namespace QuanTAlib; using System; using System.Linq; /* RMA: wildeR Moving Average J. Welles Wilder introduced RMA as an alternative to EMA. RMA's weight (k) is set as 1/period, giving less weight to the new data compared to EMA. Sources: https://archive.org/details/newconceptsintec00wild/page/23/mode/2up https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/V-Z/WildersSmoothing https://www.incrediblecharts.com/indicators/wilder_moving_average.php Issues: Pandas-TA library calculates RMA using straight Exponential Weighted Mean: pandas.ewm().mean() and returns incorrect first (period) of bars compared to published formula. This implementation passess the validation test in Wilder's book. */ public class RMA_Series : Single_TSeries_Indicator { private readonly System.Collections.Generic.List _buffer = new(); private readonly double _k, _k1m; private double _lastema, _lastlastema; public RMA_Series(TSeries source, int period, bool useNaN = false) : base(source, period, useNaN) { this._k = 1.0 / (double)(this._p); this._k1m = 1.0 - this._k; this._lastema = this._lastlastema = double.NaN; if (_data.Count > 0) { base.Add(_data); } } public override void Add((DateTime t, double v) TValue, bool update) { double _ema; if (update) { this._lastema = this._lastlastema; } if (this.Count < this._p) { Add_Replace_Trim(_buffer, TValue.v, _p, update); _ema = _buffer.Average(); } else { _ema = (TValue.v * _k) + (_lastema * _k1m); } this._lastlastema = this._lastema; this._lastema = _ema; base.Add((TValue.t, _ema), update, _NaN); } }