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using System;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// Produces a Hull Moving Average as explained at http://www.alanhull.com/hull-moving-average/
/// and derived from the instructions for the Excel VBA code at http://finance4traders.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-calculate-hull-moving-average.html
///
public class HullMovingAverage : IndicatorBase, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
private readonly LinearWeightedMovingAverage _fastWma;
private readonly LinearWeightedMovingAverage _slowWma;
private readonly LinearWeightedMovingAverage _hullMa;
///
/// A Hull Moving Average
///
/// string - a name for the indicator
/// int - the number of periods to calculate the HMA - the period of the slower LWMA
public HullMovingAverage(string name, int period)
: base(name)
{
if (period < 2) throw new ArgumentException("The Hull Moving Average period should be greater or equal to 2", nameof(period));
_slowWma = new LinearWeightedMovingAverage(period);
_fastWma = new LinearWeightedMovingAverage((int)Math.Round(period * 1d / 2));
var k = (int)Math.Round(Math.Sqrt(period));
_hullMa = new LinearWeightedMovingAverage(k);
WarmUpPeriod = period + k - 1;
}
///
/// A Hull Moving Average.
///
/// int - the number of periods over which to calculate the HMA - the length of the slower LWMA
public HullMovingAverage(int period)
: this($"HMA({period})", period)
{
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
base.Reset();
_slowWma.Reset();
_fastWma.Reset();
_hullMa.Reset();
}
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => _hullMa.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(IndicatorDataPoint input)
{
_fastWma.Update(input);
_slowWma.Update(input);
if (_fastWma.IsReady && _slowWma.IsReady)
{
_hullMa.Update(new IndicatorDataPoint(input.EndTime, 2 * _fastWma.Current.Value - _slowWma.Current.Value));
}
return _hullMa.Current.Value;
}
}
}