# 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.Algorithm import * from QuantConnect.Data.Custom.TradingEconomics import * ### ### Trades on interest rate announcements from data provided by Trading Economics ### class TradingEconomicsAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def Initialize(self): self.SetStartDate(2013, 11, 1) self.SetEndDate(2019, 10, 3); self.SetCash(100000) self.AddEquity("AGG", Resolution.Hour) self.AddEquity("SPY", Resolution.Hour) self.interestRate = self.AddData(TradingEconomicsCalendar, TradingEconomics.Calendar.UnitedStates.InterestRate).Symbol # Request 365 days of interest rate history with the TradingEconomicsCalendar custom data Symbol. # We should expect no historical data because 2013-11-01 is before the absolute first point of data history = self.History(TradingEconomicsCalendar, self.interestRate, 365, Resolution.Daily) # Count the amount of items we get from our history request (should be zero) self.Debug(f"We got {len(history)} items from our history request") def OnData(self, data): # Make sure we have an interest rate calendar event if not data.ContainsKey(self.interestRate): return announcement = data[self.interestRate] # Confirm its a FED Rate Decision if announcement.Event != "Fed Interest Rate Decision": return # In the event of a rate increase, rebalance 50% to Bonds. interestRateDecreased = announcement.Actual <= announcement.Previous if interestRateDecreased: self.SetHoldings("SPY", 1) self.SetHoldings("AGG", 0) else: self.SetHoldings("SPY", 0.5) self.SetHoldings("AGG", 0.5)