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wickra_core/indicators/
three_inside.rs

1//! Three Inside Up / Down candlestick pattern.
2
3use crate::ohlcv::Candle;
4use crate::traits::Indicator;
5
6/// Three Inside Up / Down — a confirmed Harami: the first two bars form a
7/// Harami and the third bar confirms direction by closing beyond the first
8/// bar's body.
9///
10/// **Three Inside Up** (`+1.0`):
11/// 1. Bar 1 is a long red candle.
12/// 2. Bar 2 is a small green candle whose body sits inside Bar 1's body.
13/// 3. Bar 3 is a green candle whose close exceeds Bar 1's open.
14///
15/// **Three Inside Down** (`−1.0`): the mirror — long green, small red inside,
16/// red closing below Bar 1's open.
17///
18/// Pattern-shape check only — no trend filter is applied; combine with a trend
19/// indicator for actionable signals.
20///
21/// # Signed ±1 encoding
22///
23/// This detector already emits the uniform candlestick sign convention shared
24/// across the pattern family — `+1.0` bullish, `−1.0` bearish, `0.0` no
25/// pattern — so it drops straight into a machine-learning feature matrix where
26/// the bullish and bearish variants of the pattern occupy a single dimension.
27///
28/// # Example
29///
30/// ```
31/// use wickra_core::{Candle, Indicator, ThreeInside};
32///
33/// let mut indicator = ThreeInside::new();
34/// indicator.update(Candle::new(12.0, 12.5, 9.5, 10.0, 1.0, 0).unwrap());
35/// indicator.update(Candle::new(10.5, 11.5, 10.4, 11.0, 1.0, 1).unwrap());
36/// let out = indicator
37///     .update(Candle::new(11.0, 13.0, 10.9, 12.5, 1.0, 2).unwrap());
38/// assert_eq!(out, Some(1.0));
39/// ```
40#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
41pub struct ThreeInside {
42    prev: Option<Candle>,
43    prev_prev: Option<Candle>,
44    has_emitted: bool,
45}
46
47impl ThreeInside {
48    /// Construct a new Three Inside Up / Down detector.
49    pub const fn new() -> Self {
50        Self {
51            prev: None,
52            prev_prev: None,
53            has_emitted: false,
54        }
55    }
56}
57
58impl Indicator for ThreeInside {
59    type Input = Candle;
60    type Output = f64;
61
62    fn update(&mut self, candle: Candle) -> Option<f64> {
63        self.has_emitted = true;
64        let pp = self.prev_prev;
65        let p = self.prev;
66        self.prev_prev = self.prev;
67        self.prev = Some(candle);
68        let (Some(b1), Some(b2)) = (pp, p) else {
69            return Some(0.0);
70        };
71        let body1 = (b1.close - b1.open).abs();
72        let body2 = (b2.close - b2.open).abs();
73        if body1 <= 0.0 || body2 <= 0.0 || body2 >= body1 {
74            return Some(0.0);
75        }
76        let b1_red = b1.close < b1.open;
77        let b1_green = b1.close > b1.open;
78        let b2_green = b2.close > b2.open;
79        let b2_red = b2.close < b2.open;
80        let b3_green = candle.close > candle.open;
81        let b3_red = candle.close < candle.open;
82        // Bullish: prior red, inside green harami, then green confirms above b1.open.
83        if b1_red
84            && b2_green
85            && b2.open >= b1.close
86            && b2.close <= b1.open
87            && b3_green
88            && candle.close > b1.open
89        {
90            return Some(1.0);
91        }
92        // Bearish: prior green, inside red harami, then red confirms below b1.open.
93        if b1_green
94            && b2_red
95            && b2.open <= b1.close
96            && b2.close >= b1.open
97            && b3_red
98            && candle.close < b1.open
99        {
100            return Some(-1.0);
101        }
102        Some(0.0)
103    }
104
105    fn reset(&mut self) {
106        self.prev = None;
107        self.prev_prev = None;
108        self.has_emitted = false;
109    }
110
111    fn warmup_period(&self) -> usize {
112        3
113    }
114
115    fn is_ready(&self) -> bool {
116        self.has_emitted
117    }
118
119    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
120        "ThreeInside"
121    }
122}
123
124#[cfg(test)]
125mod tests {
126    use super::*;
127    use crate::traits::BatchExt;
128
129    fn c(open: f64, high: f64, low: f64, close: f64, ts: i64) -> Candle {
130        Candle::new(open, high, low, close, 1.0, ts).unwrap()
131    }
132
133    #[test]
134    fn accessors_and_metadata() {
135        let t = ThreeInside::new();
136        assert_eq!(t.name(), "ThreeInside");
137        assert_eq!(t.warmup_period(), 3);
138        assert!(!t.is_ready());
139    }
140
141    #[test]
142    fn three_inside_up_is_plus_one() {
143        let mut t = ThreeInside::new();
144        assert_eq!(t.update(c(12.0, 12.5, 9.5, 10.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
145        assert_eq!(t.update(c(10.5, 11.5, 10.4, 11.0, 1)), Some(0.0));
146        // Bar 3 closes 12.5 > Bar 1 open 12.
147        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.0, 13.0, 10.9, 12.5, 2)), Some(1.0));
148    }
149
150    #[test]
151    fn three_inside_down_is_minus_one() {
152        let mut t = ThreeInside::new();
153        assert_eq!(t.update(c(10.0, 12.5, 9.5, 12.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
154        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.5, 11.6, 10.9, 11.0, 1)), Some(0.0));
155        // Bar 3 closes 9.5 < Bar 1 open 10.
156        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.0, 11.1, 9.3, 9.5, 2)), Some(-1.0));
157    }
158
159    #[test]
160    fn unconfirmed_third_bar_yields_zero() {
161        let mut t = ThreeInside::new();
162        t.update(c(12.0, 12.5, 9.5, 10.0, 0));
163        t.update(c(10.5, 11.5, 10.4, 11.0, 1));
164        // Bar 3 green but closes below b1.open (12).
165        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.0, 11.8, 10.9, 11.5, 2)), Some(0.0));
166    }
167
168    #[test]
169    fn first_two_bars_return_zero() {
170        let mut t = ThreeInside::new();
171        assert_eq!(t.update(c(12.0, 12.5, 9.5, 10.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
172        assert_eq!(t.update(c(10.5, 11.5, 10.4, 11.0, 1)), Some(0.0));
173    }
174
175    #[test]
176    fn batch_equals_streaming() {
177        let candles: Vec<Candle> = (0..40)
178            .map(|i| {
179                let base = 100.0 + i as f64;
180                c(base, base + 1.0, base - 0.5, base + 0.5, i)
181            })
182            .collect();
183        let mut a = ThreeInside::new();
184        let mut b = ThreeInside::new();
185        assert_eq!(
186            a.batch(&candles),
187            candles.iter().map(|x| b.update(*x)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
188        );
189    }
190
191    #[test]
192    fn reset_clears_state() {
193        let mut t = ThreeInside::new();
194        t.update(c(12.0, 12.5, 9.5, 10.0, 0));
195        t.update(c(10.5, 11.5, 10.4, 11.0, 1));
196        t.update(c(11.0, 13.0, 10.9, 12.5, 2));
197        assert!(t.is_ready());
198        t.reset();
199        assert!(!t.is_ready());
200        assert_eq!(t.update(c(12.0, 12.5, 9.5, 10.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
201    }
202}