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using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
///
/// Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) Indicator:
/// It is calculated by adding up the dollars traded for every transaction (price multiplied
/// by number of shares traded) and then dividing by the total shares traded for the day.
///
public class VolumeWeightedAveragePriceIndicator : TradeBarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
///
/// In this VWAP calculation, typical price is defined by (O + H + L + C) / 4
///
private readonly int _period;
///
/// Indentity indicator for price
///
protected Identity Price { get; }
///
/// Identity indicator for volume
///
protected Identity Volume { get; }
///
/// Volume Weighted Average Price
///
protected CompositeIndicator VWAP { get; }
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the VWAP class with the default name and period
///
/// The period of the VWAP
public VolumeWeightedAveragePriceIndicator(int period)
: this($"VWAP({period})", period)
{
}
///
/// Initializes a new instance of the VWAP class with a given name and period
///
/// string - the name of the indicator
/// The period of the VWAP
public VolumeWeightedAveragePriceIndicator(string name, int period)
: base(name)
{
_period = period;
Price = new Identity("Price");
Volume = new Identity("Volume");
// This class will be using WeightedBy indicator extension
VWAP = Price.WeightedBy(Volume, period);
}
///
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
///
public override bool IsReady => VWAP.IsReady;
///
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
///
public int WarmUpPeriod => _period;
///
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
///
public override void Reset()
{
Price.Reset();
Volume.Reset();
VWAP.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
///
/// 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)
{
Price.Update(input.EndTime, GetTimeWeightedAveragePrice(input));
Volume.Update(input.EndTime, input.Volume);
return VWAP.Current.Value;
}
///
/// Gets an estimated average price to use for the interval covered by the input trade bar.
///
/// The current trade bar input
/// An estimated average price over the trade bar's interval
protected virtual decimal GetTimeWeightedAveragePrice(TradeBar input)
{
return (input.Open + input.High + input.Low + input.Value) / 4;
}
}
}