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using System;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns
{
///
/// Mat Hold candlestick pattern
///
///
/// Must have:
/// - first candle: long white candle
/// - upside gap between the first and the second bodies
/// - second candle: small black candle
/// - third and fourth candles: falling small real body candlesticks(commonly black) that hold within the long
/// white candle's body and are higher than the reaction days of the rising three methods
/// - fifth candle: white candle that opens above the previous small candle's close and closes higher than the
/// high of the highest reaction day
/// The meaning of "short" and "long" is specified with SetCandleSettings;
/// "hold within" means "a part of the real body must be within";
/// penetration is the maximum percentage of the first white body the reaction days can penetrate(it is
/// to specify how much the reaction days should be "higher than the reaction days of the rising three methods")
/// The returned value is positive(+1): mat hold is always bullish
///
public class MatHold : CandlestickPattern
{
private readonly decimal _penetration;
private readonly int _bodyShortAveragePeriod;
private readonly int _bodyLongAveragePeriod;
private decimal[] _bodyPeriodTotal = new decimal[5];
///
/// 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 MatHold(string name, decimal penetration = 0.5m)
: base(name, Math.Max(CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod) + 4 + 1)
{
_penetration = penetration;
_bodyShortAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod;
_bodyLongAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod;
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
/// Percentage of penetration of a candle within another candle
public MatHold(decimal penetration)
: this("MATHOLD", penetration)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
public MatHold()
: this("MATHOLD")
{
}
///
/// 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 - _bodyShortAveragePeriod)
{
_bodyPeriodTotal[3] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[3]);
_bodyPeriodTotal[2] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[2]);
_bodyPeriodTotal[1] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[1]);
}
if (Samples > Period - _bodyLongAveragePeriod)
{
_bodyPeriodTotal[4] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[4]);
}
return 0m;
}
decimal value;
if (
// 1st long, then 3 small
GetRealBody(window[4]) > GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, _bodyPeriodTotal[4], window[4]) &&
GetRealBody(window[3]) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, _bodyPeriodTotal[3], window[3]) &&
GetRealBody(window[2]) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, _bodyPeriodTotal[2], window[2]) &&
GetRealBody(window[1]) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, _bodyPeriodTotal[1], window[1]) &&
// white, black, 2 black or white, white
GetCandleColor(window[4]) == CandleColor.White &&
GetCandleColor(window[3]) == CandleColor.Black &&
GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.White &&
// upside gap 1st to 2nd
GetRealBodyGapUp(window[3], window[4]) &&
// 3rd to 4th hold within 1st: a part of the real body must be within 1st real body
Math.Min(window[2].Open, window[2].Close) < window[4].Close &&
Math.Min(window[1].Open, window[1].Close) < window[4].Close &&
// reaction days penetrate first body less than optInPenetration percent
Math.Min(window[2].Open, window[2].Close) > window[4].Close - GetRealBody(window[4]) * _penetration &&
Math.Min(window[1].Open, window[1].Close) > window[4].Close - GetRealBody(window[4]) * _penetration &&
// 2nd to 4th are falling
Math.Max(window[2].Close, window[2].Open) < window[3].Open &&
Math.Max(window[1].Close, window[1].Open) < Math.Max(window[2].Close, window[2].Open) &&
// 5th opens above the prior close
input.Open > window[1].Close &&
// 5th closes above the highest high of the reaction days
input.Close > Math.Max(Math.Max(window[3].High, window[2].High), window[1].High)
)
value = 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)
_bodyPeriodTotal[4] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[4]) -
GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[_bodyLongAveragePeriod + 4]);
for (var i = 3; i >= 1; i--)
{
_bodyPeriodTotal[i] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[i]) -
GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[i + _bodyShortAveragePeriod]);
}
return value;
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
_bodyPeriodTotal = new decimal[5];
base.Reset();
}
}
}