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using System;
using System.Linq;
using QuantConnect.Data;
using QuantConnect.Data.UniverseSelection;
namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.CSharp
{
///
/// This algorithm shows how to grab symbols from an external api each day
/// and load data using the universe selection feature. In this example we
/// define a custom data type for the NYSE top gainers and then short the
/// top 2 gainers each day
///
///
///
///
public class CustomDataUniverseAlgorithm : QCAlgorithm
{
private SecurityChanges _changes;
public override void Initialize()
{
// Data ADDED via universe selection is added with Daily resolution.
UniverseSettings.Resolution = Resolution.Daily;
SetStartDate(2015, 01, 05);
SetEndDate(2015, 07, 01);
SetCash(100000);
AddSecurity(SecurityType.Equity, "SPY", Resolution.Daily);
SetBenchmark("SPY");
// add a custom universe data source (defaults to usa-equity)
AddUniverse("universe-nyse-top-gainers", Resolution.Daily, data =>
{
// define our selection criteria
return from NyseTopGainers d in data
// pick top 2 gainers to bet against
where d.TopGainersRank <= 2
select d.Symbol;
});
}
public override void OnData(Slice slice)
{
}
public override void OnSecuritiesChanged(SecurityChanges changes)
{
_changes = changes;
foreach (var security in changes.RemovedSecurities)
{
// liquidate securities that have been removed
if (security.Invested)
{
Liquidate(security.Symbol);
Log("Exit " + security.Symbol + " at " + security.Close);
}
}
foreach (var security in changes.AddedSecurities)
{
// enter short positions on new securities
if (!security.Invested && security.Close != 0)
{
var qty = CalculateOrderQuantity(security.Symbol, -0.25m);
MarketOnOpenOrder(security.Symbol, qty);
Log("Enter " + security.Symbol + " at " + security.Close);
}
}
}
///
/// Custom data type that uses the wall street journal's top 100 nyse gainers
/// html page as a live data source, and a csv file that contains the top 10
/// nyse gainers since the beginning of 2009 until 2015/10/19
///
public class NyseTopGainers : BaseData
{
public int TopGainersRank { get; set; }
public override DateTime EndTime
{
// define end time as exactly 1 day after Time
get { return Time + QuantConnect.Time.OneDay; }
set { Time = value - QuantConnect.Time.OneDay; }
}
private int _count;
private DateTime _lastDate;
public override SubscriptionDataSource GetSource(SubscriptionDataConfig config, DateTime date, bool isLiveMode)
{
if (isLiveMode)
{
// this is actually an html file, we'll handle the parsing accordingly
return new SubscriptionDataSource(@"http://www.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3021-gainnyse-gainer.html", SubscriptionTransportMedium.RemoteFile);
}
// this has data from 2009.01.01 to 2015.10.19 for top 10 nyse gainers
return new SubscriptionDataSource(@"https://www.dropbox.com/s/vrn3p38qberw3df/nyse-gainers.csv?dl=1", SubscriptionTransportMedium.RemoteFile);
}
public override BaseData Reader(SubscriptionDataConfig config, string line, DateTime date, bool isLiveMode)
{
if (!isLiveMode)
{
// backtest gets data from csv file in dropbox
var csv = line.Split(',');
return new NyseTopGainers
{
Time = DateTime.ParseExact(csv[0], "yyyyMMdd", null),
Symbol = Symbol.Create(csv[1], SecurityType.Equity, Market.USA),
TopGainersRank = Parse.Int(csv[2])
};
}
if (_lastDate != date)
{
// reset our counter for the new day
_lastDate = date;
_count = 0;
}
// parse the html into a symbol
if (!line.StartsWith(@"