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the user should consider that an abandoned baby is significant when it appears in /// an uptrend or downtrend, while this function does not consider the trend /// public class AbandonedBaby : CandlestickPattern { private readonly decimal _penetration; private readonly int _bodyDojiAveragePeriod; private readonly int _bodyLongAveragePeriod; private readonly int _bodyShortAveragePeriod; private decimal _bodyDojiPeriodTotal; private decimal _bodyLongPeriodTotal; private decimal _bodyShortPeriodTotal; /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class using the specified name. /// /// The name of this indicator /// Percentage of penetration of a candle within another candle public AbandonedBaby(string name, decimal penetration = 0.3m) : base(name, Math.Max(Math.Max(CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji).AveragePeriod, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod), CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod) + 2) { _penetration = penetration; _bodyDojiAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji).AveragePeriod; _bodyLongAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod; _bodyShortAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod; } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// /// Percentage of penetration of a candle within another candle public AbandonedBaby(decimal penetration) : this("ABANDONEDBABY", penetration) { } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// public AbandonedBaby() : this("ABANDONEDBABY") { } /// /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized /// public override bool IsReady { get { return Samples > Period; } } /// /// Computes the next value of this indicator from the given state /// /// The window of data held in this indicator /// The input given to the indicator /// A new value for this indicator protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IReadOnlyWindow window, IBaseDataBar input) { if (!IsReady) { if (Samples > Period - _bodyLongAveragePeriod) { _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[2]); } if (Samples > Period - _bodyDojiAveragePeriod) { _bodyDojiPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, window[1]); } if (Samples > Period - _bodyShortAveragePeriod) { _bodyShortPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, input); } return 0m; } decimal value; if ( // 1st: long GetRealBody(window[2]) > GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, _bodyLongPeriodTotal, window[2]) && // 2nd: doji GetRealBody(window[1]) <= GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, _bodyDojiPeriodTotal, window[1]) && // 3rd: longer than short GetRealBody(input) > GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, _bodyShortPeriodTotal, input) && (( // 1st white GetCandleColor(window[2]) == CandleColor.White && // 3rd black GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.Black && // 3rd closes well within 1st rb input.Close < window[2].Close - GetRealBody(window[2]) * _penetration && // upside gap between 1st and 2nd GetCandleGapUp(window[1], window[2]) && // downside gap between 2nd and 3rd GetCandleGapDown(input, window[1]) ) || ( // 1st black GetCandleColor(window[2]) == CandleColor.Black && // 3rd white GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.White && // 3rd closes well within 1st rb input.Close > window[2].Close + GetRealBody(window[2]) * _penetration && // downside gap between 1st and 2nd GetCandleGapDown(window[1], window[2]) && // upside gap between 2nd and 3rd GetCandleGapUp(input, window[1]) ) ) ) value = (int)GetCandleColor(input); else value = 0m; // add the current range and subtract the first range: this is done after the pattern recognition // when avgPeriod is not 0, that means "compare with the previous candles" (it excludes the current candle) _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[2]) - GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[_bodyLongAveragePeriod - 1]); _bodyDojiPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, window[1]) - GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, window[_bodyDojiAveragePeriod]); _bodyShortPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, input) - GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[_bodyShortAveragePeriod + 1]); return value; } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _bodyLongPeriodTotal = 0; _bodyDojiPeriodTotal = 0; _bodyShortPeriodTotal = 0; base.Reset(); } } }