/* * 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 QuantConnect.Data.Market; using System; namespace QuantConnect.Indicators { /// /// The Awesome Oscillator Indicator tracks the price midpoint-movement of a security. Specifically, /// /// AO = MAfast[(H+L)/2] - MAslow[(H+L)/2] /// /// where MAfast and MAslow denote simple moving averages wherein fast has a shorter period. /// https://www.barchart.com/education/technical-indicators/awesome_oscillator /// public class AwesomeOscillator : BarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider { /// /// Gets the indicators slow period moving average. /// public IndicatorBase SlowAo { get; } /// /// Gets the indicators fast period moving average. /// public IndicatorBase FastAo { get; } /// /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized /// public override bool IsReady => SlowAo.IsReady && FastAo.IsReady; /// /// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized. /// public int WarmUpPeriod { get; } /// /// Creates a new Awesome Oscillator from the specified periods. /// /// The period of the fast moving average associated with the AO /// The period of the slow moving average associated with the AO /// The type of moving average used when computing the fast and slow term. Defaults to simple moving average. public AwesomeOscillator(int fastPeriod, int slowPeriod, MovingAverageType type = MovingAverageType.Simple) : this($"AO({fastPeriod},{slowPeriod},{type})", fastPeriod, slowPeriod, type) { } /// /// Creates a new Awesome Oscillator from the specified periods. /// /// The name of this indicator /// The period of the fast moving average associated with the AO /// The period of the slow moving average associated with the AO /// The type of moving average used when computing the fast and slow term. Defaults to simple moving average. public AwesomeOscillator(string name, int fastPeriod, int slowPeriod, MovingAverageType type = MovingAverageType.Simple) : base(name) { SlowAo = type.AsIndicator(slowPeriod); FastAo = type.AsIndicator(fastPeriod); WarmUpPeriod = Math.Max(slowPeriod, fastPeriod); } /// /// Computes the next value of this indicator from the given state. /// /// The input given to the indicator /// A new value for this indicator protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IBaseDataBar input) { var presentValue = (input.High + input.Low) / 2; SlowAo.Update(input.EndTime, presentValue); FastAo.Update(input.EndTime, presentValue); return IsReady ? FastAo - SlowAo : 0m; } /// /// Resets this indicator /// public override void Reset() { FastAo.Reset(); SlowAo.Reset(); base.Reset(); } } }