Function Prototype
/* Money Flow Index */
/* Type: indicator */
/* Input arrays: 4 Options: 1 Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: high, low, close, volume */
/* Options: period */
/* Outputs: mfi */
int ti_mfi_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_mfi(int size,
TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
TI_REAL const *options,
TI_REAL *const *outputs);Description
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The Money Flow Index represents the amount of money flowing into and out of a security.
It takes one option, the period n.
Calculation is as follows:
$$tp_{t} = \frac{high_{t}+low_{t}+close_{t}}{3}$$
$$mf_{t} = tp_{t} \cdot volume_{t}$$
$$up_{t} =
\sum_{i=0}^{n-1}
\begin{cases}
mf_{t-i} & \mathrm{if} \; tp_{t-i} > tp_{t-i-1} \\
0 & \mathrm{else}
\end{cases}
$$
$$down_{t} =
\sum_{i=0}^{n-1}
\begin{cases}
mf_{t-i} & \mathrm{if} \; tp_{t-i} \lt tp_{t-i-1} \\
0 & \mathrm{else}
\end{cases}
$$
$$mfi_{t} = 100 - \frac{100}{1 + \frac{up_{t}}{down_{t}}}$$
See Also
References
Example Usage
Calling From C
/* Example usage of Money Flow Index */
/* Assuming that 'high', 'low', 'close', and 'volume' are pre-loaded arrays of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {high, low, close, volume};
TI_REAL options[] = {5}; /* period */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* mfi */
/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_mfi_start(options);
/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* mfi */
/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_mfi(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);
Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)
-- Example usage of Money Flow Index
mfi = ti.mfi(high, low, close, volume, 5)
Example Calculation
period = 5
| date | high | low | close | volume | mfi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-01 | 82.15 | 81.29 | 81.59 | 5,653,100.00 | |
| 2005-11-02 | 81.89 | 80.64 | 81.06 | 6,447,400.00 | |
| 2005-11-03 | 83.03 | 81.31 | 82.87 | 7,690,900.00 | |
| 2005-11-04 | 83.30 | 82.65 | 83.00 | 3,831,400.00 | |
| 2005-11-07 | 83.85 | 83.07 | 83.61 | 4,455,100.00 | |
| 2005-11-08 | 83.90 | 83.11 | 83.15 | 3,798,000.00 | 61.17 |
| 2005-11-09 | 83.33 | 82.49 | 82.84 | 3,936,200.00 | 67.31 |
| 2005-11-10 | 84.30 | 82.30 | 83.99 | 4,732,000.00 | 62.80 |
| 2005-11-11 | 84.84 | 84.15 | 84.55 | 4,841,300.00 | 64.66 |
| 2005-11-14 | 85.00 | 84.11 | 84.36 | 3,915,300.00 | 45.24 |
| 2005-11-15 | 85.90 | 84.03 | 85.53 | 6,830,800.00 | 67.84 |
| 2005-11-16 | 86.58 | 85.39 | 86.54 | 6,694,100.00 | 85.58 |
| 2005-11-17 | 86.98 | 85.76 | 86.89 | 5,293,600.00 | 85.96 |
| 2005-11-18 | 88.00 | 87.17 | 87.77 | 7,985,800.00 | 87.50 |
| 2005-11-21 | 87.87 | 87.01 | 87.29 | 4,807,900.00 | 84.65 |
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