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catalyst/zipline/data/benchmarks.py
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#
# Copyright 2013 Quantopian, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
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# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
import pandas as pd
from six.moves.urllib_parse import urlencode
def format_yahoo_index_url(symbol, start_date, end_date):
"""
Format a URL for querying Yahoo Finance for Index data.
"""
return (
'http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?' + urlencode({
's': symbol,
# start_date month, zero indexed
'a': start_date.month - 1,
# start_date day
'b': start_date.day,
# start_date year
'c': start_date.year,
# end_date month, zero indexed
'd': end_date.month - 1,
# end_date day
'e': end_date.day,
# end_date year
'f': end_date.year,
# daily frequency
'g': 'd',
})
)
def get_benchmark_returns(symbol, start_date, end_date):
"""
Get a Series of benchmark returns from Yahoo.
"""
data = pd.read_csv(
format_yahoo_index_url(symbol, start_date, end_date),
parse_dates=['Date'],
index_col='Date',
usecols=["Open", "Close", "Date"],
).sort_index().tz_localize('UTC')
returns = data["Close"].pct_change()
# Calculate the returns for the first day using the open of that day since
# we don't have the close of the previous day.
first_open, first_close = data.ix[0, ["Open", "Close"]]
returns.iloc[0] = (first_close - first_open) / first_open
return returns