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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);
}
}
}