/*
* QUANTCONNECT.COM - Democratizing Finance, Empowering Individuals.
* Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine v2.0. Copyright 2014 QuantConnect Corporation.
*
* 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
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* 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.
*/
using System;
using System.Linq;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// Smooth and high sensitive moving Average. This moving average reduce lag of the information
/// but still being smooth to reduce noises.
/// Is a weighted moving average, which weights have a Normal shape;
/// the parameters Sigma and Offset affect the kurtosis and skewness of the weights respectively.
/// Source: https://www.cjournal.cz/files/308.pdf
///
///
public class ArnaudLegouxMovingAverage : WindowIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
private readonly decimal[] _weightVector;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod => _weightVector.Length;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
/// string - a name for the indicator
/// int - the number of periods to calculate the ALMA
///
/// int - this parameter is responsible for the shape of the curve coefficients. It affects the weight vector kurtosis.
///
///
/// decimal - This parameter allows regulating the smoothness and high sensitivity of the
/// Moving Average. The range for this parameter is [0, 1]. It affects the weight vector skewness.
///
public ArnaudLegouxMovingAverage(string name, int period, int sigma = 6, decimal offset = 0.85m)
: base(name, period)
{
if (offset < 0 || offset > 1) throw new ArgumentException($"Offset parameter range is [0,1]. Value: {offset}", nameof(offset));
var m = Math.Floor(offset * (period - 1));
var s = period * 1m / sigma;
var tmpVector = Enumerable.Range(0, period)
.Select(i => Math.Exp((double) (-(i - m) * (i - m) / (2 * s * s))))
.ToArray();
_weightVector = tmpVector
.Select(i => (decimal) (i / tmpVector.Sum())).Reverse()
.ToArray();
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
/// string - a name for the indicator
/// int - the number of periods to calculate the ALMA.
public ArnaudLegouxMovingAverage(string name, int period)
: this(name, period, 6)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
/// int - the number of periods to calculate the ALMA
///
/// int - this parameter is responsible for the shape of the curve coefficients. It affects the weight
/// vector kurtosis.
///
///
/// decimal - This parameter allows regulating the smoothness and high sensitivity of the Moving
/// Average. The range for this parameter is [0, 1]. It affects the weight vector skewness.
///
public ArnaudLegouxMovingAverage(int period, int sigma, decimal offset = 0.85m)
: this($"ALMA({period},{sigma},{offset})", period, sigma, offset)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
/// int - the number of periods to calculate the ALMA.
public ArnaudLegouxMovingAverage(int period)
: this(period, 6)
{
}
///
/// Computes the next value for this indicator from the given state.
///
/// The window of data held in this indicator
/// The input value to this indicator on this time step
///
/// A new value for this indicator
///
///
protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IReadOnlyWindow window,
IndicatorDataPoint input)
{
return IsReady
? window.Select((t, i) => t.Price * _weightVector[i]).Sum()
: input.Value;
}
}
}