/* * 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; using MathNet.Numerics.Statistics; namespace QuantConnect.Indicators { /// /// This indicator computes the Covariance of two assets using the given Look-Back period. /// The Covariance of two assets is a measure of their co-movement. /// public class Covariance : DualSymbolIndicator { /// /// RollingWindow of returns of the target symbol in the given period /// private readonly RollingWindow _targetReturns; /// /// RollingWindow of returns of the reference symbol in the given period /// private readonly RollingWindow _referenceReturns; /// /// Gets a flag indicating when the indicator is ready and fully initialized /// public override bool IsReady => _targetReturns.IsReady && _referenceReturns.IsReady; /// /// Creates a new Covariance indicator with the specified name, target, reference, /// and period values /// /// The name of this indicator /// The target symbol of this indicator /// The period of this indicator /// The reference symbol of this indicator public Covariance(string name, Symbol targetSymbol, Symbol referenceSymbol, int period) : base(name, targetSymbol, referenceSymbol, 2) { // Assert the period is greater than two, otherwise the covariance can not be computed if (period < 2) { throw new ArgumentException($"Period parameter for Covariance indicator must be greater than 2 but was {period}."); } _targetReturns = new RollingWindow(period); _referenceReturns = new RollingWindow(period); WarmUpPeriod += (period - 2) + 1; } /// /// Creates a new Covariance indicator with the specified target, reference, /// and period values /// /// The target symbol of this indicator /// The period of this indicator /// The reference symbol of this indicator public Covariance(Symbol targetSymbol, Symbol referenceSymbol, int period) : this($"COV({period})", targetSymbol, referenceSymbol, period) { } /// /// Creates a new Covariance indicator with the specified name, period, target and /// reference values /// /// The name of this indicator /// The period of this indicator /// The target symbol of this indicator /// The reference symbol of this indicator /// Constructor overload for backward compatibility. public Covariance(string name, int period, Symbol targetSymbol, Symbol referenceSymbol) : this(name, targetSymbol, referenceSymbol, period) { } /// /// Computes the returns with the new given data point and the last given data point /// /// The collection of data points from which we want /// to compute the return /// The returns with the new given data point private static double GetNewReturn(IReadOnlyWindow rollingWindow) { return (double)(rollingWindow[0].Close.SafeDivision(rollingWindow[1].Close) - 1); } /// /// Computes the covariance value of the target in relation with the reference /// using the target and reference returns /// protected override decimal ComputeIndicator() { if (TargetDataPoints.IsReady) { _targetReturns.Add(GetNewReturn(TargetDataPoints)); } if (ReferenceDataPoints.IsReady) { _referenceReturns.Add(GetNewReturn(ReferenceDataPoints)); } var covarianceComputed = _targetReturns.Covariance(_referenceReturns); // Avoid division with NaN or by zero return (decimal)(!covarianceComputed.IsNaNOrZero() ? covarianceComputed : 0); } /// /// Resets this indicator to its initial state /// public override void Reset() { _targetReturns.Reset(); _referenceReturns.Reset(); base.Reset(); } } }