/// "public void OnData( CustomType name ) {...s"
///
/// TradeBars data type synchronized and pushed into this function. The tradebars are grouped in a dictionary.
public void OnData(TradeBars data)
{
lastPrice = data["SPY"].Close;
if (fastMA == 0) fastMA = lastPrice;
if (slowMA == 0) slowMA = lastPrice;
fastMA = (0.01m * lastPrice) + (0.99m * fastMA);
slowMA = (0.001m * lastPrice) + (0.999m * slowMA);
if (Time > resample)
{
resample = Time.Add(resamplePeriod);
Plot("Strategy Equity", "FastMA", fastMA);
Plot("Strategy Equity", "SlowMA", slowMA);
}
//On the 5th days when not invested buy:
if (!Portfolio.Invested && Time.Day % 13 == 0)
{
Order("SPY", (int)(Portfolio.Cash / data["SPY"].Close));
Plot("Trade Plot", "Buy", lastPrice);
}
else if (Time.Day % 21 == 0 && Portfolio.Invested)
{
Plot("Trade Plot", "Sell", lastPrice);
Liquidate();
}
}
}
}