Rate of Change

Function Prototype

/* Rate of Change */
/* Type: indicator */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 1    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: period */
/* Outputs: roc */
int ti_roc_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_roc(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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The Rate of Change indicator calculates the change between the current price and the price n bars ago.

It takes one parameter, the period n.

The calculation is as follows:

See Also

• Rate of Change Ratio
• Momentum

References

• Kaufman, Perry J. (2013) Trading Systems and Methods
• Murphy, J. (1999) Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets
• Achelis, S. (2000) Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition
• Wikipedia: Momentum (technical analysis)

Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Rate of Change */
/* 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]; /* roc */

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

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

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

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Rate of Change
roc = ti.roc(input, 5)

Example Calculation

period = 5

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