Category Trend  Published on 03/04/2023

Ehlers Smoother

Description

Some smoothing options, can apply on top of any series.

SourceType:

  • HL2: (High + Low) / 2
  • HLC3: (High + Low + Close) / 3
  • Close
  • Custom: selectable source.

CustomSource: the source to be used if SourceType is Custom.

SmoothFactor: factor to be used for selected SmoothType. For example, if SmoothType is WMA, SmoothFactor == 3 means WMA for 3 periods.

SmoothType: WMA, EMA, SMA, TwoPoles, Inst, Lague, None.

  • WMA, EMA, SMA: Conventions Weighted/Exponetial/Simple Moving Average.
  • TwoPoles: Ehlers 2 Poles smoother (see Ehlers book). SmoothFactor will be the CutOff period, e.g. if CutOff == 10, those with frequency equivalent to < 10 bars will be depressed.
  • Inst: The famous Ehlers Instantaneous Trendline filter, which he claimed no lag in his book. Note the setting for SmoothFactor is using Period, not the alpha. Alpha = 2.0 / (period + 1). So a period 28 would equivalent to alpha 0.07.
  • Lague: Laguerre filter (see Ehlers book). SmoothFactor is the Gamma for Laguerre filter [0 - 0.99].

The chart below shows the Inst smoother (period = 28), vs SMA (20). Note that the Inst line is still faster than the SMA event it uses data from 28 periods.

 


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Collections;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
using cAlgo.API.Internals;
using LittleTrader;
using LittleTrader.Ehlers;
using LittleTrader.Extensions;

namespace cAlgo
{
    [Indicator(AccessRights = AccessRights.None, IsOverlay = true)]
    public class LT_Ind_EhlersSmoother : Indicator
    {
        [Parameter(DefaultValue = SourceTypes.HLC3)]
        public SourceTypes SourceType { get; set; }
        [Parameter()]
        public DataSeries CustomSource { get; set; }

        [Parameter("SmoothType", DefaultValue = SmoothTypes.TwoPoles)]
        public SmoothTypes SmoothType { get; set; }
        [Parameter("SmoothFactor", DefaultValue = 10.0)]
        public double SmoothFactor { get; set; }

        [Output("Smooth", LineColor = "Purple")]
        public IndicatorDataSeries Smooth { get; set; }

        EhlersSmoother _smooth;
        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            var u = new IndUtils() { Bars = Bars, SourceType = SourceType, CustomSource = CustomSource };
            _smooth = new EhlersSmoother(u.GetSource(), Smooth, SmoothFactor, SmoothType, CreateDataSeries);

        }

        public override void Calculate(int index)
        {
            _smooth.Calculate(index);
        }
    }


}

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dhnhuy

Joined on 03.04.2023

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  • Language: C#
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  • File name: LT_Ind_EhlersSmoother.algo
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  • Modified: 03/04/2023 07:08
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