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using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// Represents the traditional commodity channel index (CCI)
///
/// CCI = (Typical Price - 20-period SMA of TP) / (.015 * Mean Deviation)
/// Typical Price (TP) = (High + Low + Close)/3
/// Constant = 0.015
///
/// There are four steps to calculating the Mean Deviation, first, subtract
/// the most recent 20-period average of the typical price from each period's
/// typical price. Second, take the absolute values of these numbers. Third,
/// sum the absolute values. Fourth, divide by the total number of periods (20).
///
public class CommodityChannelIndex : BarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
///
/// This constant is used to ensure that CCI values fall between +100 and -100, 70% to 80% of the time
///
private const decimal K = 0.015m;
///
/// Gets the type of moving average
///
public MovingAverageType MovingAverageType { get; }
///
/// Keep track of the simple moving average of the typical price
///
public IndicatorBase TypicalPriceAverage { get; }
///
/// Keep track of the mean absolute deviation of the typical price
///
public IndicatorBase TypicalPriceMeanDeviation { get; }
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the CommodityChannelIndex class
///
/// The period of the standard deviation and moving average (middle band)
/// The type of moving average to be used
public CommodityChannelIndex(int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Simple)
: this($"CCI({period})", period, movingAverageType)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the CommodityChannelIndex class
///
/// The name of this indicator
/// The period of the standard deviation and moving average (middle band)
/// The type of moving average to be used
public CommodityChannelIndex(string name, int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Simple)
: base(name)
{
WarmUpPeriod = period;
MovingAverageType = movingAverageType;
TypicalPriceAverage = movingAverageType.AsIndicator(name + "_TypicalPriceAvg", period);
TypicalPriceMeanDeviation = new MeanAbsoluteDeviation(name + "_TypicalPriceMAD", period);
}
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => TypicalPriceAverage.IsReady && TypicalPriceMeanDeviation.IsReady;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod { get; }
///
/// 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)
{
var typicalPrice = (input.High + input.Low + input.Close) / 3.0m;
TypicalPriceAverage.Update(input.EndTime, typicalPrice);
TypicalPriceMeanDeviation.Update(input.EndTime, typicalPrice);
// compare this to zero, since if the mean deviation is very small we can get
// precision errors due to non-floating point math
var weightedMeanDeviation = K * TypicalPriceMeanDeviation.Current.Value;
if (weightedMeanDeviation == 0.0m)
{
return 0.0m;
}
return (typicalPrice - TypicalPriceAverage.Current.Value).SafeDivision(weightedMeanDeviation, Current.Value);
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
TypicalPriceAverage.Reset();
TypicalPriceMeanDeviation.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
}
}