# 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 options for a given underlying equity security. ### It also shows how you can prefilter contracts easily based on strikes and expirations. ### It also shows how you can inspect the option chain to pick a specific option contract to trade. ### ### ### ### class BasicTemplateOptionTradesAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): self.set_start_date(2015, 12, 24) self.set_end_date(2015, 12, 24) self.set_cash(100000) option = self.add_option("GOOG") # add the initial contract filter # SetFilter method accepts timedelta objects or integer for days. # The following statements yield the same filtering criteria option.set_filter(-2, +2, 0, 10) # option.set_filter(-2, +2, timedelta(0), timedelta(10)) # 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 # find the second call strike under market price expiring today 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 if contracts[0] != None: self.market_order(contracts[0].symbol, 1) else: self.liquidate() for kpv in slice.bars: self.log("---> OnData: {0}, {1}, {2}".format(self.time, kpv.key.value, str(kpv.value.close))) def on_order_event(self, order_event): self.log(str(order_event))