# 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 AlgorithmImports import * # # Leveraged ETFs (LETF) promise a fixed leverage ratio with respect to an underlying asset or an index. # A Triple-Leveraged ETF allows speculators to amplify their exposure to the daily returns of an underlying index by a factor of 3. # # Increased volatility generally decreases the value of a LETF over an extended period of time as daily compounding is amplified. # # This alpha emits short-biased insight to capitalize on volatility decay for each listed pair of TL-ETFs, by rebalancing the # ETFs with equal weights each day. # # This alpha is part of the Benchmark Alpha Series created by QuantConnect which are open sourced so the community and client funds can see an example of an alpha. # class TripleLeverageETFPairVolatilityDecayAlpha(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): self.set_start_date(2018, 1, 1) self.set_cash(100000) # Set zero transaction fees self.set_security_initializer(lambda security: security.set_fee_model(ConstantFeeModel(0))) # 3X ETF pair tickers ultra_long = Symbol.create("UGLD", SecurityType.EQUITY, Market.USA) ultra_short = Symbol.create("DGLD", SecurityType.EQUITY, Market.USA) # Manually curated universe self.universe_settings.resolution = Resolution.DAILY self.set_universe_selection(ManualUniverseSelectionModel([ultra_long, ultra_short])) # Select the demonstration alpha model self.set_alpha(RebalancingTripleLeveragedETFAlphaModel(ultra_long, ultra_short)) ## Set Equal Weighting Portfolio Construction Model self.set_portfolio_construction(EqualWeightingPortfolioConstructionModel()) ## Set Immediate Execution Model self.set_execution(ImmediateExecutionModel()) ## Set Null Risk Management Model self.set_risk_management(NullRiskManagementModel()) class RebalancingTripleLeveragedETFAlphaModel(AlphaModel): ''' Rebalance a pair of 3x leveraged ETFs and predict that the value of both ETFs in each pair will decrease. ''' def __init__(self, ultra_long, ultra_short): # Giving an insight period 1 days. self.period = timedelta(1) self.magnitude = 0.001 self.ultra_long = ultra_long self.ultra_short = ultra_short self.name = "RebalancingTripleLeveragedETFAlphaModel" def update(self, algorithm, data): return Insight.group( [ Insight.price(self.ultra_long, self.period, InsightDirection.DOWN, self.magnitude), Insight.price(self.ultra_short, self.period, InsightDirection.DOWN, self.magnitude) ] )