# 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 * ### ### This example demonstrates how to add futures with daily resolution. ### ### ### ### class BasicTemplateFuturesDailyAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): self.set_start_date(2013, 10, 8) self.set_end_date(2014, 10, 10) self.set_cash(1000000) resolution = self.get_resolution() extended_market_hours = self.get_extended_market_hours() # Subscribe and set our expiry filter for the futures chain self.future_sp500 = self.add_future(Futures.Indices.SP_500_E_MINI, resolution, extended_market_hours=extended_market_hours) self.future_gold = self.add_future(Futures.Metals.GOLD, resolution, extended_market_hours=extended_market_hours) # set our expiry filter for this futures chain # SetFilter method accepts timedelta objects or integer for days. # The following statements yield the same filtering criteria self.future_sp500.set_filter(timedelta(0), timedelta(182)) self.future_gold.set_filter(0, 182) def on_data(self,slice): if not self.portfolio.invested: for chain in slice.future_chains: # Get contracts expiring no earlier than in 90 days contracts = list(filter(lambda x: x.expiry > self.time + timedelta(90), chain.value)) # if there is any contract, trade the front contract if len(contracts) == 0: continue contract = sorted(contracts, key = lambda x: x.expiry)[0] # if found, trade it. self.market_order(contract.symbol, 1) # Same as above, check for cases like trading on a friday night. elif all(x.exchange.hours.is_open(self.time, True) for x in self.securities.values() if x.invested): self.liquidate() def on_securities_changed(self, changes: SecurityChanges) -> None: if len(changes.removed_securities) > 0 and \ self.portfolio.invested and \ all(x.exchange.hours.is_open(self.time, True) for x in self.securities.values() if x.invested): self.liquidate() def get_resolution(self): return Resolution.DAILY def get_extended_market_hours(self): return False