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Here is a basic covered call options strategy (sell call options + buy the underlying stocks) developed with Python.
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Shawn Wong
Thanks for the sample code! I have noticed a couple of issues with this sample code:
1. The contracts list isn't always correct. It's expected that the ATM options are always chosen, but it seems that this isn't the case. Probably the filtering logic for options isn't working as expected?
2. chain.Underlying.Price returns different result from self.Securities[self.symbol].Price. It seems that the one from Securities is correct.
Jing Wu
Hi Shawn Wong, check the algorithms in this updated tutorial
Shawn Wong
I have cloned your sample code and printed the prices and ATM strikes. However, they defer quite largely:
2016-01-04 09:31:00 :Price: 125.53601268750; ATM Strike: 1352016-02-19 00:00:00 :Price: 124.09711442700; ATM Strike: 1292016-02-20 00:00:00 :Price: 124.67792676900; ATM Strike: 128Am I missing something here? Thanks.
Jing Wu
Hi Shawn, this is an old post I've already fixed the algorithm in the tutorial.
Jing Wu
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