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namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// This indicator creates a moving average (middle band) with an upper band and lower band
/// fixed at k standard deviations above and below the moving average.
///
public class BollingerBands : Indicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
///
/// Gets the type of moving average
///
public MovingAverageType MovingAverageType { get; }
///
/// Gets the standard deviation
///
public IndicatorBase StandardDeviation { get; }
///
/// Gets the middle Bollinger band (moving average)
///
public IndicatorBase MiddleBand { get; }
///
/// Gets the upper Bollinger band (middleBand + k * stdDev)
///
public IndicatorBase UpperBand { get; }
///
/// Gets the lower Bollinger band (middleBand - k * stdDev)
///
public IndicatorBase LowerBand { get; }
///
/// Gets the Bollinger BandWidth indicator
/// BandWidth = ((Upper Band - Lower Band) / Middle Band) * 100
///
public IndicatorBase BandWidth { get; }
///
/// Gets the Bollinger %B
/// %B = (Price - Lower Band)/(Upper Band - Lower Band)
///
public IndicatorBase PercentB { get; }
///
/// Gets the Price level
///
public IndicatorBase Price { get; }
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the BollingerBands class
///
/// The period of the standard deviation and moving average (middle band)
/// The number of standard deviations specifying the distance between the middle band and upper or lower bands
/// The type of moving average to be used
public BollingerBands(int period, decimal k, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Simple)
: this($"BB({period},{k})", period, k, movingAverageType)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the BollingerBands class
///
/// The name of this indicator
/// The period of the standard deviation and moving average (middle band)
/// The number of standard deviations specifying the distance between the middle band and upper or lower bands
/// The type of moving average to be used
public BollingerBands(string name, int period, decimal k, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Simple)
: base(name)
{
WarmUpPeriod = period;
MovingAverageType = movingAverageType;
StandardDeviation = new StandardDeviation(name + "_StandardDeviation", period);
MiddleBand = movingAverageType.AsIndicator(name + "_MiddleBand", period);
LowerBand = MiddleBand.Minus(StandardDeviation.Times(k), name + "_LowerBand");
UpperBand = MiddleBand.Plus(StandardDeviation.Times(k), name + "_UpperBand");
var UpperMinusLower = UpperBand.Minus(LowerBand);
BandWidth = UpperMinusLower
.Over(MiddleBand)
.Times(new ConstantIndicator("ct", 100m), name + "_BandWidth");
Price = new Identity(name + "_Close");
PercentB = IndicatorExtensions.Over(
Price.Minus(LowerBand),
UpperMinusLower,
name + "_%B");
}
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => MiddleBand.IsReady && UpperBand.IsReady && LowerBand.IsReady && BandWidth.IsReady && PercentB.IsReady;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod { get; }
///
/// Computes the next value of the following sub-indicators from the given state:
/// StandardDeviation, MiddleBand, UpperBand, LowerBand, BandWidth, %B
///
/// The input given to the indicator
/// The input is returned unmodified.
protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IndicatorDataPoint input)
{
StandardDeviation.Update(input);
MiddleBand.Update(input);
Price.Update(input);
return input.Value;
}
///
/// Validate and Compute the next value for this indicator
///
/// Input for this indicator
/// of this update
/// Override implemented to handle GH issue #4927
protected override IndicatorResult ValidateAndComputeNextValue(IndicatorDataPoint input)
{
// Update our Indicators
var value = ComputeNextValue(input);
// If the STD = 0, we know that the our PercentB indicator will fail to update. This is
// because the denominator will be 0. When this is the case after fully ready we do not
// want the BollingerBands to emit an update because its PercentB property will be stale.
return IsReady && StandardDeviation.Current.Value == 0
? new IndicatorResult(value, IndicatorStatus.MathError)
: new IndicatorResult(value);
}
///
/// Resets this indicator and all sub-indicators (StandardDeviation, LowerBand, MiddleBand, UpperBand, BandWidth, %B)
///
public override void Reset()
{
StandardDeviation.Reset();
MiddleBand.Reset();
UpperBand.Reset();
LowerBand.Reset();
BandWidth.Reset();
PercentB.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
}
}