/* * 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 computes the On Balance Volume (OBV). /// The On Balance Volume is calculated by determining the price of the current close price and previous close price. /// If the current close price is equivalent to the previous price the OBV remains the same, /// If the current close price is higher the volume of that day is added to the OBV, while a lower close price will /// result in negative value. /// public class OnBalanceVolume : TradeBarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider { private TradeBar _previousInput; /// /// Initializes a new instance of the Indicator class using the specified name. /// public OnBalanceVolume() : base("OBV") { } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the Indicator class using the specified name. /// /// The name of this indicator public OnBalanceVolume(string name) : base(name) { } /// /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized /// public override bool IsReady => _previousInput != null; /// /// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized. /// public int WarmUpPeriod => 1; /// /// 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) { var obv = Current.Value; if (_previousInput != null) { if (input.Value > _previousInput.Value) { obv += input.Volume; Update(input); } else if (input.Value < _previousInput.Value) { obv -= input.Volume; Update(input); } } else { obv = input.Volume; Update(input); } _previousInput = input; return obv; } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _previousInput = null; base.Reset(); } } }