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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, IIndicatorWarmUpPeriodProvider
{
/// <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; }
/// <summary>
/// Gets a flag indicating when this indicator is ready and fully initialized
/// </summary>
public override bool IsReady => _smoother.IsReady;
/// <summary>
/// Required period, in data points, for the indicator to be ready and fully initialized.
/// </summary>
public int WarmUpPeriod { get; }
/// <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)
{
WarmUpPeriod = period;
TrueRange = new TrueRange(name);
_smoother = movingAverageType.AsIndicator($"{name}_{movingAverageType}", period).Of(TrueRange, false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new AverageTrueRange indicator using the specified period and moving average type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="period">The smoothing period used to smooth the true range values</param>
/// <param name="movingAverageType">The type of smoothing used to smooth the true range values</param>
public AverageTrueRange(int period, MovingAverageType movingAverageType = MovingAverageType.Wilders)
: this($"ATR({period})", period, movingAverageType)
{
}
/// <summary>
/// Computes the 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);
return _smoother.Current.Value;
}
/// <summary>
/// Resets this indicator to its initial state
/// </summary>
public override void Reset()
{
_smoother.Reset();
TrueRange.Reset();
base.Reset();
}
}
}