Commodity Channel Index

Function Prototype

/* Commodity Channel Index */
/* Type: indicator */
/* Input arrays: 3    Options: 1    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: high, low, close */
/* Options: period */
/* Outputs: cci */
int ti_cci_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_cci(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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The Commodity Channel Index indicator is used to detect trends. It works by taking a Simple Moving Average of the Typical Price and comparing it to the amount of volatility in Typical Price.

It takes one parameter: the period n.

The calculation is as follows:

See Also

• Simple Moving Average
• Mean Deviation Over Period
• Typical Price

References

• Murphy, J. (1999) Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets
• Achelis, S. (2000) Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition

Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Commodity Channel Index */
/* Assuming that 'high', 'low', and 'close' are pre-loaded arrays of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {high, low, close};
TI_REAL options[] = {5}; /* period */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* cci */

/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_cci_start(options);

/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* cci */

/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_cci(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Commodity Channel Index
cci = ti.cci(high, low, close, 5)

Example Calculation

period = 5

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