Indicator

Reference

Indicator

Summary

Base class for Indicators.

Remarks

Contains all necessary market information, provides access to built-in indicators and provides framework for convenient indicators' creation.

Syntax

public class Indicator : Algo, IIndicator

Members

Name	Type	Summary
Account	Property	Contains information of the current account.
Calculate	Method	Calculate the value(s) of indicator for the given index.
Indicator	Method	Indicator class constructor
IndicatorArea	Property	Defines the area where the indicator is placed.
Initialize	Method	Custom initialization for the Indicator. This method is invoked when an indicator is launched.
IsLastBar	Property	Returns true, if Calculate is invoked for the last bar
ToString	Method	The name of the indicator derived class.

Example 1

//...
public override void Calculate(int index)
{
    //This is where we place our indicator's calculation logic.
}
//...

Example 2

//...
protected override void Initialize()
{
//Place your Initialization logic here
}
//...

Example 3

private IndicatorDataSeries input;
protected override void Initialize()
{
    input = CreateDataSeries();
}
public override void Calculate(int index)
{
    input[index] = (MarketSeries.Close[index] + MarketSeries.Open[index]) / 2;
}

Example 4

//...
public override void Calculate(int index)
{
    if (IsRealTime)
    {
        //Place the code-logic that you want to be calculated on incoming live data
    }
}
//...