indicator-catalog

name	indicator-catalog
description	Create and register indicator catalog entries for automation. Use for Catalog.cs files, CatalogListingBuilder patterns, parameter/result definitions, and PopulateCatalog registration.

Indicator catalog development

File

src/{category}/{Indicator}/{Indicator}.Catalog.cs

Builder pattern

public static partial class Ema
{
    /// <summary>
    /// EMA Common Base Listing
    /// </summary>
    internal static readonly IndicatorListing CommonListing =
        new CatalogListingBuilder()
            .WithName("Exponential Moving Average")
            .WithId("EMA")
            .WithCategory(Category.MovingAverage)
            .AddParameter<int>("lookbackPeriods", "Lookback Period",
                description: "Number of periods for the EMA calculation",
                isRequired: true, defaultValue: 20, minimum: 2, maximum: 250)
            .AddResult("Ema", "EMA", ResultType.Default, isReusable: true)
            .Build();

    /// <summary>
    /// EMA Series Listing
    /// </summary>
    internal static readonly IndicatorListing SeriesListing =
        new CatalogListingBuilder(CommonListing)
            .WithStyle(Style.Series)
            .WithMethodName("ToEma")
            .Build();

    /// <summary>
    /// EMA Stream Listing
    /// </summary>
    internal static readonly IndicatorListing StreamListing =
        new CatalogListingBuilder(CommonListing)
            .WithStyle(Style.Stream)
            .WithMethodName("ToEmaHub")
            .Build();

    /// <summary>
    /// EMA Buffer Listing
    /// </summary>
    internal static readonly IndicatorListing BufferListing =
        new CatalogListingBuilder(CommonListing)
            .WithStyle(Style.Buffer)
            .WithMethodName("ToEmaList")
            .Build();
}

Method naming

Style	Pattern	Example
Series	To{Name}	ToEma
Stream	To{Name}Hub	ToEmaHub
Buffer	To{Name}List	ToEmaList

.WithMethodName() must be in style-specific listings, NOT in CommonListing.

Parameter patterns

• AddParameter<T>() — primitive value types (typically int or double)
• AddEnumParameter<T>() — enum types
• AddDateParameter() — DateTime
• AddSeriesParameter() — IReadOnlyList<T> where T : IReusable
• minimum and maximum required for all numeric parameters

Result patterns

• dataName must match property name in Models file exactly
• isReusable: true only for the property mapping to IReusable.Value
• ISeries models: all results must have isReusable: false
• Exactly one isReusable: true per IReusable indicator

Categories

Category	Examples
CandlestickPattern	Doji, Marubozu
MovingAverage	EMA, SMA, HMA, TEMA, WMA, DEMA
Oscillator	RSI, Stochastic, MACD, CCI, BOP, CMO, Chop, DPO
PriceChannel	Bollinger Bands, Keltner, Donchian, VWAP
PriceCharacteristic	ATR, Beta, Standard deviation, True Range
PricePattern	Fractal, Pivot Points
PriceTransform	Bar Part, ZigZag
PriceTrend	ADX, Aroon, Alligator, AtrStop, SuperTrend, Vortex
StopAndReverse	Chandelier, Parabolic SAR, Volatility Stop
VolumeBased	OBV, Chaikin Money Flow, Chaikin Oscillator

Registration

Add entries inside the host repository's catalog populator method. The backing collection is a private static readonly List<IndicatorListing> declared at the top of the catalog file; the host repository determines its field name (shown below as listings).

Indicators are grouped alphabetically by indicator ID (abbreviation) and separated by a blank line. Each block is preceded by a short comment header — // {Abbreviation} ({Full Name}) when an abbreviation is conventional, otherwise just // {Full Name}. Within a block, the preferred order for the style listings is Buffer → Series → Stream:

// EMA (Exponential Moving Average)
listings.Add(Ema.BufferListing);
listings.Add(Ema.SeriesListing);
listings.Add(Ema.StreamListing);

// HMA (Hull Moving Average)
listings.Add(Hma.BufferListing);
listings.Add(Hma.SeriesListing);
listings.Add(Hma.StreamListing);

Series-only indicators (no streamable variant) register a single SeriesListing line in the same alphabetical position; e.g.:

// Beta
listings.Add(Beta.SeriesListing);

Prohibited

• .WithMethodName() in CommonListing
• Wrong indicator method name
• isReusable: true for ISeries models
• Multiple isReusable: true results per indicator

Testing

tests/indicators/{folder}/{Indicator}/{Indicator}.Catalog.Tests.cs:

[TestClass]
public class EmaCatalogTests : TestBase
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void EmaSeriesListing()
    {
        var listing = Ema.SeriesListing;
        listing.Name.Should().Be("Exponential Moving Average");
        listing.Style.Should().Be(Style.Series);
        listing.MethodName.Should().Be("ToEma");
    }
}