Skip to content

Fractals

Summary

The fractal indicator is a trading indicator used in technical analysis that is used to identify potential trend reversal points in a market.

Signature

1
public abstract interface Fractals

Namespace

cAlgo.API.Indicators

Examples

 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
 using cAlgo.API;
 using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
 using cAlgo.API.Internals;
 namespace cAlgo.Robots
 {
     // This sample cBot shows how to use the Fractals indicator
     [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
     public class FractalsSample : Robot
     {
         private double _volumeInUnits;
         private Fractals _fractals;
         [Parameter("Volume (Lots)", DefaultValue = 0.01)]
         public double VolumeInLots { get; set; }
         [Parameter("Stop Loss (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10)]
         public double StopLossInPips { get; set; }
         [Parameter("Take Profit (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10)]
         public double TakeProfitInPips { get; set; }
         [Parameter("Label", DefaultValue = "Sample")]
         public string Label { get; set; }
         public Position[] BotPositions
         {
             get
             {
                 return Positions.FindAll(Label);
             }
         }
         protected override void OnStart()
         {
             _volumeInUnits = Symbol.QuantityToVolumeInUnits(VolumeInLots);
             _fractals = Indicators.Fractals(5);
         }
         protected override void OnBar()
         {
             if (!double.IsNaN(_fractals.DownFractal.Last(1)))
             {
                 ClosePositions(TradeType.Sell);
                 ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, SymbolName, _volumeInUnits, Label, StopLossInPips, TakeProfitInPips);
             }
             else if (!double.IsNaN(_fractals.UpFractal.Last(1)))
             {
                 ClosePositions(TradeType.Buy);
                 ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Sell, SymbolName, _volumeInUnits, Label, StopLossInPips, TakeProfitInPips);
             }
         }
         private void ClosePositions(TradeType tradeType)
         {
             foreach (var position in BotPositions)
             {
                 if (position.TradeType != tradeType) continue;
                 ClosePosition(position);
             }
         }
     }
 }

Properties

UpFractal

Summary

The up fractals plot/output

Signature

1
public abstract IndicatorDataSeries UpFractal {get; set;}

Return Value

IndicatorDataSeries

DownFractal

Summary

The down fractals plot/output

Signature

1
public abstract IndicatorDataSeries DownFractal {get; set;}

Return Value

IndicatorDataSeries