Skip to content

IOptionPriceModelProvider

QuantConnect.Securities.Option.IOptionPriceModelProvider

Provides option price models for option securities

get_option_price_model

get_option_price_model(
    symbol: Union[Symbol, str, BaseContract, Security],
    pricing_model_type: Optional[
        OptionPricingModelType
    ] = None,
) -> IOptionPriceModel

Gets the option price model for the specified option symbol. If no pricing model is specified, the default option price model for the symbol security type will be returned.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
symbol Union[Symbol, str, BaseContract, Security]

The symbol

required
pricing_model_type Optional[OptionPricingModelType]

The option pricing model type to use

None

Returns:

Type Description
IOptionPriceModel

The option price model for the given symbol.