/* * 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 { /// /// 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; } } }