From 'Backtrader': https://www.backtrader.com/docu/data...ures-over.html
Adding a volume condition
....the situation can be further improved in that not only the date but also the negotiated volume will be taken into account. Switch when the new contract trades more volume than the currently active one.
Let’s add a checkcondition to the mix and run.
$ ./rollover.py --rollover --checkdate --checkcondition --plot
Len, Name, RollName, Datetime, WeekDay, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, OpenInterest
0001, FESX, 199FESXM4, 2013-09-26, Thu, 2829.0, 2843.0, 2829.0, 2843.0, 3.0, 1000.0
0002, FESX, 199FESXM4, 2013-09-27, Fri, 2842.0, 2842.0, 2832.0, 2841.0, 16.0, 1101.0
...
0175, FESX, 199FESXM4, 2014-06-19, Thu, 3307.0, 3330.0, 3300.0, 3321.0, 717979.0, 759122.0
0176, FESX, 199FESXU4, 2014-06-20, Fri, 3309.0, 3318.0, 3290.0, 3298.0, 711627.0, 2957641.0
...
0240, FESX, 199FESXU4, 2014-09-18, Thu, 3249.0, 3275.0, 3243.0, 3270.0, 846600.0, 803202.0
0241, FESX, 199FESXZ4, 2014-09-19, Fri, 3273.0, 3293.0, 3250.0, 3252.0, 1042294.0, 3021305.0
...
0305, FESX, 199FESXZ4, 2014-12-18, Thu, 3095.0, 3175.0, 3085.0, 3172.0, 1309574.0, 889112.0
0306, FESX, 199FESXH5, 2014-12-19, Fri, 3195.0, 3200.0, 3106.0, 3147.0, 1329040.0, 2964538.0
...
0365, FESX, 199FESXH5, 2015-03-19, Thu, 3661.0, 3691.0, 3646.0, 3668.0, 1271122.0, 1054639.0
0366, FESX, 199FESXM5, 2015-03-20, Fri, 3607.0, 3664.0, 3595.0, 3646.0, 1182235.0, 3407004.0
...
0426, FESX, 199FESXM5, 2015-06-18, Thu, 3398.0, 3540.0, 3373.0, 3465.0, 1173246.0, 811805.0
0427, FESX, 199FESXM5, 2015-06-19, Fri, 3443.0, 3499.0, 3440.0, 3488.0, 104096.0, 516792.0
Even better*. We have moved the switch date to the Thursday before the well known 3rd Friday of the expiration month
This should come as no surprise because the expiring Future trades a lot less hours on that Friday and the volume must be small."
Struggled with this in 7
8's new Roll Over doesn't tackle it.
Says it all, really...........
Adding a volume condition
....the situation can be further improved in that not only the date but also the negotiated volume will be taken into account. Switch when the new contract trades more volume than the currently active one.
Let’s add a checkcondition to the mix and run.
$ ./rollover.py --rollover --checkdate --checkcondition --plot
Len, Name, RollName, Datetime, WeekDay, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, OpenInterest
0001, FESX, 199FESXM4, 2013-09-26, Thu, 2829.0, 2843.0, 2829.0, 2843.0, 3.0, 1000.0
0002, FESX, 199FESXM4, 2013-09-27, Fri, 2842.0, 2842.0, 2832.0, 2841.0, 16.0, 1101.0
...
0175, FESX, 199FESXM4, 2014-06-19, Thu, 3307.0, 3330.0, 3300.0, 3321.0, 717979.0, 759122.0
0176, FESX, 199FESXU4, 2014-06-20, Fri, 3309.0, 3318.0, 3290.0, 3298.0, 711627.0, 2957641.0
...
0240, FESX, 199FESXU4, 2014-09-18, Thu, 3249.0, 3275.0, 3243.0, 3270.0, 846600.0, 803202.0
0241, FESX, 199FESXZ4, 2014-09-19, Fri, 3273.0, 3293.0, 3250.0, 3252.0, 1042294.0, 3021305.0
...
0305, FESX, 199FESXZ4, 2014-12-18, Thu, 3095.0, 3175.0, 3085.0, 3172.0, 1309574.0, 889112.0
0306, FESX, 199FESXH5, 2014-12-19, Fri, 3195.0, 3200.0, 3106.0, 3147.0, 1329040.0, 2964538.0
...
0365, FESX, 199FESXH5, 2015-03-19, Thu, 3661.0, 3691.0, 3646.0, 3668.0, 1271122.0, 1054639.0
0366, FESX, 199FESXM5, 2015-03-20, Fri, 3607.0, 3664.0, 3595.0, 3646.0, 1182235.0, 3407004.0
...
0426, FESX, 199FESXM5, 2015-06-18, Thu, 3398.0, 3540.0, 3373.0, 3465.0, 1173246.0, 811805.0
0427, FESX, 199FESXM5, 2015-06-19, Fri, 3443.0, 3499.0, 3440.0, 3488.0, 104096.0, 516792.0
Even better*. We have moved the switch date to the Thursday before the well known 3rd Friday of the expiration month
This should come as no surprise because the expiring Future trades a lot less hours on that Friday and the volume must be small."
Struggled with this in 7
8's new Roll Over doesn't tackle it.
Says it all, really...........
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