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using System;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns
{
///
/// Up/Down-gap side-by-side white lines candlestick pattern
///
///
/// Must have:
/// - upside or downside gap (between the bodies)
/// - first candle after the window: white candlestick
/// - second candle after the window: white candlestick with similar size(near the same) and about the same
/// open(equal) of the previous candle
/// - the second candle does not close the window
/// The meaning of "near" and "equal" is specified with SetCandleSettings
/// The returned value is positive(+1) or negative(-1): the user should consider that upside
/// or downside gap side-by-side white lines is significant when it appears in a trend, while this function
/// does not consider the trend
///
public class GapSideBySideWhite : CandlestickPattern
{
private readonly int _nearAveragePeriod;
private readonly int _equalAveragePeriod;
private decimal _nearPeriodTotal;
private decimal _equalPeriodTotal;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class using the specified name.
///
/// The name of this indicator
public GapSideBySideWhite(string name)
: base(name, Math.Max(CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Near).AveragePeriod, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Equal).AveragePeriod) + 2 + 1)
{
_nearAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Near).AveragePeriod;
_equalAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Equal).AveragePeriod;
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
public GapSideBySideWhite()
: this("GAPSIDEBYSIDEWHITE")
{
}
///
/// 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 - _nearAveragePeriod)
{
_nearPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Near, window[1]);
}
if (Samples >= Period - _equalAveragePeriod)
{
_equalPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Equal, window[1]);
}
return 0m;
}
decimal value;
if (
( // upside or downside gap between the 1st candle and both the next 2 candles
(GetRealBodyGapUp(window[1], window[2]) && GetRealBodyGapUp(input, window[2]))
||
(GetRealBodyGapDown(window[1], window[2]) && GetRealBodyGapDown(input, window[2]))
) &&
// 2nd: white
GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.White &&
// 3rd: white
GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.White &&
// same size 2 and 3
GetRealBody(input) >= GetRealBody(window[1]) - GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal, window[1]) &&
GetRealBody(input) <= GetRealBody(window[1]) + GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal, window[1]) &&
// same open 2 and 3
input.Open >= window[1].Open - GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Equal, _equalPeriodTotal, window[1]) &&
input.Open <= window[1].Open + GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Equal, _equalPeriodTotal, window[1])
)
value = GetRealBodyGapUp(window[1], window[2]) ? 1m : -1m;
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)
_nearPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Near, window[1]) -
GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Near, window[1 + _nearAveragePeriod]);
_equalPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Equal, window[1]) -
GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Equal, window[1 + _equalAveragePeriod]);
return value;
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
_nearPeriodTotal = 0;
_equalPeriodTotal = 0;
base.Reset();
}
}
}