# 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 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 ### ### ### ### class MeanVarianceOptimizationAlgorithm(QCAlgorithmFramework): '''Mean Variance Optimization algorithm.''' def Initialize(self): # 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 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.SetUniverseSelection(CoarseFundamentalUniverseSelectionModel(self.coarseSelector)) self.SetAlpha(HistoricalReturnsAlphaModel(resolution = Resolution.Daily)) self.SetPortfolioConstruction(MeanVarianceOptimizationPortfolioConstructionModel(optimization_method = self.maximum_sharpe_ratio)) self.SetExecution(ImmediateExecutionModel()) self.SetRiskManagement(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