// Bears Power Indicator
// Last changed on 2009-04-15
// Part of Forex Strategy Builder & Forex Strategy Trader
// Website http://forexsb.com/
// Copyright (c) 2006 - 2009 Miroslav Popov - All rights reserved.
// This code or any part of it cannot be used in other applications without a permission.
using System;
namespace Forex_Strategy_Builder
{
/// <summary>
/// Bears Power Indicator
/// </summary>
public class Bears_Power : Indicator
{
/// <summary>
/// Sets the default indicator parameters for the designated slot type
/// </summary>
public Bears_Power(SlotTypes slotType)
{
// General properties
IndicatorName = "Bears Power";
PossibleSlots = SlotTypes.OpenFilter | SlotTypes.CloseFilter;
SeparatedChart = true;
// Setting up the indicator parameters
IndParam = new IndicatorParam();
IndParam.IndicatorName = IndicatorName;
IndParam.SlotType = slotType;
// The ComboBox parameters
IndParam.ListParam[0].Caption = "Logic";
IndParam.ListParam[0].ItemList = new string[]
{
"The Bears Power rises",
"The Bears Power falls",
"The Bears Power is higher than the Level line",
"The Bears Power is lower than the Level line",
"The Bears Power crosses the Level line upward",
"The Bears Power crosses the Level line downward",
"The Bears Power changes its direction upward",
"The Bears Power changes its direction downward"
};
IndParam.ListParam[0].Index = 0;
IndParam.ListParam[0].Text = IndParam.ListParam[0].ItemList[IndParam.ListParam[0].Index];
IndParam.ListParam[0].Enabled = true;
IndParam.ListParam[0].ToolTip = "Logic of application of the indicator.";
IndParam.ListParam[1].Caption = "Smoothing method";
IndParam.ListParam[1].ItemList = Enum.GetNames(typeof(MAMethod));
IndParam.ListParam[1].Index = (int)MAMethod.Exponential;
IndParam.ListParam[1].Text = IndParam.ListParam[1].ItemList[IndParam.ListParam[1].Index];
IndParam.ListParam[1].Enabled = true;
IndParam.ListParam[1].ToolTip = "The Moving Average method used for smoothing the Bears Power value.";
// The NumericUpDown parameters
IndParam.NumParam[0].Caption = "Smoothing period";
IndParam.NumParam[0].Value = 13;
IndParam.NumParam[0].Min = 1;
IndParam.NumParam[0].Max = 200;
IndParam.NumParam[0].Enabled = true;
IndParam.NumParam[0].ToolTip = "The period of smoothing of the Bears Power value.";
IndParam.NumParam[1].Caption = "Level";
IndParam.NumParam[1].Value = 0;
IndParam.NumParam[1].Min = -100;
IndParam.NumParam[1].Max = 100;
IndParam.NumParam[1].Point = 4;
IndParam.NumParam[1].Enabled = true;
IndParam.NumParam[1].ToolTip = "A critical level (for the appropriate logic).";
// The CheckBox parameters
IndParam.CheckParam[0].Caption = "Use previous bar value";
IndParam.CheckParam[0].Checked = PrepareUsePrevBarValueCheckBox(slotType);
IndParam.CheckParam[0].Enabled = true;
IndParam.CheckParam[0].ToolTip = "Use the indicator value from the previous bar.";
return;
}
/// <summary>
/// Calculates the indicator's components
/// </summary>
public override void Calculate(SlotTypes slotType)
{
// Reading the parameters
MAMethod maMethod = (MAMethod)IndParam.ListParam[1].Index;
int iPeriod = (int)IndParam.NumParam[0].Value;
double dLevel = IndParam.NumParam[1].Value;
int iPrvs = IndParam.CheckParam[0].Checked ? 1 : 0;
// Calculation
int iFirstBar = iPeriod + 2;
double[] adMA = MovingAverage(iPeriod, 0, maMethod, Price(BasePrice.Close));
double[] adBears = new double[Bars];
for (int iBar = iPeriod; iBar < Bars; iBar++)
{
adBears[iBar] = Low[iBar] - adMA[iBar];
}
// Saving the components
Component = new IndicatorComp[3];
Component[0] = new IndicatorComp();
Component[0].CompName = "Bears Power";
Component[0].DataType = IndComponentType.IndicatorValue;
Component[0].ChartType = IndChartType.Histogram;
Component[0].FirstBar = iFirstBar;
Component[0].Value = adBears;
Component[1] = new IndicatorComp();
Component[1].ChartType = IndChartType.NoChart;
Component[1].FirstBar = iFirstBar;
Component[1].Value = new double[Bars];
Component[2] = new IndicatorComp();
Component[2].ChartType = IndChartType.NoChart;
Component[2].FirstBar = iFirstBar;
Component[2].Value = new double[Bars];
// Sets the Component's type.
if (slotType == SlotTypes.OpenFilter)
{
Component[1].DataType = IndComponentType.AllowOpenLong;
Component[1].CompName = "Is long entry allowed";
Component[2].DataType = IndComponentType.AllowOpenShort;
Component[2].CompName = "Is short entry allowed";
}
else if (slotType == SlotTypes.CloseFilter)
{
Component[1].DataType = IndComponentType.ForceCloseLong;
Component[1].CompName = "Close out long position";
Component[2].DataType = IndComponentType.ForceCloseShort;
Component[2].CompName = "Close out short position";
}
// Calculation of the logic.
IndicatorLogic indLogic = IndicatorLogic.It_does_not_act_as_a_filter;
switch (IndParam.ListParam[0].Text)
{
case "The Bears Power rises":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_rises;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
case "The Bears Power falls":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_falls;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
case "The Bears Power is higher than the Level line":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_is_higher_than_the_level_line;
SpecialValues = new double[2] { dLevel, -dLevel };
break;
case "The Bears Power is lower than the Level line":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_is_lower_than_the_level_line;
SpecialValues = new double[2] { dLevel, -dLevel };
break;
case "The Bears Power crosses the Level line upward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_crosses_the_level_line_upward;
SpecialValues = new double[2] { dLevel, -dLevel };
break;
case "The Bears Power crosses the Level line downward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_crosses_the_level_line_downward;
SpecialValues = new double[2] { dLevel, -dLevel };
break;
case "The Bears Power changes its direction upward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_changes_its_direction_upward;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
case "The Bears Power changes its direction downward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_changes_its_direction_downward;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
default:
break;
}
OscillatorLogic(iFirstBar, iPrvs, adBears, dLevel, -dLevel, ref Component[1], ref Component[2], indLogic);
return;
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the indicator logic description
/// </summary>
public override void SetDescription(SlotTypes slotType)
{
string sLevelLong = (IndParam.NumParam[1].Value == 0 ? "0" : IndParam.NumParam[1].ValueToString);
string sLevelShort = (IndParam.NumParam[1].Value == 0 ? "0" : "-" + IndParam.NumParam[1].ValueToString);
EntryFilterLongDescription = "the " + ToString() + " ";
EntryFilterShortDescription = "the " + ToString() + " ";
ExitFilterLongDescription = "the " + ToString() + " ";
ExitFilterShortDescription = "the " + ToString() + " ";
switch (IndParam.ListParam[0].Text)
{
case "The Bears Power rises":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "rises";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "falls";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "rises";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "falls";
break;
case "The Bears Power falls":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "falls";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "rises";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "falls";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "rises";
break;
case "The Bears Power is higher than the Level line":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "is higher than the Level " + sLevelLong;
EntryFilterShortDescription += "is lower than the Level " + sLevelShort;
ExitFilterLongDescription += "is higher than the Level " + sLevelLong;
ExitFilterShortDescription += "is lower than the Level " + sLevelShort;
break;
case "The Bears Power is lower than the Level line":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "is lower than the Level " + sLevelLong;
EntryFilterShortDescription += "is higher than the Level " + sLevelShort;
ExitFilterLongDescription += "is lower than the Level " + sLevelLong;
ExitFilterShortDescription += "is higher than the Level " + sLevelShort;
break;
case "The Bears Power crosses the Level line upward":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelLong + " upward";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelShort + " downward";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelLong + " upward";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelShort + " downward";
break;
case "The Bears Power crosses the Level line downward":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelLong + " downward";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelShort + " upward";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelLong + " downward";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "crosses the Level " + sLevelShort + " upward";
break;
case "The Bears Power changes its direction upward":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "changes its direction upward";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "changes its direction downward";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "changes its direction upward";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "changes its direction downward";
break;
case "The Bears Power changes its direction downward":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "changes its direction downward";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "changes its direction upward";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "changes its direction downward";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "changes its direction upward";
break;
default:
break;
}
return;
}
/// <summary>
/// Indicator to string
/// </summary>
public override string ToString()
{
string sString = IndicatorName +
(IndParam.CheckParam[0].Checked ? "* (" : " (") +
IndParam.ListParam[1].Text + ", " + // Method
IndParam.NumParam[0].ValueToString + ")"; // Period
return sString;
}
}
}