/// <summary>
/// This function requires that the end expiry point date is larger than the start expiry point date.
/// It gets input of possible expiry months in integral numbers and output the true distance betweeen two expiry points and also the path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="p1"></param>
/// <param name="p2"></param>
/// <param name="expirySeries"></param>
/// <param name="expiryPath"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static int TrueDistanceBetweenExpiryPoint(ExpiryPoint p1, ExpiryPoint p2, List <ExpiryPoint> expirySeries, out List <ExpiryPoint> expiryPath)
{
// The total true distance is the sum of the intervals between start point and end point.
expiryPath = null;
int trueDistance = 0;
if (expirySeries == null || expirySeries.Count == 0)
{
return(trueDistance);
}
// This is the physical distance in units of month.
int physicalDistance = (p2.Year.YearInNumber - p1.Year.YearInNumber) * 12 + (p2.Month.MonthInNumber - p1.Month.MonthInNumber);
if (physicalDistance <= 0)
{
return(trueDistance);
}
// The output path contains true expiry path given whole expiry series and start/end points.
expiryPath = new List <ExpiryPoint>();
for (int iDistance = 0; iDistance <= physicalDistance; iDistance++)
{
ExpiryPoint newPoint = ExpiryPoint.AddCreateExpiryPoint(p1, iDistance);
if (ExpiryPoint.ContainDetermine(expirySeries, newPoint))
{
expiryPath.Add(newPoint);
trueDistance++;
}
}
return(trueDistance - 1);
}
/// <summary>
/// This function will check whether the expiry point is contained in a list of expiry list with a more accurate way.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="expiryList"></param>
/// <param name="expiry"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool ContainDetermine(List <ExpiryPoint> expiryList, ExpiryPoint expiry)
{
if (expiryList == null || expiryList.Count < 1)
{
return(false);
}
// We must loop through all the points in the list and compare the month part and the year part for each of them.
foreach (ExpiryPoint eachPoint in expiryList)
{
if (eachPoint.Month.MonthInNumber == expiry.Month.MonthInNumber && eachPoint.Year.YearInNumber == expiry.Year.YearInNumber)
{
return(true);
}
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// This function analyzes any possible position of expiry date for one product.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="existingFutureCollections"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool GetExpirySeriesForProduct(Dictionary <string, InstrumentName> existingFutureCollections, out List <ExpiryPoint> result)
{
result = null;
ExpiryPoint expiryPoint = null;
// Existing future contracts shows the existence of expiry series.
foreach (InstrumentName instrumentName in existingFutureCollections.Values)
{
if (result == null)
{
result = new List <ExpiryPoint>();
}
// We extract the expiry by the series name of the instrument, which contains the expiry date.
if (TryExtractExpiryYearMonth(instrumentName.SeriesName, out expiryPoint) && !result.Contains(expiryPoint))
{
result.Add(expiryPoint);
}
}
return(result != null);
}
/// <summary>
/// This function uses the series name for each instrument name object and create an expiry point object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="expirySeries"></param>
/// <param name="expiryPoint"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool TryExtractExpiryYearMonth(string expirySeries, out ExpiryPoint expiryPoint)
{
expiryPoint = null;
bool isSuccess = false;
// The parsing object should contain MMMyy or yyyy/MM format only.
DateTime dateTime;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(expirySeries, "MMMyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out dateTime))
{
// Firstly, we consider whether it is in format of MMMyy because in most cases, it has date format of MMMyy.
isSuccess = true;
}
else
{
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(expirySeries, "yyyy/MM", null, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None, out dateTime))
{
// Then we consider whether the date format is yyyy/MM.
isSuccess = true;
}
else
{
// If both cases failed, we consider that we failed to parse the date time string.
isSuccess = false;
}
}
if (isSuccess)
{
// If successful, we create the expiry point required.
int year = dateTime.Year;
int month = dateTime.Month;
expiryPoint = new ExpiryPoint(year - 2000, month);
}
return(isSuccess);
}
}//listBoxProducts_SelectedIndexChanged()
/// <summary>
/// When the selected future instrument changes, it subscribes to the price for that instrument and also its spread components.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private void listBoxInstruments_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Wait the response from above and check which spread instruments are desired using boot-strapping method.
string selectedInstrument = listBoxInstruments.SelectedItem.ToString();
InstrumentName selectedInstrumentName;
// Found the spread components for the selected future instrument, which is normally in the long term.
if (!m_FutureInstruments.TryGetValue(selectedInstrument, out selectedInstrumentName))
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "Can not find selected instrument.");
return;
}
// Firstly, subscribe to the price of that instrument.
if (m_MarketTTAPI.RequestInstrumentSubscription(selectedInstrumentName))
{
m_MarketReadTimer.Stop();
m_MarketReadTimer.Start();
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Minor, "Successfully send trade price subscription for instrument {0}.", selectedInstrumentName.FullName);
}
else
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "Failed to send trade price subscription for instrument {0}.", selectedInstrumentName.FullName);
}
// Then construct the spread in the path and subscribe to the prices for the spread instrument components.
ExpiryPoint startPoint = new ExpiryPoint(14, 3);
ExpiryPoint endPoint = null;
if (!BootStrappingRule.TryExtractExpiryYearMonth(selectedInstrumentName.SeriesName, out endPoint))
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "Failed to get the expiry point for future instrument {0}.", selectedInstrumentName);
return;
}
else
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Minor, "Start bootstrapping algorithm for instrument {0}.", selectedInstrumentName);
List <ExpiryPoint> expirySeries = null;
List <List <ExpiryPoint> > spreadCombinations = null;
// Expiry series only contains a limited number of expiry points.
if (BootStrappingRule.GetExpirySeriesForProduct(m_FutureInstruments, out expirySeries))
{
// Output the spread combinations by our algorithm under maximum step.
if (BootStrappingRule.TryGetAllPathsByEnumeration(startPoint, endPoint, expirySeries, 5, out spreadCombinations))
{
Log.BeginEntry(LogLevel.Minor, "Start bootstrapping enumeration:");
foreach (List <ExpiryPoint> row in spreadCombinations)
{
foreach (ExpiryPoint point in row)
{
Log.AppendEntry(point.ToString());
Log.AppendEntry(" ");
}
Log.AppendEntry("\r\n");
}
Log.EndEntry();
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Minor, "Successfully completes enumeration algorithm.");
}
else
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "There is problem in getting path combinations");
return;
}
}
else
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "There is problem in getting expiry series");
return;
}
// Try to load product spread information table and construct the spread names that we need.
string productName = selectedInstrumentName.Product.ProductName;
List <List <string> > spreadNameGeneratedCombinations = null;
if (m_CSVSpreadInfoReader.TryDetectProductName(productName))
{
string firstDelimiter;
string secondDelimiter;
m_CSVSpreadInfoReader.TryGetFirstDateDelimiter(productName, out firstDelimiter);
m_CSVSpreadInfoReader.TryGetSecondDateDelimiter(productName, out secondDelimiter);
// Use the spread info reader to construct the names for the spread instruments in all paths.
if (!TryGenerateSpreadInstrumentNamesInAllPaths(firstDelimiter, secondDelimiter, spreadCombinations, out spreadNameGeneratedCombinations))
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "Failed to generate spread names for all paths");
return;
}
else
{
// Output the spread names for all paths to log viewer.
Log.BeginEntry(LogLevel.Minor);
foreach (List <string> spreadNameEachPath in spreadNameGeneratedCombinations)
{
foreach (string spreadName in spreadNameEachPath)
{
Log.AppendEntry(spreadName);
Log.AppendEntry(" ");
}
Log.AppendEntry("\r\n");
}
Log.EndEntry();
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Minor, "Successfully generate spread names for all paths.");
}
}
else
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "There is no entry for the product of {0} in the csv file", productName);
return;
}
// Try to match the generated names with what we have downloaded from the TT.
// Pull a valid path and subscribe to the prices for the spread components in that path.
int startPathIndex = 0;
if (!TryPullSpreadInstruments(startPathIndex, spreadNameGeneratedCombinations, out m_InstrumentSubscriptions))
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "There is problem in pulling tt spread instruments");
return;
}
else
{
// This block subscribes to the inside market price for the spread instruments.
foreach (InstrumentName instrumentName in m_InstrumentSubscriptions)
{
if (m_MarketTTAPI.RequestInstrumentSubscription(instrumentName))
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Minor, "Successfully send trade price subscription for instrument {0}.", instrumentName.FullName);
}
else
{
Log.NewEntry(LogLevel.Warning, "Failed to send trade price subscription for instrument {0}.", instrumentName.FullName);
}
}
}
}
}//listBoxInstruments_SelectedIndexChanged()
/// <summary>
/// This function contains input of two expiry point, a list of expiry series containing expiry dates for the contract, and output all possible spread combinations.
/// It uses a method of enumeration to calculate all the paths, making a list of any possible path if the starting point is fixed.
/// It contains multiple steps to finish the paths from starting point to end point. Once a path ends at the end point, it constitutes a possible spread path.
/// The program will add to the output list if the path ends, and continue to run other paths until they end.
/// The expiry series contains a series number of expiry month that is possible.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="p1"></param>
/// <param name="p2"></param>
/// <param name="expirySeries"></param>
/// <param name="spreadCombinations"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool TryGetAllPathsByEnumeration(ExpiryPoint p1, ExpiryPoint p2, List <ExpiryPoint> expirySeries, int maxStep, out List <List <ExpiryPoint> > spreadCombinations)
{
spreadCombinations = null;
List <ExpiryPoint> expiryPath = null;
// We see the true distance of expiry point as 1 unit. This can be one month or three months.
// The total true distance is sum of intervals from the start date to the end date.
int iTotalDistance = TrueDistanceBetweenExpiryPoint(p1, p2, expirySeries, out expiryPath);
if (iTotalDistance > 0)
{
spreadCombinations = new List <List <ExpiryPoint> >();
List <List <int> > iPathCombination = new List <List <int> >();
List <List <int> > iTempCombination = new List <List <int> >();
List <List <int> > iPathResult = new List <List <int> >();
List <int> initialPath = new List <int>();
initialPath.Add(0);
iPathCombination.Add(initialPath);
int iStep = 0;
// We do a truncate and only consider a spread combination path that contains limited steps.
// This algorithm enumerates all the possible paths. If the path reaches the end point, add them to the final result list.
while (iStep <= iTotalDistance && iStep < maxStep)
{
iTempCombination.Clear();
foreach (List <int> iPath in iPathCombination)
{
// Get the current path and enumerate all the possible step for the next move.
int currentPos = iPath[iPath.Count - 1];
for (int iDistance = 1; iDistance <= iTotalDistance - currentPos; iDistance++)
{
List <int> uPath = new List <int>();
uPath.AddRange(iPath);
uPath.Add(currentPos + iDistance);
// If the next move reaches the end, add the path to the final result.
if (iDistance == iTotalDistance - currentPos)
{
iPathResult.Add(uPath);
continue;
}
iTempCombination.Add(uPath);
}
}
iPathCombination = new List <List <int> >(iTempCombination);
iStep++;
}
// Transform the integral path to expiry point path.
foreach (List <int> iPath in iPathResult)
{
List <ExpiryPoint> path = new List <ExpiryPoint>();
foreach (int pos in iPath)
{
ExpiryPoint expiryPoint = expiryPath[pos];
path.Add(expiryPoint);
}
spreadCombinations.Add(path);
}
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This function create a new expiry point given a current expiry point and month increment.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="p"></param>
/// <param name="month"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ExpiryPoint AddCreateExpiryPoint(ExpiryPoint p, int month)
{
ExpiryPoint np = new ExpiryPoint(p.Year.YearInNumber, p.Month.MonthInNumber + month);
return(np);
}