protected double determinePurchaseQuantity(Market bazaar, String commodity_)
{
var mean = bazaar.getAverageHistoricalPrice(commodity_, _lookback); //double
var trading_range = observeTradingRange(commodity_, 10); //Point
if (trading_range != null)
{
var favorability = Quick.positionInRange(mean, trading_range.x, trading_range.y); //double
favorability = 1 - favorability;
//do 1 - favorability to see how close we are to the low end
double amount_to_buy = Math.Round(favorability * _inventory.shortage(commodity_)); //double
if (amount_to_buy < 1)
{
amount_to_buy = 1;
}
return(amount_to_buy);
}
return(0);
}
protected double determineSaleQuantity(Market bazaar, String commodity_)
{
var mean = bazaar.getAverageHistoricalPrice(commodity_, _lookback); //double
var trading_range = observeTradingRange(commodity_, 10); //point
if (trading_range != null && mean > 0)
{
var favorability = Quick.positionInRange(mean, trading_range.x, trading_range.y); //double
//position_in_range: high means price is at a high point
double amount_to_sell = Math.Round(favorability * _inventory.surplus(commodity_)); //double
amount_to_sell = _inventory.query(commodity_);
if (amount_to_sell < 1)
{
amount_to_sell = 1;
}
return(amount_to_sell);
}
return(0);
}