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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using QuantConnect.Data;
using QuantConnect.Data.UniverseSelection;
using QuantConnect.Securities;
using static System.FormattableString;
namespace QuantConnect.Algorithm.Framework.Alphas
{
///
/// Provides an implementation of that always returns the same insight for each security
///
public class ConstantAlphaModel : AlphaModel
{
private readonly InsightType _type;
private readonly InsightDirection _direction;
private readonly TimeSpan _period;
private readonly double? _magnitude;
private readonly double? _confidence;
private readonly double? _weight;
private readonly HashSet _securities;
private readonly Dictionary _insightsTimeBySymbol;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class
///
/// The type of insight
/// The direction of the insight
/// The period over which the insight with come to fruition
public ConstantAlphaModel(InsightType type, InsightDirection direction, TimeSpan period)
: this(type, direction, period, null, null)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class
///
/// The type of insight
/// The direction of the insight
/// The period over which the insight with come to fruition
/// The predicted change in magnitude as a +- percentage
/// The confidence in the insight
/// The portfolio weight of the insights
public ConstantAlphaModel(InsightType type, InsightDirection direction, TimeSpan period, double? magnitude, double? confidence, double? weight = null)
{
_type = type;
_direction = direction;
_period = period;
// Optional
_magnitude = magnitude;
_confidence = confidence;
_weight = weight;
_securities = new HashSet();
_insightsTimeBySymbol = new Dictionary();
Name = $"{nameof(ConstantAlphaModel)}({type},{direction},{period}";
if (magnitude.HasValue)
{
Name += Invariant($",{magnitude.Value}");
}
if (confidence.HasValue)
{
Name += Invariant($",{confidence.Value}");
}
Name += ")";
}
///
/// Creates a constant insight for each security as specified via the constructor
///
/// The algorithm instance
/// The new data available
/// The new insights generated
public override IEnumerable Update(QCAlgorithm algorithm, Slice data)
{
foreach (var security in _securities)
{
// security price could be zero until we get the first data point. e.g. this could happen
// when adding both forex and equities, we will first get a forex data point
if (security.Price != 0
&& ShouldEmitInsight(algorithm.UtcTime, security.Symbol))
{
yield return new Insight(security.Symbol, _period, _type, _direction, _magnitude, _confidence, weight: _weight);
}
}
}
///
/// Event fired each time the we add/remove securities from the data feed
///
/// The algorithm instance that experienced the change in securities
/// The security additions and removals from the algorithm
public override void OnSecuritiesChanged(QCAlgorithm algorithm, SecurityChanges changes)
{
NotifiedSecurityChanges.UpdateCollection(_securities, changes);
// this will allow the insight to be re-sent when the security re-joins the universe
foreach (var removed in changes.RemovedSecurities)
{
_insightsTimeBySymbol.Remove(removed.Symbol);
}
}
///
/// Determine if its time to emit insight for this symbol
///
/// Time of the insight
/// The symbol to emit an insight for
protected virtual bool ShouldEmitInsight(DateTime utcTime, Symbol symbol)
{
if(symbol.IsCanonical())
{
// canonical futures & options are none tradable
return false;
}
DateTime generatedTimeUtc;
if (_insightsTimeBySymbol.TryGetValue(symbol, out generatedTimeUtc))
{
// we previously emitted a insight for this symbol, check it's period to see
// if we should emit another insight
if (utcTime - generatedTimeUtc < _period)
{
return false;
}
}
// we either haven't emitted a insight for this symbol or the previous
// insight's period has expired, so emit a new insight now for this symbol
_insightsTimeBySymbol[symbol] = utcTime;
return true;
}
}
}