/* * 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 { /// /// Represents the moving average indicator defined by Welles Wilder in his book: /// New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. /// public class WilderMovingAverage : Indicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider { private readonly decimal _k; private readonly int _period; private readonly IndicatorBase _sma; /// /// Initializes a new instance of the WilderMovingAverage class with the specified name and period /// /// The name of this indicator /// The period of the Wilder Moving Average public WilderMovingAverage(string name, int period) : base(name) { _period = period; _k = 1m / period; _sma = new SimpleMovingAverage(name + "_SMA", period); } /// /// Initializes a new instance of the WilderMovingAverage class with the default name and period /// /// The period of the Wilder Moving Average public WilderMovingAverage(int period) : this("WWMA" + period, period) { } /// /// 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. /// public int WarmUpPeriod => _period; /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _sma.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(IndicatorDataPoint input) { if (!IsReady) { _sma.Update(input); return _sma.Current.Value; } return input.Value * _k + Current.Value * (1 - _k); } } }