Hi guys,
I'm new to Quantopian and I was thinking about how to write my first Algorithm. I basically want to write something that'll buy/sell xshares or xoptions when a stock hits a certain %move or price.
For exemple:
if $CSCO moves >1% under 120sec buy x shares.
or
if APPL hits 100$ sell x shares.
Also, can this work with options ?
I've been looking at some algo's on the community page but I can't seem to find anything similar.
Thanks guys.
Aristotle, welcome to Quantopian!
You can certainly code that strategy on the platform, take a look at this sample algorithm to get started: https://www.quantopian.com/help#sample-basic
For your ordering, I'd suggest to use order_target(), order_target_percent(), or order_target_value(). These functions seek to their target positions and do the heavy lifting for you. The documentation is available here: https://www.quantopian.com/help#api-order-methods
We have US stocks and ETFs available for backtesting, paper trading, and live trading. We're working on adding futures right now, and I imagine as we grow other tradeable assets will be added to the platform. Here is more info on our data sources: https://www.quantopian.com/help#overview-datasources
Options has been a popular request. I'd recommend to read through the API help doc, try out the sample algo, tweak the code, and if you get stuck then post back with questions!
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