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using System;
using System.Linq;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// The ChoppinessIndex indicator is an indicator designed to determine if the market is choppy (trading sideways)
/// or not choppy (trading within a trend in either direction)
///
public class ChoppinessIndex : BarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
private readonly int _period;
private readonly RollingWindow _highs;
private readonly RollingWindow _lows;
private readonly IndicatorBase _trueRange;
private readonly RollingWindow _trueRangeHistory;
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => Samples >= WarmUpPeriod;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod { get; }
///
/// Creates a new ChoppinessIndex indicator using the specified period and moving average type
///
/// The name of this indicator
/// The period used for rolling windows for highs and lows
public ChoppinessIndex(string name, int period)
: base(name)
{
_period = period;
_trueRange = new TrueRange();
_trueRangeHistory = new RollingWindow(period);
_highs = new RollingWindow(period);
_lows = new RollingWindow(period);
WarmUpPeriod = period;
}
///
/// Creates a new ChoppinessIndex indicator using the specified period
///
/// The period used for rolling windows for highs and lows
public ChoppinessIndex(int period)
: this($"CHOP({period})", period)
{
}
///
/// Computes the next value of this indicator from the given state
///
/// The input given to the indicator
/// A new value for this indicator
protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IBaseDataBar input)
{
// compute the true range
_trueRange.Update(input);
// store candle high and low
_highs.Add(input.High);
_lows.Add(input.Low);
// store true range in rolling window
if (_trueRange.IsReady)
{
_trueRangeHistory.Add(_trueRange.Current.Value);
}
else
{
_trueRangeHistory.Add(input.High - input.Low);
}
if (IsReady)
{
// calculate max high and min low
var maxHigh = _highs.Max();
var minLow = _lows.Min();
if (maxHigh != minLow)
{
// return CHOP index
return (decimal)(100.0 * Math.Log10(((double) _trueRangeHistory.Sum()) / ((double) (maxHigh - minLow))) / Math.Log10(_period));
}
else
{
// situation of maxHigh = minLow represents a totally "choppy" or stagnant market,
// with no price movement at all.
// It's the extreme case of consolidation, hence the maximum value of 100 for the index
return 100m;
}
}
else
{
// return 0 when indicator is not ready
return 0m;
}
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
_trueRange.Reset();
_trueRangeHistory.Reset();
_highs.Reset();
_lows.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
}
}