/* * 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 System; using System.Linq; using QuantConnect.Data; using QuantConnect.Data.Market; namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.CSharp { /// /// This example demonstrates how to add options for a given underlying equity security. /// It also shows how you can prefilter contracts easily based on strikes and expirations. /// It also shows how you can inspect the option chain to pick a specific option contract to trade. /// public class BasicTemplateOptionsAlgorithm : QCAlgorithm { private const string UnderlyingTicker = "GOOG"; public readonly Symbol Underlying = QuantConnect.Symbol.Create(UnderlyingTicker, SecurityType.Equity, Market.USA); public readonly Symbol OptionSymbol = QuantConnect.Symbol.Create(UnderlyingTicker, SecurityType.Option, Market.USA); public override void Initialize() { SetStartDate(2015, 12, 24); SetEndDate(2015, 12, 24); SetCash(10000); var equity = AddEquity(UnderlyingTicker); var option = AddOption(UnderlyingTicker); // set our strike/expiry filter for this option chain option.SetFilter(-2, +2, TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromDays(10)); // use the underlying equity as the benchmark SetBenchmark(equity.Symbol); } /// /// Event - v3.0 DATA EVENT HANDLER: (Pattern) Basic template for user to override for receiving all subscription data in a single event /// /// The current slice of data keyed by symbol string public override void OnData(Slice slice) { if (!Portfolio.Invested) { OptionChain chain; if (slice.OptionChains.TryGetValue(OptionSymbol, out chain)) { // find the second call strike under market price expiring today var contract = ( from optionContract in chain.OrderByDescending(x => x.Strike) where optionContract.Right == OptionRight.Call where optionContract.Strike < chain.Underlying.Price select optionContract ).Skip(2).FirstOrDefault(); if (contract != null) { var quantity = CalculateOrderQuantity(contract.Symbol, -1m); MarketOrder(contract.Symbol, quantity); MarketOnCloseOrder(contract.Symbol, -quantity); } } } } } }