# 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 algorithm demonstrate how to use Option Strategies (e.g. OptionStrategies.STRADDLE) helper classes to batch send orders for common strategies. ### It also shows how you can prefilter contracts easily based on strikes and expirations, and how you can inspect the ### option chain to pick a specific option contract to trade. ### ### ### ### ### class BasicTemplateOptionStrategyAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): # Set the cash we'd like to use for our backtest self.set_cash(1000000) # Start and end dates for the backtest. self.set_start_date(2015,12,24) self.set_end_date(2015,12,24) # Add assets you'd like to see option = self.add_option("GOOG") self.option_symbol = option.symbol # set our strike/expiry filter for this option chain # SetFilter method accepts timedelta objects or integer for days. # The following statements yield the same filtering criteria option.set_filter(-2, +2, 0, 180) # option.set_filter(-2,2, timedelta(0), timedelta(180)) # use the underlying equity as the benchmark self.set_benchmark("GOOG") def on_data(self,slice): if not self.portfolio.invested: for kvp in slice.option_chains: chain = kvp.value contracts = sorted(sorted(chain, key = lambda x: abs(chain.underlying.price - x.strike)), key = lambda x: x.expiry, reverse=False) if len(contracts) == 0: continue atm_straddle = contracts[0] if atm_straddle != None: self.sell(OptionStrategies.straddle(self.option_symbol, atm_straddle.strike, atm_straddle.expiry), 2) else: self.liquidate() def on_order_event(self, order_event): self.log(str(order_event))