Money Flow Index

Technical Analysis Indicator: mfi

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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:

$$tp_{t} = \frac{high_{t}+low_{t}+close_{t}}{3}$$
$$mf_{t} = tp_{t} \cdot volume_{t}$$
$$up_{t} = \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} \begin{cases} mf_{t-i} & \mathrm{if} \; tp_{t-i} > tp_{t-i-1} \\ 0 & \mathrm{else} \end{cases} $$
$$down_{t} = \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} \begin{cases} mf_{t-i} & \mathrm{if} \; tp_{t-i} \lt tp_{t-i-1} \\ 0 & \mathrm{else} \end{cases} $$
$$mfi_{t} = 100 - \frac{100}{1 + \frac{up_{t}}{down_{t}}}$$

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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

datehighlowclosevolumemfi
2005-11-0182.1581.2981.595,653,100.00
2005-11-0281.8980.6481.066,447,400.00
2005-11-0383.0381.3182.877,690,900.00
2005-11-0483.3082.6583.003,831,400.00
2005-11-0783.8583.0783.614,455,100.00
2005-11-0883.9083.1183.153,798,000.0061.17
2005-11-0983.3382.4982.843,936,200.0067.31
2005-11-1084.3082.3083.994,732,000.0062.80
2005-11-1184.8484.1584.554,841,300.0064.66
2005-11-1485.0084.1184.363,915,300.0045.24
2005-11-1585.9084.0385.536,830,800.0067.84
2005-11-1686.5885.3986.546,694,100.0085.58
2005-11-1786.9885.7686.895,293,600.0085.96
2005-11-1888.0087.1787.777,985,800.0087.50
2005-11-2187.8787.0187.294,807,900.0084.65

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