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wickra_core/indicators/
three_outside.rs

1//! Three Outside Up / Down candlestick pattern.
2
3use crate::ohlcv::Candle;
4use crate::traits::Indicator;
5
6/// Three Outside Up / Down — a confirmed Engulfing: the first two bars form
7/// an Engulfing pattern and the third bar confirms direction.
8///
9/// **Three Outside Up** (`+1.0`):
10/// 1. Bar 1 is a red candle.
11/// 2. Bar 2 is a green candle that engulfs Bar 1's body.
12/// 3. Bar 3 is a green candle with `close > b2.close`.
13///
14/// **Three Outside Down** (`−1.0`): the mirror — green, bearish engulfing,
15/// followed by a red bar closing below Bar 2's close.
16///
17/// Pattern-shape check only — no trend filter is applied; combine with a trend
18/// indicator for actionable signals.
19///
20/// # Signed ±1 encoding
21///
22/// This detector already emits the uniform candlestick sign convention shared
23/// across the pattern family — `+1.0` bullish, `−1.0` bearish, `0.0` no
24/// pattern — so it drops straight into a machine-learning feature matrix where
25/// the bullish and bearish variants of the pattern occupy a single dimension.
26///
27/// # Example
28///
29/// ```
30/// use wickra_core::{Candle, Indicator, ThreeOutside};
31///
32/// let mut indicator = ThreeOutside::new();
33/// indicator.update(Candle::new(11.0, 11.2, 9.8, 10.0, 1.0, 0).unwrap());
34/// indicator.update(Candle::new(9.5, 12.0, 9.5, 11.5, 1.0, 1).unwrap());
35/// let out = indicator
36///     .update(Candle::new(11.5, 13.0, 11.4, 12.5, 1.0, 2).unwrap());
37/// assert_eq!(out, Some(1.0));
38/// ```
39#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
40pub struct ThreeOutside {
41    prev: Option<Candle>,
42    prev_prev: Option<Candle>,
43    has_emitted: bool,
44}
45
46impl ThreeOutside {
47    /// Construct a new Three Outside Up / Down detector.
48    pub const fn new() -> Self {
49        Self {
50            prev: None,
51            prev_prev: None,
52            has_emitted: false,
53        }
54    }
55}
56
57impl Indicator for ThreeOutside {
58    type Input = Candle;
59    type Output = f64;
60
61    fn update(&mut self, candle: Candle) -> Option<f64> {
62        self.has_emitted = true;
63        let pp = self.prev_prev;
64        let p = self.prev;
65        self.prev_prev = self.prev;
66        self.prev = Some(candle);
67        let (Some(b1), Some(b2)) = (pp, p) else {
68            return Some(0.0);
69        };
70        let body1 = (b1.close - b1.open).abs();
71        let body2 = (b2.close - b2.open).abs();
72        if body1 <= 0.0 || body2 <= body1 {
73            return Some(0.0);
74        }
75        let b1_red = b1.close < b1.open;
76        let b1_green = b1.close > b1.open;
77        let b2_green = b2.close > b2.open;
78        let b2_red = b2.close < b2.open;
79        let b3_green = candle.close > candle.open;
80        let b3_red = candle.close < candle.open;
81        // Bullish: prior red, engulfing green (b2 fully engulfs b1 body), then green confirms above b2.close.
82        if b1_red
83            && b2_green
84            && b2.open <= b1.close
85            && b2.close >= b1.open
86            && b3_green
87            && candle.close > b2.close
88        {
89            return Some(1.0);
90        }
91        // Bearish: prior green, engulfing red, then red confirms below b2.close.
92        if b1_green
93            && b2_red
94            && b2.open >= b1.close
95            && b2.close <= b1.open
96            && b3_red
97            && candle.close < b2.close
98        {
99            return Some(-1.0);
100        }
101        Some(0.0)
102    }
103
104    fn reset(&mut self) {
105        self.prev = None;
106        self.prev_prev = None;
107        self.has_emitted = false;
108    }
109
110    fn warmup_period(&self) -> usize {
111        3
112    }
113
114    fn is_ready(&self) -> bool {
115        self.has_emitted
116    }
117
118    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
119        "ThreeOutside"
120    }
121}
122
123#[cfg(test)]
124mod tests {
125    use super::*;
126    use crate::traits::BatchExt;
127
128    fn c(open: f64, high: f64, low: f64, close: f64, ts: i64) -> Candle {
129        Candle::new(open, high, low, close, 1.0, ts).unwrap()
130    }
131
132    #[test]
133    fn accessors_and_metadata() {
134        let t = ThreeOutside::new();
135        assert_eq!(t.name(), "ThreeOutside");
136        assert_eq!(t.warmup_period(), 3);
137        assert!(!t.is_ready());
138    }
139
140    #[test]
141    fn three_outside_up_is_plus_one() {
142        let mut t = ThreeOutside::new();
143        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.0, 11.2, 9.8, 10.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
144        assert_eq!(t.update(c(9.5, 12.0, 9.5, 11.5, 1)), Some(0.0));
145        // Bar 3 green close 12.5 > b2.close 11.5.
146        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.5, 13.0, 11.4, 12.5, 2)), Some(1.0));
147    }
148
149    #[test]
150    fn three_outside_down_is_minus_one() {
151        let mut t = ThreeOutside::new();
152        assert_eq!(t.update(c(10.0, 11.2, 9.8, 11.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
153        assert_eq!(t.update(c(12.0, 12.0, 9.0, 9.0, 1)), Some(0.0));
154        // Bar 3 red close 8.0 < b2.close 9.0.
155        assert_eq!(t.update(c(9.0, 9.1, 7.9, 8.0, 2)), Some(-1.0));
156    }
157
158    #[test]
159    fn unconfirmed_third_bar_yields_zero() {
160        let mut t = ThreeOutside::new();
161        t.update(c(11.0, 11.2, 9.8, 10.0, 0));
162        t.update(c(9.5, 12.0, 9.5, 11.5, 1));
163        // Bar 3 green but does not exceed b2.close 11.5.
164        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.0, 11.4, 10.9, 11.3, 2)), Some(0.0));
165    }
166
167    #[test]
168    fn first_two_bars_return_zero() {
169        let mut t = ThreeOutside::new();
170        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.0, 11.2, 9.8, 10.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
171        assert_eq!(t.update(c(9.5, 12.0, 9.5, 11.5, 1)), Some(0.0));
172    }
173
174    #[test]
175    fn batch_equals_streaming() {
176        let candles: Vec<Candle> = (0..40)
177            .map(|i| {
178                let base = 100.0 + i as f64;
179                c(base, base + 1.5, base - 0.5, base + 1.0, i)
180            })
181            .collect();
182        let mut a = ThreeOutside::new();
183        let mut b = ThreeOutside::new();
184        assert_eq!(
185            a.batch(&candles),
186            candles.iter().map(|x| b.update(*x)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
187        );
188    }
189
190    #[test]
191    fn reset_clears_state() {
192        let mut t = ThreeOutside::new();
193        t.update(c(11.0, 11.2, 9.8, 10.0, 0));
194        t.update(c(9.5, 12.0, 9.5, 11.5, 1));
195        t.update(c(11.5, 13.0, 11.4, 12.5, 2));
196        assert!(t.is_ready());
197        t.reset();
198        assert!(!t.is_ready());
199        assert_eq!(t.update(c(11.0, 11.2, 9.8, 10.0, 0)), Some(0.0));
200    }
201}