/* * 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 QuantConnect.Data.Market; namespace QuantConnect.Indicators { /// /// The Force Index is calculated by comparing the current market price with the previous market price /// and multiplying its difference with the traded volume during a specific time period. /// public class ForceIndex : TradeBarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider { private TradeBar _previousInput; /// /// This indicator is used to smooth the ForceIndex computation /// /// This is not exposed publicly since it is the same value as this indicator, meaning /// that this '_smoother' computers the ForceIndex directly, so exposing it publicly would be duplication private readonly IndicatorBase _smoother; /// /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized /// public override bool IsReady => _smoother.IsReady; /// /// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized. /// public int WarmUpPeriod { get; } /// /// Creates a new ForceIndex indicator using the specified period and moving average type /// /// The name of this indicator /// The smoothing period used to smooth the instantaneous force index values /// The type of smoothing used to smooth the true range values public ForceIndex(string name, int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Exponential) : base(name) { _smoother = movingAverageType.AsIndicator($"{name}_{movingAverageType}", period); WarmUpPeriod = period + 1; } /// /// Creates a new ForceIndex indicator using the specified period and moving average type /// /// The smoothing period used to smooth the instantenous force index values /// The type of smoothing used to smooth the instantenous force index values public ForceIndex(int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Exponential) : this($"FI({period})", period, movingAverageType) { } /// /// 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(TradeBar input) { if (Samples < 2) { _previousInput = input; return 0; } // compute the instantaneous force index and then send it to our smoother _smoother.Update(input.EndTime, (input.Close - _previousInput.Close) * input.Volume); _previousInput = input; return _smoother.Current.Value; } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _previousInput = null; _smoother.Reset(); base.Reset(); } } }