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using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// This indicator creates a moving average (middle band) with an upper band and lower band
/// fixed at k average true range multiples away from the middle band.
///
public class KeltnerChannels : BarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
///
/// Gets the middle band of the channel
///
public IndicatorBase MiddleBand { get; }
///
/// Gets the upper band of the channel
///
public IndicatorBase UpperBand { get; }
///
/// Gets the lower band of the channel
///
public IndicatorBase LowerBand { get; }
///
/// Gets the average true range
///
public IndicatorBase AverageTrueRange { get; }
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the KeltnerChannels class
///
/// The period of the average true range and moving average (middle band)
/// The number of multiplies specifying the distance between the middle band and upper or lower bands
/// The type of moving average to be used
public KeltnerChannels(int period, decimal k, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Simple)
: this($"KC({period},{k})", period, k, movingAverageType)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the KeltnerChannels class
///
/// The name of this indicator
/// The period of the average true range and moving average (middle band)
/// The number of multiples specifying the distance between the middle band and upper or lower bands
/// The type of moving average to be used
public KeltnerChannels(string name, int period, decimal k, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Simple)
: base(name)
{
WarmUpPeriod = period;
//Initialise ATR and SMA
AverageTrueRange = new AverageTrueRange(name + "_AverageTrueRange", period, MovingAverageType.Simple);
MiddleBand = movingAverageType.AsIndicator(name + "_MiddleBand", period);
//Compute Lower Band
LowerBand = new FunctionalIndicator(name + "_LowerBand",
input => MiddleBand.IsReady ? MiddleBand.Current.Value - AverageTrueRange.Current.Value * k : decimal.Zero,
lowerBand => MiddleBand.IsReady,
() => MiddleBand.Reset()
);
//Compute Upper Band
UpperBand = new FunctionalIndicator(name + "_UpperBand",
input => MiddleBand.IsReady ? MiddleBand.Current.Value + AverageTrueRange.Current.Value * k : decimal.Zero,
upperBand => MiddleBand.IsReady,
() => MiddleBand.Reset()
);
}
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => MiddleBand.IsReady && UpperBand.IsReady && LowerBand.IsReady && AverageTrueRange.IsReady;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod { get; }
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
AverageTrueRange.Reset();
MiddleBand.Reset();
UpperBand.Reset();
LowerBand.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
///
/// Computes the next value for this indicator from the given state.
///
/// The TradeBar to this indicator on this time step
/// A new value for this indicator
protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IBaseDataBar input)
{
AverageTrueRange.Update(input);
var typicalPrice = (input.High + input.Low + input.Close) / 3m;
MiddleBand.Update(input.EndTime, typicalPrice);
// poke the upper/lower bands, they actually don't use the input, they compute
// based on the ATR and the middle band
LowerBand.Update(input);
UpperBand.Update(input);
return MiddleBand.Current.Value;
}
}
}