// Bulls Bears Power Indicator
// Last changed on 2009-05-05
// 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;
using System.Drawing;
namespace Forex_Strategy_Builder
{
/// <summary>
/// Bulls Bears Power Indicator
/// </summary>
public class Bulls_Bears_Power : Indicator
{
/// <summary>
/// Sets the default indicator parameters for the designated slot type
/// </summary>
public Bulls_Bears_Power(SlotTypes slotType)
{
// General properties
IndicatorName = "Bulls 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 BBP rises",
"The BBP falls",
"The BBP is higher than the Level line",
"The BBP is lower than the Level line",
"The BBP crosses the Level line upward",
"The BBP crosses the Level line downward",
"The BBP changes its direction upward",
"The BBP 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 Bulls 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 Bulls 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[] adBulls = new double[Bars];
double[] adBears = new double[Bars];
double[] adBBP = new double[Bars];
for (int iBar = iPeriod; iBar < Bars; iBar++)
{
adBulls[iBar] = High[iBar] - adMA[iBar];
adBears[iBar] = Low[iBar] - adMA[iBar];
adBBP[iBar] = adBulls[iBar] + adBears[iBar];
}
// Saving the components
Component = new IndicatorComp[3];
Component[0] = new IndicatorComp();
Component[0].CompName = "Bulls Bears Power";
Component[0].DataType = IndComponentType.IndicatorValue;
Component[0].ChartType = IndChartType.Line;
Component[0].ChartColor = Color.RoyalBlue;
Component[0].FirstBar = iFirstBar;
Component[0].Value = adBBP;
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 BBP rises":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_rises;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
case "The BBP falls":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_falls;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
case "The BBP 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 BBP 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 BBP crosses the Level line upward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_crosses_the_level_line_upward;
SpecialValues = new double[2] { dLevel, -dLevel };
break;
case "The BBP crosses the Level line downward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_crosses_the_level_line_downward;
SpecialValues = new double[2] { dLevel, -dLevel };
break;
case "The BBP changes its direction upward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_changes_its_direction_upward;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
case "The BBP changes its direction downward":
indLogic = IndicatorLogic.The_indicator_changes_its_direction_downward;
SpecialValues = new double[1] { 0 };
break;
default:
break;
}
OscillatorLogic(iFirstBar, iPrvs, adBBP, 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 BBP rises":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "rises";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "falls";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "rises";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "falls";
break;
case "The BBP falls":
EntryFilterLongDescription += "falls";
EntryFilterShortDescription += "rises";
ExitFilterLongDescription += "falls";
ExitFilterShortDescription += "rises";
break;
case "The BBP 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 BBP 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 BBP 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 BBP 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 BBP 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 BBP 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;
}
}
}