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using System;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// A momentum indicator developed by Edwin “Sedge” Coppock in October 1965.
/// The goal of this indicator is to identify long-term buying opportunities in the S&P500 and Dow Industrials.
/// Source: http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:technical_indicators:coppock_curve
///
public class CoppockCurve : IndicatorBase, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
private readonly RateOfChangePercent _longRoc;
private readonly LinearWeightedMovingAverage _lwma;
private readonly RateOfChangePercent _shortRoc;
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => _lwma.IsReady;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod { get; }
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the indicator with its default values.
///
public CoppockCurve()
: this(11, 14, 10)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the indicator
///
/// The period for the short ROC
/// The period for the long ROC
/// The period for the LWMA
public CoppockCurve(int shortRocPeriod, int longRocPeriod, int lwmaPeriod)
: this($"CC({shortRocPeriod},{longRocPeriod},{lwmaPeriod})", shortRocPeriod, longRocPeriod, lwmaPeriod)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the indicator
///
/// A name for the indicator
/// The period for the short ROC
/// The period for the long ROC
/// The period for the LWMA
public CoppockCurve(string name, int shortRocPeriod, int longRocPeriod, int lwmaPeriod)
: base(name)
{
_shortRoc = new RateOfChangePercent(shortRocPeriod);
_longRoc = new RateOfChangePercent(longRocPeriod);
_lwma = new LinearWeightedMovingAverage(lwmaPeriod);
// Define our warmup
// LWMA does not get updated until ROC are warmed up and ready, so add our periods.
// Then minus 1 because on the same point ROC is ready LWMA will receive its first point.
WarmUpPeriod = Math.Max(_shortRoc.WarmUpPeriod, _longRoc.WarmUpPeriod) + lwmaPeriod - 1;
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
base.Reset();
_shortRoc.Reset();
_longRoc.Reset();
_lwma.Reset();
}
///
/// 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(IndicatorDataPoint input)
{
_shortRoc.Update(input);
_longRoc.Update(input);
if (!_longRoc.IsReady || !_shortRoc.IsReady)
{
return decimal.Zero;
}
_lwma.Update(input.EndTime, _shortRoc.Current.Value + _longRoc.Current.Value);
return _lwma.Current.Value;
}
}
}