/* * 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. */ namespace QuantConnect.Indicators { /// /// This indicator computes the n-period rate of change in a value using the following: /// (value_0 - value_n) / value_n /// public class RateOfChange : WindowIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider { /// /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized. /// public override bool IsReady => Samples > Period; /// /// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized. /// Our formula is Period + 1 because we need to fill the window and have one removed before /// it is ready. /// public int WarmUpPeriod => Period + 1; /// /// Creates a new RateOfChange indicator with the specified period /// /// The period over which to perform to computation public RateOfChange(int period) : base($"ROC({period})", period) { } /// /// Creates a new RateOfChange indicator with the specified period /// /// The name of this indicator /// The period over which to perform to computation public RateOfChange(string name, int period) : base(name, 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) { // if we're not ready just grab the first input point in the window var denominator = window.Samples <= window.Size ? window[window.Count - 1] : window.MostRecentlyRemoved; if (denominator.Value == 0) { return 0; } return (input.Value - denominator.Value) / denominator.Value; } } }