/* * 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 QuantConnect.Data.Market; using QuantConnect.Indicators; using QuantConnect.Parameters; namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.CSharp { /// /// Demonstration of the parameter system of QuantConnect. Using parameters you can pass the values required into C# algorithms for optimization. /// /// /// public class ParameterizedAlgorithm : QCAlgorithm { // we place attributes on top of our fields or properties that should receive // their values from the job. The values 100 and 200 are just default values that // or only used if the parameters do not exist [Parameter("ema-fast")] public int FastPeriod = 100; [Parameter("ema-slow")] public int SlowPeriod = 200; public ExponentialMovingAverage Fast; public ExponentialMovingAverage Slow; public override void Initialize() { SetStartDate(2013, 10, 07); SetEndDate(2013, 10, 11); SetCash(100*1000); AddSecurity(SecurityType.Equity, "SPY"); Fast = EMA("SPY", FastPeriod); Slow = EMA("SPY", SlowPeriod); } public void OnData(TradeBars data) { // wait for our indicators to ready if (!Fast.IsReady || !Slow.IsReady) return; if (Fast > Slow*1.001m) { SetHoldings("SPY", 1); } else if (Fast < Slow*0.999m) { Liquidate("SPY"); } } } }