/* * 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 Mass Index uses the high-low range to identify trend reversals based on range expansions. /// In this sense, the Mass Index is a volatility indicator that does not have a directional /// bias. Instead, the Mass Index identifies range bulges that can foreshadow a reversal of the /// current trend. Developed by Donald Dorsey. /// /// public class MassIndex : TradeBarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider { private readonly ExponentialMovingAverage _ema1; private readonly ExponentialMovingAverage _ema2; private readonly Sum _sum; /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// /// The name for this instance. /// The period used by both EMA. /// The sum period. public MassIndex(string name, int emaPeriod, int sumPeriod) : base(name) { _ema1 = new ExponentialMovingAverage(emaPeriod); _ema2 = _ema1.EMA(emaPeriod); _sum = new Sum(sumPeriod); WarmUpPeriod = 2 * (emaPeriod - 1) + sumPeriod; } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the class. /// /// The period used by both EMA. /// The sum period. public MassIndex(int emaPeriod = 9, int sumPeriod = 25) : this($"MASS({emaPeriod},{sumPeriod})", emaPeriod, sumPeriod) { } /// /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized /// public override bool IsReady => _sum.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() { base.Reset(); _ema1.Reset(); _ema2.Reset(); _sum.Reset(); } /// /// 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) { _ema1.Update(input.EndTime, input.High - input.Low); if (_ema2.IsReady) { _sum.Update(input.EndTime, _ema1.Current.Value.SafeDivision(_ema2.Current.Value)); } if (!_sum.IsReady) { return _sum.Period; } return _sum.Current.Value; } } }