/* * 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(); } } }