quantconnect--lean/Indicators/CandlestickPatterns/Thrusting.cs

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using System;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;

namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Thrusting candlestick pattern indicator
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must have:
    /// - first candle: long black candle
    /// - second candle: white candle with open below previous day low and close into previous day body under the midpoint;
    /// to differentiate it from in-neck the close should not be equal to the black candle's close
    /// The meaning of "equal" is specified with SetCandleSettings
    /// The returned value is negative(-1): thrusting pattern is always bearish
    /// The user should consider that the thrusting pattern is significant when it appears in a downtrend and it could be
    /// even bullish "when coming in an uptrend or occurring twice within several days" (Steve Nison says), while this
    /// function does not consider the trend
    /// </remarks>
    public class Thrusting : CandlestickPattern
    {
        private readonly int _equalAveragePeriod;
        private readonly int _bodyLongAveragePeriod;

        private decimal _equalPeriodTotal;
        private decimal _bodyLongPeriodTotal;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Thrusting"/> class using the specified name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of this indicator</param>
        public Thrusting(string name) 
            : base(name, Math.Max(CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Equal).AveragePeriod, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod) + 1 + 1)
        {
            _equalAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.Equal).AveragePeriod;
            _bodyLongAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Thrusting"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public Thrusting()
            : this("THRUSTING")
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
        /// </summary>
        public override bool IsReady
        {
            get { return Samples >= Period; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Computes the next value of this indicator from the given state
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="window">The window of data held in this indicator</param>
        /// <param name="input">The input given to the indicator</param>
        /// <returns>A new value for this indicator</returns>
        protected override decimal ComputeNextValue(IReadOnlyWindow<IBaseDataBar> window, IBaseDataBar input)
        {
            if (!IsReady)
            {
                if (Samples >= Period - _equalAveragePeriod)
                {
                    _equalPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Equal, window[1]);
                }

                if (Samples >= Period - _bodyLongAveragePeriod)
                {
                    _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[1]);
                }

                return 0m;
            }

            decimal value;
            if (
                // 1st: black
                GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.Black &&
                //      long
                GetRealBody(window[1]) > GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, _bodyLongPeriodTotal, window[1]) &&
                // 2nd: white
                GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.White &&
                //      open below prior low
                input.Open < window[1].Low &&
                //      close into prior body
                input.Close > window[1].Close + GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.Equal, _equalPeriodTotal, window[1]) &&
                //      under the midpoint
                input.Close <= window[1].Close + GetRealBody(window[1]) * 0.5m
              )
                value = -1m;
            else
                value = 0m;

            // add the current range and subtract the first range: this is done after the pattern recognition 
            // when avgPeriod is not 0, that means "compare with the previous candles" (it excludes the current candle)

            _equalPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Equal, window[1]) -
                                 GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.Equal, window[_equalAveragePeriod + 1]);

            _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[1]) -
                                    GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[_bodyLongAveragePeriod + 1]);

            return value;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Resets this indicator to its initial state
        /// </summary>
        public override void Reset()
        {
            _equalPeriodTotal = 0m;
            _bodyLongPeriodTotal = 0m;
            base.Reset();
        }
    }
}