# 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 * from datetime import timedelta ### ### Regression algorithm illustrating the usage of the method ### to get an option chain, which contains additional data besides the symbols, including prices, implied volatility and greeks. ### It also shows how this data can be used to filter the contracts based on certain criteria. ### class OptionChainFullDataRegressionAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): self.set_start_date(2015, 12, 24) self.set_end_date(2015, 12, 24) self.set_cash(100000) goog = self.add_equity("GOOG").symbol option_chain = self.option_chain(goog, flatten=True) # Demonstration using data frame: df = option_chain.data_frame # Get contracts expiring within 10 days, with an implied volatility greater than 0.5 and a delta less than 0.5 contracts = df.loc[(df.expiry <= self.time + timedelta(days=10)) & (df.impliedvolatility > 0.5) & (df.delta < 0.5)] # Get the contract with the latest expiration date. # Note: the result of df.loc[] is a series, and its name is a tuple with a single element (contract symbol) self._option_contract = contracts.loc[contracts.expiry.idxmax()].name self.add_option_contract(self._option_contract) def on_data(self, data): # Do some trading with the selected contract for sample purposes if not self.portfolio.invested: self.market_order(self._option_contract, 1) else: self.liquidate()