Hi, I am making a simple algo to try to get familiar with how options work on QC. I have been following the short tutorial here:
Please see the attached algo. Option chains aren't even in the data slice every day, and when there is an option chain it shows up as empty. Here is a sample log output.
Here is are my main bits. I was assuming I would have options chain data for every time OnData was called.
def Initialize(self):
'''Initialise the data and resolution required, as well as the cash and start-end dates for your algorithm. All algorithms must initialized.'''
self.SetStartDate(2016,10,01) #Set Start Date
self.SetEndDate(2016,11,16) #Set End Date
self.SetCash(25000) #Set Strategy Cash
# Find more symbols here: http://quantconnect.com/data
# self.AddUniverse(self.CoarseSelectionFunction)
self.AddEquity("GOOG", Resolution.Daily)
option = self.AddOption("GOOG", Resolution.Daily)
option.SetFilter(-10, +10, timedelta(0), timedelta(180))
def OnData(self,slice):
self.Log("ondata")
for i in slice.OptionChains:
optionchain = i.Value
self.Log("underlying price:" + str(optionchain.Underlying.Price))
df = pd.DataFrame([[x.Right,float(x.Strike),x.Expiry,float(x.BidPrice),float(x.AskPrice)] for x in optionchain],
index=[x.Symbol.Value for x in optionchain],
columns=['type(call 0, put 1)', 'strike', 'expiry', 'ask price', 'bid price'])
self.Log(str(df))
Alexandre Catarino
At the moment, options data is distributed with minute resolution only.
Tim De Lise
Oh yes thank you so much, of course after taking time to write our my question i kinda of realized the same thing. Thanks great.
Tim De Lise
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