/* * 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 QuantConnect.Data; using QuantConnect.Data.Market; namespace QuantConnect.Securities.Option { /// /// Class implements default underlying constant volatility estimator (.), that projects the underlying own volatility /// model into corresponding option pricing model. /// public class ConstantQLUnderlyingVolatilityEstimator : IQLUnderlyingVolatilityEstimator { /// /// Indicates whether volatility model has been warmed ot not /// public bool IsReady { get; private set; } /// /// Returns current estimate of the underlying volatility /// /// The option security object /// The current data slice. This can be used to access other information /// available to the algorithm /// The option contract to evaluate /// The estimate public double Estimate(Security security, Slice slice, OptionContract contract) { var option = security as Option; if (option != null && option.Underlying != null && option.Underlying.VolatilityModel != null && option.Underlying.VolatilityModel.Volatility > 0m) { IsReady = true; return (double)option.Underlying.VolatilityModel.Volatility; } return 0.0; } } }