Portfolio

The default account currency is USD, but you can change it. All of the properties of the Portfolio object that return a currency value denominate the currency value in your account currency. Depending on your account currency and security subscriptions, LEAN may add internal security subscriptions to calculate the ValueInAccountCurrency. For example, if you only add BTCETH to your algorithm and set the account currency to USDT, LEAN adds BTCUSDT and ETHUSDT as internal feeds.

To get your account currency, use the AccountCurrency property.

var accountCurrency = AccountCurrency;

account_currency = self.AccountCurrency

To set your account currency, in the Initialize method, call the SetAccountCurrency method. You can only set the account currency once. LEAN ignores each additional call to SetAccountCurrency.

SetAccountCurrency("EUR");

self.SetAccountCurrency("EUR")

The Portfolio has two independent cashbooks. The CashBook tracks settled cash and the UnsettledCashBook tracks unsettled cash, which you can't spend. If you trade with a margin account, trades settle immediately so LEAN credits and debits the CashBook at the time of the trade. In some cases, transactions can take time to settle. For example, Equity trades in a cash account settle in T+3. Therefore, if you sell shares of stock on Monday, the transaction settles on Thursday. In contrast, Option trades settle in T+1.

var settledCashBook = Portfolio.CashBook;
var unsettledCashBook = Portfolio.UnsettledCashBook;

settled_cash_book = self.Portfolio.CashBook
unsettled_cash_book = self.Portfolio.UnsettledCashBook

To get the balance of a currency in the cash book, use the Amount property.

var usd = Portfolio.CashBook["USD"].Amount;
var btc = Portfolio.CashBook["BTC"].Amount;

usd = self.Portfolio.CashBook["USD"].Amount
btc = self.Portfolio.CashBook["BTC"].Amount

To get the value of a currency in the cash book, denominated in your account currency, use the ValueInAccountCurrency property.

var ethValue = Portfolio.CashBook["ETH"].ValueInAccountCurrency;

eth_value = self.Portfolio.CashBook["ETH"].ValueInAccountCurrency

In backtests, you can add and remove cash from the cash book. To add or remove cash, call the AddAmount method.

var newUSDBalance = Portfolio.CashBook["USD"].AddAmount(100);
var newBTCBalance = Portfolio.CashBook["BTC"].AddAmount(-1.5m);

new_usd_balance = self.Portfolio.CashBook["USD"].AddAmount(100)
new_btc_balance = self.Portfolio.CashBook["BTC"].AddAmount(-1.5)

In live trading, add and withdraw cash through your brokerage account. If you adjust the cash balances in your algorithm with the AddAmount method, the cash balance in your algorithm will be out of sync with the cash balance in your brokerage account.

A currency symbol is a graphic that represents the currency name. For example, $ is for dollars, € for euros, and ฿ for Bitcoin. To get the symbol of a currency in the cash book, use CurrencySymbol property.

var usdSymbol = Portfolio.CashBook["USD"].CurrencySymbol;

usd_symbol = self.Portfolio.CashBook["USD"].CurrencySymbol

To get the conversion rate for a currency in the cashbook to your account currency, use the ConversionRate property.

var eurConversionRate = Portfolio.CashBook["EUR"].ConversionRate;

eur_conversion_rate = self.Portfolio.CashBook["EUR"].ConversionRate