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protected double DeterminePurchaseQuantity(Market bazaar, string commodity)
{
var mean = bazaar.GetAverageHistoricalPrice(commodity, lookback); //double
var tradingRange = observeTradingRange(commodity, 10); //Point
if (tradingRange != null)
{
var favorability = Quick.PositionInRange(mean, tradingRange.x, tradingRange.y); //double
favorability = 1 - favorability;
//do 1 - favorability to see how close we are to the low end
double amountToBuy = Math.Round(favorability * Inventory.Shortage(commodity)); //double
if (amountToBuy < 1)
{
amountToBuy = 1;
}
return(amountToBuy);
}
return(0);
}
