Hi all,
I am investigating an options hedging strategy (starting with the SPY underlying).
For the sake of efficiency I would like to use the OptionChainProvider.GetOptionContractList method.
I was wondering whether there was an easy way to filter out the (less liquid) weekly expiries from that list?
Thanks in advance!
Derek Melchin
Hi Pierre,
To filter out weekly contracts, we can use
contracts = self.OptionChainProvider.GetOptionContractList(self.equity_symbol, data.Time) contracts = [c for c in contracts if not OptionSymbol.IsWeekly(c)]
See the attached backtest for reference.
Best,
Derek Melchin
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Pierre Vidal
Thanks a lot Derek,
I was not aware of that OptionSymbol class, which looks like what I need!
Best regards
Pierre Vidal
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