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using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns
{
///
/// Doji candlestick pattern indicator
///
///
/// Must have:
/// - open quite equal to close
/// How much can be the maximum distance between open and close is specified with SetCandleSettings
/// The returned value is always positive(+1) but this does not mean it is bullish: doji shows uncertainty and it is
/// neither bullish nor bearish when considered alone
///
public class Doji : CandlestickPattern
{
private readonly int _bodyDojiAveragePeriod;
private decimal _bodyDojiPeriodTotal;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class using the specified name.
///
/// The name of this indicator
public Doji(string name)
: base(name, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji).AveragePeriod + 1)
{
_bodyDojiAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji).AveragePeriod;
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
public Doji()
: this("DOJI")
{
}
///
/// 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 - _bodyDojiAveragePeriod)
{
_bodyDojiPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, input);
}
return 0m;
}
var value = GetRealBody(input) <= GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, _bodyDojiPeriodTotal, input) ? 1m : 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)
_bodyDojiPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, input) -
GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyDoji, window[_bodyDojiAveragePeriod]);
return value;
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
_bodyDojiPeriodTotal = 0m;
base.Reset();
}
}
}