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using System;
using System.Linq;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// Represents the traditional Weighted Moving Average indicator. The weight are linearly
/// distributed according to the number of periods in the indicator.
///
/// For example, a 4 period indicator will have a numerator of (4 * window[0]) + (3 * window[1]) + (2 * window[2]) + window[3]
/// and a denominator of 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10
///
/// During the warm up period, IsReady will return false, but the LWMA will still be computed correctly because
/// the denominator will be the minimum of Samples factorial or Size factorial and
/// the computation iterates over that minimum value.
///
/// The RollingWindow of inputs is created when the indicator is created.
/// A RollingWindow of LWMAs is not saved. That is up to the caller.
///
public class LinearWeightedMovingAverage : WindowIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
private readonly int _denominator;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod => Period;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the LinearWeightedMovingAverage class with the specified name and period
///
/// The name of this indicator
/// The period of the LWMA
public LinearWeightedMovingAverage(string name, int period)
: base(name, period)
{
_denominator = (period * (period + 1)) / 2;
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the LinearWeightedMovingAverage class with the default name and period
///
/// The period of the LWMA
public LinearWeightedMovingAverage(int period)
: this($"LWMA({period})", period)
{
}
///
/// Computes the next value for this indicator from the given state.
///
/// The window of data held in this indicator
/// The input value to this indicator on this time step
/// A new value for this indicator
protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IReadOnlyWindow window, IndicatorDataPoint input)
{
// our first data point just return identity
if (!IsReady)
{
return 0;
}
var numerator = 0m;
var index = window.Size;
// If the indicator is not ready, the LWMA will still be correct
// because the numerator has the minimum of the Size (number of
// entries or the Samples (the allocated space)
var minSizeSamples = (int)Math.Min(index, window.Samples);
for (var i = 0; i < minSizeSamples; i++)
{
numerator += (index-- * window[i].Value);
}
return numerator / _denominator;
}
}
}