# 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 shows some of the various helper methods available when defining universes ### ### ### ### class UniverseSelectionDefinitionsAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm): def initialize(self): # subscriptions added via universe selection will have this resolution self.universe_settings.resolution = Resolution.DAILY self.set_start_date(2014,3,24) # Set Start Date self.set_end_date(2014,3,28) # Set End Date self.set_cash(100000) # Set Strategy Cash # add universe for the top 3 stocks by dollar volume self.add_universe(self.universe.top(3)) self.changes = None self.on_securities_changed_was_called = False def on_data(self, data): if self.changes is None: return # liquidate securities that fell out of our universe for security in self.changes.removed_securities: if security.invested: self.liquidate(security.symbol) # invest in securities just added to our universe for security in self.changes.added_securities: if not security.invested: self.market_order(security.symbol, 10) self.changes = None # this event fires whenever we have changes to our universe def on_securities_changed(self, changes): self.changes = changes self.on_securities_changed_was_called = True def on_end_of_algorithm(self): if not self.on_securities_changed_was_called: raise AssertionError("OnSecuritiesChanged() method was never called!")