/* * 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 Line Strike candlestick pattern /// /// /// Must have: /// - three white soldiers (three black crows): three white (black) candlesticks with consecutively higher (lower) closes, /// each opening within or near the previous real body /// - fourth candle: black (white) candle that opens above (below) prior candle's close and closes below (above) /// the first candle's open /// 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 3-line strike is significant when it appears in a trend in the same direction of /// the first three candles, while this function does not consider it /// public class ThreeLineStrike : CandlestickPattern { private readonly int _nearAveragePeriod; private decimal[] _nearPeriodTotal = new decimal[4]; /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class using the specified name. /// /// The name of this indicator public ThreeLineStrike(string name) : base(name, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Near).AveragePeriod + 3 + 1) { _nearAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Near).AveragePeriod; } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// public ThreeLineStrike() : this("THREELINESTRIKE") { } /// /// 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[3] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Near, window[3]); _nearPeriodTotal[2] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Near, window[2]); } return 0m; } decimal value; if ( // three with same color GetCandleColor(window[3]) == GetCandleColor(window[2]) && GetCandleColor(window[2]) == GetCandleColor(window[1]) && // 4th opposite color (int)GetCandleColor(input) == -(int)GetCandleColor(window[1]) && // 2nd opens within/near 1st rb window[2].Open >= Math.Min(window[3].Open, window[3].Close) - GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal[3], window[3]) && window[2].Open <= Math.Max(window[3].Open, window[3].Close) + GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal[3], window[3]) && // 3rd opens within/near 2nd rb window[1].Open >= Math.Min(window[2].Open, window[2].Close) - GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal[2], window[2]) && window[1].Open <= Math.Max(window[2].Open, window[2].Close) + GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Near, _nearPeriodTotal[2], window[2]) && ( ( // if three white GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.White && // consecutive higher closes window[1].Close > window[2].Close && window[2].Close > window[3].Close && // 4th opens above prior close input.Open > window[1].Close && // 4th closes below 1st open input.Close < window[3].Open ) || ( // if three black GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.Black && // consecutive lower closes window[1].Close < window[2].Close && window[2].Close < window[3].Close && // 4th opens below prior close input.Open < window[1].Close && // 4th closes above 1st open input.Close > window[3].Open ) ) ) 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) for (var i = 3; i >= 2; i--) { _nearPeriodTotal[i] += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Near, window[i]) - GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Near, window[i + _nearAveragePeriod]); } return value; } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _nearPeriodTotal = new decimal[4]; base.Reset(); } } }