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# Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine v2.0. Copyright 2014 QuantConnect Corporation.
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from clr import AddReference
AddReference("System")
AddReference("QuantConnect.Algorithm")
AddReference("QuantConnect.Common")
from System import *
from QuantConnect import *
from QuantConnect.Orders import *
from QuantConnect.Algorithm import *
from QuantConnect.Algorithm.Framework import *
from QuantConnect.Algorithm.Framework.Execution import *
from QuantConnect.Algorithm.Framework.Risk import *
from QuantConnect.Algorithm.Framework.Selection import *
from Alphas.HistoricalReturnsAlphaModel import *
from Portfolio.MeanVarianceOptimizationPortfolioConstructionModel import *
from QuantConnect.Util import PythonUtil
###
### Mean Variance Optimization algorithm
### Uses the HistoricalReturnsAlphaModel and the MeanVarianceOptimizationPortfolioConstructionModel
### to create an algorithm that rebalances the portfolio according to modern portfolio theory
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class MeanVarianceOptimizationAlgorithm(QCAlgorithmFramework):
'''Mean Variance Optimization algorithm.'''
def Initialize(self):
''' Initialise the data and resolution required, as well as the cash and start-end dates for your algorithm. All algorithms must initialized.'''
# Set requested data resolution
self.UniverseSettings.Resolution = Resolution.Minute
self.SetStartDate(2013,10,7) #Set Start Date
self.SetEndDate(2013,10,11) #Set End Date
self.SetCash(100000) #Set Strategy Cash
selector = PythonUtil.ToCoarseFundamentalSelector(self.coarseSelector)
self.symbols = [ Symbol.Create(x, SecurityType.Equity, Market.USA) for x in [ 'AIG', 'BAC', 'IBM', 'SPY' ] ]
self.minimum_weight = -1
self.maximum_weight = 1
# set algorithm framework models
self.UniverseSelection = CoarseFundamentalUniverseSelectionModel(selector)
self.Alpha = HistoricalReturnsAlphaModel(resolution = Resolution.Daily)
self.PortfolioConstruction = MeanVarianceOptimizationPortfolioConstructionModel(optimization_method = self.maximum_sharpe_ratio)
self.Execution = ImmediateExecutionModel()
self.RiskManagement = NullRiskManagementModel()
def coarseSelector(self, coarse):
# Drops SPY after the 8th
last = 3 if self.Time.day > 8 else len(self.symbols)
return self.symbols[0:last]
def OnOrderEvent(self, orderEvent):
if orderEvent.Status == OrderStatus.Filled:
self.Debug(orderEvent.ToString())
def maximum_sharpe_ratio(self, returns):
'''Maximum Sharpe Ratio optimization method'''
# Objective function
fun = lambda weights: -self.sharpe_ratio(returns, weights)
# Constraint #1: The weights can be negative, which means investors can short a security.
constraints = [{'type': 'eq', 'fun': lambda w: np.sum(w) - 1}]
size = returns.columns.size
x0 = np.array(size * [1. / size])
bounds = tuple((self.minimum_weight, self.maximum_weight) for x in range(size))
opt = minimize(fun, # Objective function
x0, # Initial guess
method='SLSQP', # Optimization method: Sequential Least SQuares Programming
bounds = bounds, # Bounds for variables
constraints = constraints) # Constraints definition
weights = pd.Series(opt['x'], index = returns.columns)
self.Log('{}:\n\r{}'.format(self.Time, weights))
return opt, weights
def sharpe_ratio(self, returns, weights):
annual_return = np.dot(np.matrix(returns.mean()), np.matrix(weights).T).item()
annual_volatility = np.sqrt(np.dot(weights.T, np.dot(returns.cov(), weights)))
return annual_return/annual_volatility