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using System;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// Represents the McGinley Dynamic (MGD)
/// It is a type of moving average that was designed to track the market better
/// than existing moving average indicators.
/// It is a technical indicator that improves upon moving average lines by adjusting
/// for shifts in market speed.
///
public class McGinleyDynamic : WindowIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
///
/// A rolling sum for computing the average for the given period
///
private readonly IndicatorBase _rollingSum;
private readonly int _period;
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => _rollingSum.IsReady;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public override int WarmUpPeriod => Period;
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the McGinleyDynamic class with the specified name and period
///
/// The name of this indicator
/// The period of the McGinley Dynamic
public McGinleyDynamic(string name, int period)
: base(name, period)
{
if (period == 0) throw new ArgumentException("Period can not be zero");
_period = period;
_rollingSum = new Sum(name + "_Sum", period);
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the McGinleyDynamic class with the default name and period
///
/// The period of the McGinley Dynamic
public McGinleyDynamic(int period)
: this($"MGD({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)
{
_rollingSum.Update(input.EndTime, input.Value);
if (!IsReady)
{
return 0;
}
if (Samples == _period)
{
return _rollingSum.Current.Value / _period;
}
if (Current.Value == 0 || input.Value == 0)
{
return Current.Value;
}
var ratioValue = (double)input.Value.SafeDivision(Current.Value, 0);
if (ratioValue == 0) return Current.Value;
var denominator = _period * (decimal)Math.Pow(ratioValue, 4.0);
return Current.Value + (input.Value - Current.Value).SafeDivision(denominator, 0);
}
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
_rollingSum.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
}
}