# 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 * ### ### In this example we look at the canonical 15/30 day moving average cross. This algorithm ### will go long when the 15 crosses above the 30 and will liquidate when the 15 crosses ### back below the 30. ### ### ### ### ### class MovingAverageCrossAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): '''Initialise the data and resolution required, as well as the cash and start-end dates for your algorithm. All algorithms must initialized.''' self.set_start_date(2009, 1, 1) #Set Start Date self.set_end_date(2015, 1, 1) #Set End Date self.set_cash(100000) #Set Strategy Cash # Find more symbols here: http://quantconnect.com/data self.add_equity("SPY") # create a 15 day exponential moving average self.fast = self.ema("SPY", 15, Resolution.DAILY) # create a 30 day exponential moving average self.slow = self.ema("SPY", 30, Resolution.DAILY) self.previous = None def on_data(self, data): '''OnData event is the primary entry point for your algorithm. Each new data point will be pumped in here.''' # a couple things to notice in this method: # 1. We never need to 'update' our indicators with the data, the engine takes care of this for us # 2. We can use indicators directly in math expressions # 3. We can easily plot many indicators at the same time # wait for our slow ema to fully initialize if not self.slow.is_ready: return # only once per day if self.previous is not None and self.previous.date() == self.time.date(): return # define a small tolerance on our checks to avoid bouncing tolerance = 0.00015 holdings = self.portfolio["SPY"].quantity # we only want to go long if we're currently short or flat if holdings <= 0: # if the fast is greater than the slow, we'll go long if self.fast.current.value > self.slow.current.value *(1 + tolerance): self.log("BUY >> {0}".format(self.securities["SPY"].price)) self.set_holdings("SPY", 1.0) # we only want to liquidate if we're currently long # if the fast is less than the slow we'll liquidate our long if holdings > 0 and self.fast.current.value < self.slow.current.value: self.log("SELL >> {0}".format(self.securities["SPY"].price)) self.liquidate("SPY") self.previous = self.time