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using System;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns
{
///
/// Tasuki Gap candlestick pattern indicator
///
///
/// Must have:
/// - upside (downside) gap
/// - first candle after the window: white(black) candlestick
/// - second candle: black(white) candlestick that opens within the previous real body and closes under(above)
/// the previous real body inside the gap
/// - the size of two real bodies should be near the same
/// The meaning of "near" is specified with SetCandleSettings
/// The returned value is positive(+1) when bullish or negative(-1) when bearish;
/// The user should consider that tasuki gap is significant when it appears in a trend, while this function does
/// not consider it
///
public class TasukiGap : CandlestickPattern
{
private readonly int _nearAveragePeriod;
private decimal _nearPeriodTotal;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class using the specified name.
///
/// The name of this indicator
public TasukiGap(string name)
: base(name, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Near).AveragePeriod + 2 + 1)
{
_nearAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Near).AveragePeriod;
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
public TasukiGap()
: this("TASUKIGAP")
{
}
///
/// 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.Equal, window[1]);
}
return 0m;
}
decimal value;
if (
(
// upside gap
GetRealBodyGapUp(window[1], window[2]) &&
// 1st: white
GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.White &&
// 2nd: black
GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.Black &&
// that opens within the white rb
input.Open < window[1].Close && input.Open > window[1].Open &&
// and closes under the white rb
input.Close < window[1].Open &&
// inside the gap
input.Close > Math.Max(window[2].Close, window[2].Open) &&
// size of 2 rb near the same
Math.Abs(GetRealBody(window[1]) - GetRealBody(input)) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal, window[1])
) ||
(
// downside gap
GetRealBodyGapDown(window[1], window[2]) &&
// 1st: black
GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.Black &&
// 2nd: white
GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.White &&
// that opens within the black rb
input.Open < window[1].Open && input.Open > window[1].Close &&
// and closes above the black rb
input.Close > window[1].Open &&
// inside the gap
input.Close < Math.Min(window[2].Close, window[2].Open) &&
// size of 2 rb near the same
Math.Abs(GetRealBody(window[1]) - GetRealBody(input)) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal, window[1])
)
)
value = (int)GetCandleColor(window[1]);
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[_nearAveragePeriod + 1]);
return value;
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
_nearPeriodTotal = 0m;
base.Reset();
}
}
}