# 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 and trade SPX index weekly options ### ### ### ### class BasicTemplateSPXWeeklyIndexOptionsAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): self.set_start_date(2021, 1, 4) self.set_end_date(2021, 1, 10) self.set_cash(1000000) # regular option SPX contracts self.spx_options = self.add_index_option("SPX") self.spx_options.set_filter(lambda u: (u.strikes(0, 1).expiration(0, 30))) # weekly option SPX contracts spxw = self.add_index_option("SPX", "SPXW") # set our strike/expiry filter for this option chain spxw.set_filter(lambda u: (u.strikes(0, 1) # single week ahead since there are many SPXW contracts and we want to preserve performance .expiration(0, 7) .include_weeklys())) self.spxw_option = spxw.symbol def on_data(self,slice): if self.portfolio.invested: return chain = slice.option_chains.get(self.spxw_option) if not chain: return # we sort the contracts to find at the money (ATM) contract with closest expiration contracts = sorted(sorted(sorted(chain, \ key = lambda x: x.expiry), \ key = lambda x: abs(chain.underlying.price - x.strike)), \ key = lambda x: x.right, reverse=True) # if found, buy until it expires if len(contracts) == 0: return symbol = contracts[0].symbol self.market_order(symbol, 1) def on_order_event(self, order_event): self.debug(str(order_event))