Module backtrader.indicators.wma

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8; py-indent-offset:4 -*-
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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                        unicode_literals)

from ..utils.py3 import range

from . import MovingAverageBase, AverageWeighted


class WeightedMovingAverage(MovingAverageBase):
    '''
    A Moving Average which gives an arithmetic weighting to values with the
    newest having the more weight

    Formula:
      - weights = range(1, period + 1)
      - coef = 2 / (period * (period + 1))
      - movav = coef * Sum(weight[i] * data[period - i] for i in range(period))

    See also:
      - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Weighted_moving_average
    '''
    alias = ('WMA', 'MovingAverageWeighted',)
    lines = ('wma',)

    def __init__(self):
        coef = 2.0 / (self.p.period * (self.p.period + 1.0))
        weights = tuple(float(x) for x in range(1, self.p.period + 1))

        # Before super to ensure mixins (right-hand side in subclassing)
        # can see the assignment operation and operate on the line
        self.lines[0] = AverageWeighted(
            self.data, period=self.p.period,
            coef=coef, weights=weights)

        super(WeightedMovingAverage, self).__init__()

Classes

class MovingAverageWeighted

A Moving Average which gives an arithmetic weighting to values with the newest having the more weight

Formula

  • weights = range(1, period + 1)
  • coef = 2 / (period * (period + 1))
  • movav = coef * Sum(weight[i] * data[period - i] for i in range(period))

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Weighted_moving_average

Ancestors

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members

class WMA

A Moving Average which gives an arithmetic weighting to values with the newest having the more weight

Formula

  • weights = range(1, period + 1)
  • coef = 2 / (period * (period + 1))
  • movav = coef * Sum(weight[i] * data[period - i] for i in range(period))

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Weighted_moving_average

Ancestors

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members

class WeightedMovingAverage

A Moving Average which gives an arithmetic weighting to values with the newest having the more weight

Formula

  • weights = range(1, period + 1)
  • coef = 2 / (period * (period + 1))
  • movav = coef * Sum(weight[i] * data[period - i] for i in range(period))

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Weighted_moving_average

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class WeightedMovingAverage(MovingAverageBase):
    '''
    A Moving Average which gives an arithmetic weighting to values with the
    newest having the more weight

    Formula:
      - weights = range(1, period + 1)
      - coef = 2 / (period * (period + 1))
      - movav = coef * Sum(weight[i] * data[period - i] for i in range(period))

    See also:
      - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Weighted_moving_average
    '''
    alias = ('WMA', 'MovingAverageWeighted',)
    lines = ('wma',)

    def __init__(self):
        coef = 2.0 / (self.p.period * (self.p.period + 1.0))
        weights = tuple(float(x) for x in range(1, self.p.period + 1))

        # Before super to ensure mixins (right-hand side in subclassing)
        # can see the assignment operation and operate on the line
        self.lines[0] = AverageWeighted(
            self.data, period=self.p.period,
            coef=coef, weights=weights)

        super(WeightedMovingAverage, self).__init__()

Ancestors

Subclasses

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members