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using QuantConnect.Data;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Securities.Option
{
///
/// Class implements Fed's US primary credit rate as risk free rate, implementing .
///
///
/// Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Primary Credit Rate - Historical Dates of Changes and Rates for Federal Reserve District 8: St. Louis [PCREDIT8]
/// retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCREDIT8
///
public class FedRateQLRiskFreeRateEstimator : IQLRiskFreeRateEstimator
{
private readonly InterestRateProvider _interestRateProvider = new ();
///
/// Returns current flat estimate of the risk free rate
///
/// 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 decimal Estimate(Security security, Slice slice, OptionContract contract)
{
return slice == null
? InterestRateProvider.DefaultRiskFreeRate
: _interestRateProvider.GetInterestRate(slice.Time.Date);
}
}
}