# 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 for a given underlying asset. ### It also shows how you can prefilter contracts easily based on expirations, and how you ### can inspect the futures chain to pick a specific contract to trade. ### ### ### ### class BasicTemplateFuturesWithExtendedMarketAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): self.set_start_date(2013, 10, 8) self.set_end_date(2013, 10, 10) self.set_cash(1000000) self.contract_symbol = None # Subscribe and set our expiry filter for the futures chain self.future_sp500 = self.add_future(Futures.Indices.SP_500_E_MINI, extended_market_hours = True) self.future_gold = self.add_future(Futures.Metals.GOLD, extended_market_hours = True) # 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) benchmark = self.add_equity("SPY") self.set_benchmark(benchmark.symbol) seeder = FuncSecuritySeeder(self.get_last_known_prices) self.set_security_initializer(lambda security: seeder.seed_security(security)) 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 front = sorted(contracts, key = lambda x: x.expiry, reverse=True)[0] self.contract_symbol = front.symbol self.market_order(front.symbol , 1) else: self.liquidate() def on_end_of_algorithm(self): # Get the margin requirements buying_power_model = self.securities[self.contract_symbol].buying_power_model name = type(buying_power_model).__name__ if name != 'FutureMarginModel': raise AssertionError(f"Invalid buying power model. Found: {name}. Expected: FutureMarginModel") initial_overnight = buying_power_model.initial_overnight_margin_requirement maintenance_overnight = buying_power_model.maintenance_overnight_margin_requirement initial_intraday = buying_power_model.initial_intraday_margin_requirement maintenance_intraday = buying_power_model.maintenance_intraday_margin_requirement def on_securities_changed(self, changes): for added_security in changes.added_securities: if added_security.symbol.security_type == SecurityType.FUTURE and not added_security.symbol.is_canonical() and not added_security.has_data: raise AssertionError(f"Future contracts did not work up as expected: {added_security.symbol}")