/* * QUANTCONNECT.COM - Democratizing Finance, Empowering Individuals. * Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine v2.0. 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 { /// /// Three Inside Up/Down candlestick pattern /// /// /// Must have: /// - first candle: long white(black) real body /// - second candle: short real body totally engulfed by the first /// - third candle: black(white) candle that closes lower(higher) than the first candle's open /// The meaning of "short" and "long" is specified with SetCandleSettings /// The returned value is positive (+1) for the three inside up or negative (-1) for the three inside down; /// The user should consider that a three inside up is significant when it appears in a downtrend and a three inside /// down is significant when it appears in an uptrend, while this function does not consider the trend /// public class ThreeInside : CandlestickPattern { private readonly int _bodyLongAveragePeriod; private readonly int _bodyShortAveragePeriod; private decimal _bodyLongPeriodTotal; private decimal _bodyShortPeriodTotal; /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class using the specified name. /// /// The name of this indicator public ThreeInside(string name) : base(name, Math.Max(CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod) + 2 + 1) { _bodyLongAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod; _bodyShortAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyShort).AveragePeriod; } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// public ThreeInside() : this("THREEINSIDE") { } /// /// 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 - _bodyLongAveragePeriod - 2 && Samples < Period - 2) { _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, input); } if (Samples >= Period - _bodyShortAveragePeriod - 1 && Samples < Period - 1) { _bodyShortPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, input); } return 0m; } decimal value; if ( // 1st: long GetRealBody(window[2]) > GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, _bodyLongPeriodTotal, window[2]) && // 2nd: short GetRealBody(window[1]) <= GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, _bodyShortPeriodTotal, window[1]) && // engulfed by 1st Math.Max(window[1].Close, window[1].Open) < Math.Max(window[2].Close, window[2].Open) && Math.Min(window[1].Close, window[1].Open) > Math.Min(window[2].Close, window[2].Open) && // 3rd: opposite to 1st ((GetCandleColor(window[2]) == CandleColor.White && GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.Black && input.Close < window[2].Open) || // and closing out (GetCandleColor(window[2]) == CandleColor.Black && GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.White && input.Close > window[2].Open) ) ) value = -(int)GetCandleColor(window[2]); 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) _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[2]) - GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[2 + _bodyLongAveragePeriod]); _bodyShortPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[1]) - GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyShort, window[1 + _bodyShortAveragePeriod]); return value; } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _bodyLongPeriodTotal = 0; _bodyShortPeriodTotal = 0; base.Reset(); } } }