Overall Statistics |
Total Trades 158 Average Win 6.67% Average Loss -8.36% Compounding Annual Return 28.402% Drawdown 50.400% Expectancy 0.483 Net Profit 1633.379% Sharpe Ratio 1.018 Probabilistic Sharpe Ratio 38.343% Loss Rate 18% Win Rate 82% Profit-Loss Ratio 0.80 Alpha 0.23 Beta -0.072 Annual Standard Deviation 0.218 Annual Variance 0.047 Information Ratio 0.412 Tracking Error 0.267 Treynor Ratio -3.068 Total Fees $3100.69 Estimated Strategy Capacity $1400000.00 Lowest Capacity Asset VIXY UT076X30D0MD |
# https://quantpedia.com/strategies/trading-vix-etfs-v2/ # # Investment universe consists of SPDR S&P500 Trust ETF (SPY) and ProShares Short S&P500 ETF (SH) for long and short exposure to the # S&P500 and iPath S&P500 VIX ST Futures ETN (VXX) and VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (XIV) for long and short exposure to # short-term VIX futures. First, the relative difference between the front-month VIX futures and spot VIX is calculated # (contango/backwardation check). If the relative basis is above (below) an upper (lower) buy threshold, BU (BL) determined by the trader, # it indicates that the market is in contango (backwardation) and that one should hold XIV (VXX) and hedge with SH (SPY). The position is # closed when the relative basis falls below an upper (lower) sell-threshold, SU (SL), which may be set equal to, or lower (higher) than # the buy-threshold. A reason why one might want the upper (lower) sell-threshold lower (higher) than the upper (lower) buy-threshold is # to avoid too-frequent trading. The best results are with a 0% hedge ratio (trader doesn’t use SPY/SH hedging). However, it is possible # to use multiple different hedging levels with different results (see table 10 in a source academic paper for more options). from QuantConnect.Python import PythonQuandl class TradingVIXETFsv2(QCAlgorithm): def Initialize(self): self.SetStartDate(2010, 1, 1) #self.SetEndDate(2021, 1, 1) self.SetCash(100000) self.vixy_data = self.AddEquity('VIXY', Resolution.Daily) self.vixy = self.vixy_data.Symbol # Vix futures data. self.vix_future = self.AddFuture(Futures.Indices.VIX, Resolution.Minute) # Vix spot. self.vix_spot = self.AddData(QuandlVix, 'CBOE/VIX', Resolution.Daily).Symbol # Find the front contract expiring no earlier than in 90 days. self.vix_future.SetFilter(timedelta(0), TimeSpan.FromDays(90)) # Vix futures actiove contract updated on expiration. self.active_contract = None self.Schedule.On(self.DateRules.EveryDay(self.vixy), self.TimeRules.AfterMarketOpen(self.vixy,1), self.Rebalance) self.dailyequity = {} self.Schedule.On( self.DateRules.EveryDay('VIXY'), self.TimeRules.BeforeMarketClose('VIXY'), self.SetEquity ) self.Schedule.On( self.DateRules.EveryDay('VIXY'), self.TimeRules.BeforeMarketClose('VIXY'), self.BackUp ) def SetEquity(self): pass self.dailyequity[str(self.Time.date())] = self.Portfolio.TotalPortfolioValue def BackUp(self): pass if str(self.Time.date()) == '2021-05-19': self.Log(self.dailyequity) def Rebalance(self): if self.active_contract: if self.Securities.ContainsKey(self.vix_spot): spot_price = self.Securities[self.vix_spot].Price vix_future_price = self.active_contract.LastPrice if spot_price == 0 or vix_future_price == 0: return relative_basis = vix_future_price / spot_price if relative_basis <= 0.92: if not self.Portfolio[self.vixy].Invested: self.SetHoldings(self.vixy, -1) return if relative_basis >= 0.94: if self.Portfolio[self.vixy].Invested: self.Liquidate(self.vixy) return def OnData(self, slice): chains = [x for x in slice.FutureChains] cl_chain = None if len(chains) > 0: cl_chain = chains[0] else: return if cl_chain.Value.Contracts.Count >= 1: contracts = [i for i in cl_chain.Value] contracts = sorted(contracts, key = lambda x: x.Expiry) near_contract = contracts[0] self.active_contract = near_contract class QuandlVix(PythonQuandl): def __init__(self): self.ValueColumnName = "VIX Close"