Percentage Price Oscillator

Function Prototype

/* Percentage Price Oscillator */
/* Type: indicator */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 2    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: short period, long period */
/* Outputs: ppo */
int ti_ppo_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_ppo(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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Percentage Price Oscillator helps follow trends and has several uses.

It takes two parameters: a short period n and a long period m.

Percentage Price Oscillator is calculated as follows.

See Also

• Moving Average Convergence/Divergence
• Absolute Price Oscillator
• Exponential Moving Average

References

• Achelis, S. (2000) Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition

Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Percentage Price Oscillator */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {2, 5}; /* short period, long period */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* ppo */

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

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

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

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Percentage Price Oscillator
ppo = ti.ppo(input, 2, 5)

Example Calculation

short period = 2, long period = 5

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