/*
* 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
{
///
/// The Regression Channel indicator extends the
/// with the inclusion of two (upper and lower) channel lines that are distanced from
/// the linear regression line by a user defined number of standard deviations.
/// Reference: http://www.onlinetradingconcepts.com/TechnicalAnalysis/LinRegChannel.html
///
public class RegressionChannel : Indicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
///
/// Gets the standard deviation
///
private readonly IndicatorBase _standardDeviation;
///
/// Gets the linear regression
///
public LeastSquaresMovingAverage LinearRegression { get; }
///
/// Gets the upper channel (linear regression + k * stdDev)
///
public IndicatorBase UpperChannel { get; }
///
/// Gets the lower channel (linear regression - k * stdDev)
///
public IndicatorBase LowerChannel { get; }
///
/// The point where the regression line crosses the y-axis (price-axis)
///
public IndicatorBase Intercept => LinearRegression.Intercept;
///
/// The regression line slope
///
public IndicatorBase Slope => LinearRegression.Slope;
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => _standardDeviation.IsReady && LinearRegression.IsReady && UpperChannel.IsReady && LowerChannel.IsReady;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod { get; }
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
/// The name of this indicator
/// The number of data points to hold in the window
/// The number of standard deviations specifying the distance between the linear regression and upper or lower channel lines
public RegressionChannel(string name, int period, decimal k)
: base(name)
{
_standardDeviation = new StandardDeviation(period);
LinearRegression = new LeastSquaresMovingAverage(name + "_LinearRegression", period);
LowerChannel = LinearRegression.Minus(_standardDeviation.Times(k), name + "_LowerChannel");
UpperChannel = LinearRegression.Plus(_standardDeviation.Times(k), name + "_UpperChannel");
WarmUpPeriod = period;
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the class.
///
/// The number of data points to hold in the window.
/// The number of standard deviations specifying the distance between the linear regression and upper or lower channel lines
public RegressionChannel(int period, decimal k)
: this($"RC({period},{k})", period, k)
{
}
///
/// 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(IndicatorDataPoint input)
{
_standardDeviation.Update(input);
LinearRegression.Update(input);
return LinearRegression.Current.Value;
}
///
/// Resets this indicator and all sub-indicators (StandardDeviation, LowerBand, MiddleBand, UpperBand)
///
public override void Reset()
{
_standardDeviation.Reset();
LinearRegression.Reset();
LowerChannel.Reset();
UpperChannel.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
}
}