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Copyright 2014 QuantConnect Corporation. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * */ using System; using QuantConnect.Data.Market; namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns { /// /// Rising/Falling Three Methods candlestick pattern /// /// /// Must have: /// - first candle: long white (black) candlestick /// - then: group of falling(rising) small real body candlesticks(commonly black (white)) that hold within /// the prior long candle's range: ideally they should be three but two or more than three are ok too /// - final candle: long white(black) candle that opens above(below) the previous small candle's close /// and closes above(below) the first long candle's close /// The meaning of "short" and "long" is specified with SetCandleSettings; here only patterns with 3 small candles /// are considered; /// The returned value is positive(+1) or negative(-1) /// public class RiseFallThreeMethods : CandlestickPattern { 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 public RiseFallThreeMethods(string name) : base(name, Math.Max(CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod) + 4 + 1) { _bodyShortAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod; _bodyLongAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod; } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// public RiseFallThreeMethods() : this("RISEFALLTHREEMETHODS") { } /// /// 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]); _bodyPeriodTotal[0] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, input); } return 0m; } decimal value; if ( // 1st long, then 3 small, 5th long 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]) && GetRealBody(input) > GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, _bodyPeriodTotal[0], input) && // white, 3 black, white || black, 3 white, black (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) == -(int)GetCandleColor(window[3]) && GetCandleColor(window[3]) == GetCandleColor(window[2]) && GetCandleColor(window[2]) == GetCandleColor(window[1]) && (int)GetCandleColor(window[1]) == -(int)GetCandleColor(input) && // 2nd to 4th hold within 1st: a part of the real body must be within 1st range Math.Min(window[3].Open, window[3].Close) < window[4].High && Math.Max(window[3].Open, window[3].Close) > window[4].Low && Math.Min(window[2].Open, window[2].Close) < window[4].High && Math.Max(window[2].Open, window[2].Close) > window[4].Low && Math.Min(window[1].Open, window[1].Close) < window[4].High && Math.Max(window[1].Open, window[1].Close) > window[4].Low && // 2nd to 4th are falling (rising) window[2].Close * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) < window[3].Close * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) && window[1].Close * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) < window[2].Close * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) && // 5th opens above (below) the prior close input.Open * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) > window[1].Close * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) && // 5th closes above (below) the 1st close input.Close * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) > window[4].Close * (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]) ) value = (int)GetCandleColor(window[4]); 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]); } _bodyPeriodTotal[0] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, input) - GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[_bodyLongAveragePeriod]); return value; } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _bodyPeriodTotal = new decimal[5]; base.Reset(); } } }