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using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns
{
///
/// Three Black Crows candlestick pattern
///
///
/// Must have:
/// - three consecutive and declining black candlesticks
/// - each candle must have no or very short lower shadow
/// - each candle after the first must open within the prior candle's real body
/// - the first candle's close should be under the prior white candle's high
/// The meaning of "very short" is specified with SetCandleSettings
/// The returned value is negative (-1): three black crows is always bearish;
/// The user should consider that 3 black crows is significant when it appears after a mature advance or at high levels,
/// while this function does not consider it
///
public class ThreeBlackCrows : CandlestickPattern
{
private readonly int _shadowVeryShortAveragePeriod;
private decimal[] _shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal = new decimal[3];
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class using the specified name.
///
/// The name of this indicator
public ThreeBlackCrows(string name)
: base(name, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort).AveragePeriod + 3 + 1)
{
_shadowVeryShortAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort).AveragePeriod;
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
public ThreeBlackCrows()
: this("THREEBLACKCROWS")
{
}
///
/// 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 - _shadowVeryShortAveragePeriod)
{
_shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal[2] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, window[2]);
_shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal[1] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, window[1]);
_shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal[0] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, input);
}
return 0m;
}
decimal value;
if (
// white
GetCandleColor(window[3]) == CandleColor.White &&
// 1st black
GetCandleColor(window[2]) == CandleColor.Black &&
// very short lower shadow
GetLowerShadow(window[2]) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, _shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal[2], window[2]) &&
// 2nd black
GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.Black &&
// very short lower shadow
GetLowerShadow(window[1]) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, _shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal[1], window[1]) &&
// 3rd black
GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.Black &&
// very short lower shadow
GetLowerShadow(input) < GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, _shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal[0], input) &&
// 2nd black opens within 1st black's rb
window[1].Open < window[2].Open && window[1].Open > window[2].Close &&
// 3rd black opens within 2nd black's rb
input.Open < window[1].Open && input.Open > window[1].Close &&
// 1st black closes under prior candle's high
window[3].High > window[2].Close &&
// three declining
window[2].Close > window[1].Close &&
// three declining
window[1].Close > input.Close
)
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)
for (var i = 2; i >= 0; i--)
{
_shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal[i] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, window[i]) -
GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.ShadowVeryShort, window[i + _shadowVeryShortAveragePeriod]);
}
return value;
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
_shadowVeryShortPeriodTotal = new decimal[3];
base.Reset();
}
}
}