TwoCrows.cs

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using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
 
namespace QuantConnect.Indicators.CandlestickPatterns
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Two Crows candlestick pattern indicator
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must have:
    /// - first candle: long white candle
    /// - second candle: black real body
    /// - gap between the first and the second candle's real bodies
    /// - third candle: black candle that opens within the second real body and closes within the first real body
    /// The meaning of "long" is specified with SetCandleSettings
    /// The returned value is negative (-1): two crows is always bearish;
    /// The user should consider that two crows is significant when it appears in an uptrend, while this function
    /// does not consider the trend.
    /// </remarks>
    public class TwoCrows : CandlestickPattern
    {
        private readonly int _bodyLongAveragePeriod;
 
        private decimal _bodyLongPeriodTotal;
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TwoCrows"/> class using the specified name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">The name of this indicator</param>
        public TwoCrows(string name) 
            : base(name, CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod + 2 + 1)
        {
            _bodyLongAveragePeriod = CandleSettings.Get(CandleSettingType.BodyLong).AveragePeriod;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TwoCrows"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public TwoCrows()
            : this("TWOCROWS")
        {
        }
 
        /// <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 - _bodyLongAveragePeriod - 2 && Samples < Period - 2)
                {
                    _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, input);
                }
                return 0m;
            }
 
            decimal value;
            if (
                // 1st: white
                GetCandleColor(window[2]) == CandleColor.White &&
                //      long
                GetRealBody(window[2]) > GetCandleAverage(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, _bodyLongPeriodTotal, window[2]) &&
                // 2nd: black
                GetCandleColor(window[1]) == CandleColor.Black &&
                //      gapping up
                GetRealBodyGapUp(window[1], window[2]) &&
                // 3rd: black
                GetCandleColor(input) == CandleColor.Black &&
                //      opening within 2nd rb
                input.Open < window[1].Open && input.Open > window[1].Close &&
                //      closing within 1st rb
                input.Close > window[2].Open && input.Close < window[2].Close
              )
                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)
 
            _bodyLongPeriodTotal += GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[2]) -
                                    GetCandleRange(CandleSettingType.BodyLong, window[2 + _bodyLongAveragePeriod]);
 
            return value;
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Resets this indicator to its initial state
        /// </summary>
        public override void Reset()
        {
            _bodyLongPeriodTotal = 0m;
            base.Reset();
        }
    }
}