/* * 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. * */ using System; namespace QuantConnect.Securities { /// /// Provides an implementation of /// for use in defining the minimum price variation for a given equity /// under Regulation NMS – Rule 612 (a.k.a – the “sub-penny rule”) /// public class EquityPriceVariationModel : SecurityPriceVariationModel { /// /// Get the minimum price variation from a security /// /// An object containing the method parameters /// Decimal minimum price variation of a given security public override decimal GetMinimumPriceVariation(GetMinimumPriceVariationParameters parameters) { if (parameters.Security.Type != SecurityType.Equity) { throw new ArgumentException("EquityPriceVariationModel.GetMinimumPriceVariation(): " + Messages.EquityPriceVariationModel.InvalidSecurityType(parameters.Security)); } // If the quotation is priced less than $1.00 per share, the minimum pricing increment is $0.0001. // Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/242.612 if (parameters.ReferencePrice < 1m) { return 0.0001m; } return base.GetMinimumPriceVariation(parameters); } } }