This algo uses recently released Futures API to trade various futures contracts on different asset classes. The logic is relatively simple, and please see the comments in code. It trades intermittently and as a result the average leverage is low, and the maximum gross leverage is currently set to 2 through Optimizer API constraint .
Awesome, great example of using futures plus the optimize API.
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Why can't this be used in the paper trading on Quantopian? Keep getting the message: There was a problem deploying your algorithm to live trading: Futures not allowed in live trading. The changes I made worked fine throughout the backtests..
Thanks for your help!
Hi Brandon,
Futures trading, while available in research and backtesting, is currently not available for live trading. We're working on enabling a futures based contest and being able to make allocations to futures based strategies. We're also looking into adding futures functionality to Pyfolio.
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We currently do not have a timeline for release of live trading for futures. Sorry I can't provide more info at this time. We prefer not to overpromise anything too early, so our next steps will be to complete the features I mentioned earlier and then determine what is the next most important addition.
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When running backtest on 2017 data, there is an error:
KeyError: 1074201706
There was a runtime error on line 69. Any tip how to resolve it?
Thank you Naoki for sharing.
I can't really understand what is context.multiplier = 2250. I saw this numer is multiply by the slope to get the weight but why did you choose 2250?
Thanks for your help
Hi Peter, have you had any luck in understanding the error? I get the same but not sure what it refers too
Hello Peter & Matteo,
We identified an issue with ER pricing data that causes the KeyError you mentioned. This is currently in our queue, but unfortunately I cannot offer a timeline for a resolution.
In the meantime, you can avoid this error by removing ER from your universe of tradable futures.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
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The Error may have been caused by the fact that the Russell 2000 returned to CME Group July 10th, 2017.
The ticker on many platforms changed from /TF to /RTY
What would it take to get this in plain language "trading rules"?
I can't follow all this complicated code...
Matt,
I still getting:
There was a runtime error.
KeyError:1074201706
Line: 97 incalc_slopes
all_prices = data.history(context.futures, 'price', context.window + 1, '1d') Any tip how you resolve it?
hi
many thanks for providing this code!
I ran it and noticed that almost every day it tries to short the JPY futures and it fails to do so:
2007-01-18 23:00 WARN Your order for -26 shares of JEH07 has been partially filled. 1 shares were successfully sold. 25 shares were not filled by the end
2007-01-19 23:00 WARN Your order for -25 shares of JEH07 failed to fill by the end of day and was canceled.
why is that?
is it not liquid enough? for 26 contracts?
and again same problem in 2015
2015-12-01 23:00 WARN Your order for -10 shares of JEZ15 failed to fill by the end of day and was canceled.
2015-12-02 23:00 WARN Your order for -10 shares of JEZ15 failed to fill by the end of day and was canceled.
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