Minimum In Period

Technical Analysis Indicator: min

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Function Prototype

/* Minimum In Period */
/* Type: math */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 1    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: period */
/* Outputs: min */
int ti_min_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_min(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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The Minimum In Period indicator returns the minimum value in the last period n bars.

$$min_{t} = minimum(in_{t}, in_{t-1}, ..., in_{t-n+1}) $$

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Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Minimum In Period */
/* 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]; /* min */

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

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

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

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Minimum In Period
min = ti.min(input, 5)

Example Calculation

period = 5

dateinputmin
2005-11-0181.59
2005-11-0281.06
2005-11-0382.87
2005-11-0483.00
2005-11-0783.6181.06
2005-11-0883.1581.06
2005-11-0982.8482.84
2005-11-1083.9982.84
2005-11-1184.5582.84
2005-11-1484.3682.84
2005-11-1585.5382.84
2005-11-1686.5483.99
2005-11-1786.8984.36
2005-11-1887.7784.36
2005-11-2187.2985.53

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