AverageTrueRange.cs

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using System;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;

namespace QuantConnect.Indicators
{
    /// <summary>
    /// 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)
    /// </summary>
    public class AverageTrueRange : BarIndicator
    {
        /// <summary>This indicator is used to smooth the TrueRange computation</summary>
        /// <remarks>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</remarks>
        private readonly IndicatorBase<IndicatorDataPoint> _smoother;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the true range which is the more volatile calculation to be smoothed by this indicator
        /// </summary>
        public IndicatorBase<IBaseDataBar> TrueRange { get; private set; } 

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

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new AverageTrueRange indicator using the specified period and moving average type
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of this indicator</param>
        /// <param name="period">The smoothing period used to smooth the true range values</param>
        /// <param name="movingAverageType">The type of smoothing used to smooth the true range values</param>
        public AverageTrueRange(string name, int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Wilders)
            : base(name)
        {
            _smoother = movingAverageType.AsIndicator(string.Format("{0}_{1}", name, movingAverageType), period);

            IBaseDataBar previous = null;
            TrueRange = new FunctionalIndicator<IBaseDataBar>(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
            );
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new AverageTrueRange indicator using the specified period and moving average type
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="period">The smoothing period used to smooth the true range values</param>
        /// <param name="movingAverageType">The type of smoothing used to smooth the true range values</param>
        public AverageTrueRange(int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Wilders)
            : this("ATR" + period, period, movingAverageType)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 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)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="previous">The previous trade bar</param>
        /// <param name="current">The current trade bar</param>
        /// <returns>The true range</returns>
        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));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Computes the next value of this indicator from the given state
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">The input given to the indicator</param>
        /// <returns>A new value for this indicator</returns>
        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);

            return _smoother.Current.Value;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Resets this indicator to its initial state
        /// </summary>
        public override void Reset()
        {
            _smoother.Reset();
            TrueRange.Reset();
            base.Reset();
        }
    }
}