Linear Regression Slope

Function Prototype

/* Linear Regression Slope */
/* Type: indicator */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 1    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: period */
/* Outputs: linregslope */
int ti_linregslope_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_linregslope(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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The Linear Regression Slope is a momentum indicator. It fits a line over a moving window using simple linear regression, and returns the slope of that line.

It takes one parameter, the period n. Larger values for n will have a greater smoothing effect on the input data but will also create more lag.

It is calculated as:

See Also

• Linear Regression
• Time Series Forecast

References

• Kaufman, Perry J. (2013) Trading Systems and Methods
• Chande, Tushar S. (1994) The New Technical Trader
• Wikipedia: Simple Linear Regression

Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Linear Regression Slope */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {5}; /* period */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* linregslope */

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

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

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

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Linear Regression Slope
linregslope = ti.linregslope(input, 5)

Example Calculation

period = 5

Chart

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