/* * 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. */ using System; using QuantConnect.Data.Market; namespace QuantConnect.Indicators { /// /// The AverageTrueRange indicator is a measure of volatility introduced by Welles Wilder in his /// book: New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. This indicator computes the TrueRange and then /// smoothes the TrueRange over a given period. /// /// TrueRange is defined as the maximum of the following: /// High - Low /// ABS(High - PreviousClose) /// ABS(Low - PreviousClose) /// public class AverageTrueRange : BarIndicator, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider { private IBaseDataBar _previous; /// This indicator is used to smooth the TrueRange computation /// This is not exposed publicly since it is the same value as this indicator, meaning /// that this '_smoother' computers the ATR directly, so exposing it publicly would be duplication private readonly IndicatorBase _smoother; /// /// Gets the true range which is the more volatile calculation to be smoothed by this indicator /// public IndicatorBase TrueRange { get; } /// /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized /// public override bool IsReady => _smoother.IsReady; /// /// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized. /// public int WarmUpPeriod { get; } /// /// Creates a new AverageTrueRange indicator using the specified period and moving average type /// /// The name of this indicator /// The smoothing period used to smooth the true range values /// The type of smoothing used to smooth the true range values public AverageTrueRange(string name, int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Wilders) : base(name) { WarmUpPeriod = period; _smoother = movingAverageType.AsIndicator($"{name}_{movingAverageType}", period); TrueRange = new FunctionalIndicator(name + "_TrueRange", currentBar => { // in our ComputeNextValue function we'll just call the ComputeTrueRange var nextValue = ComputeTrueRange(_previous, currentBar); _previous = currentBar; return nextValue; } // in our IsReady function we just need at least one sample , trueRangeIndicator => trueRangeIndicator.Samples >= 1 ); } /// /// Creates a new AverageTrueRange indicator using the specified period and moving average type /// /// The smoothing period used to smooth the true range values /// The type of smoothing used to smooth the true range values public AverageTrueRange(int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Wilders) : this($"ATR({period})", period, movingAverageType) { } /// /// Computes the TrueRange from the current and previous trade bars /// /// TrueRange is defined as the maximum of the following: /// High - Low /// ABS(High - PreviousClose) /// ABS(Low - PreviousClose) /// /// The previous trade bar /// The current trade bar /// The true range public static decimal ComputeTrueRange(IBaseDataBar previous, IBaseDataBar current) { var range1 = current.High - current.Low; if (previous == null) { return range1; } var range2 = Math.Abs(current.High - previous.Close); var range3 = Math.Abs(current.Low - previous.Close); return Math.Max(range1, Math.Max(range2, range3)); } /// /// 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(IBaseDataBar input) { // compute the true range and then send it to our smoother TrueRange.Update(input); _smoother.Update(input.Time, TrueRange.Current.Value); return _smoother.Current.Value; } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _previous = null; _smoother.Reset(); TrueRange.Reset(); base.Reset(); } } }