Function Prototype
/* Stochastic Oscillator */
/* Type: indicator */
/* Input arrays: 3 Options: 3 Output arrays: 2 */
/* Inputs: high, low, close */
/* Options: %k period, %k slowing period, %d period */
/* Outputs: stoch_k, stoch_d */
int ti_stoch_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_stoch(int size,
TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
TI_REAL const *options,
TI_REAL *const *outputs);
Description
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The Stochastic Oscillator indicator calculates two values, %k
and %d
.
It takes three options: the %k period
n
, the %k slowing period
m
, and the %d period
p
.
The calculation is as follows:
$$max_{t} = maximum(high_{t}, high_{t-1}, ..., high_{t-n+1}) $$
$$min_{t} = minimum(low_{t}, low_{t-1}, ..., low_{t-n+1}) $$
$$fastk_{t} = 100 \frac{close_{t} - min_{t}}{max_{t} - min_{t}}$$
Then the first output, %k
, is a Simple Moving Average of period m
applied to fastk
. The second
output, %d
, is a Simple Moving Average of period p
applied to %k
.
$$k_{t} = \frac{1}{m} \sum_{i=0}^{m-1} fastk_{t-i}$$
$$d_{t} = \frac{1}{p} \sum_{i=0}^{p-1} k_{t-i}$$
See Also
References
- Murphy, J. (1999) Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets
- Achelis, S. (2000) Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition
Example Usage
Calling From C
/* Example usage of Stochastic Oscillator */
/* Assuming that 'high', 'low', and 'close' are pre-loaded arrays of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {high, low, close};
TI_REAL options[] = {5, 3, 3}; /* %k period, %k slowing period, %d period */
TI_REAL *outputs[2]; /* stoch_k, stoch_d */
/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_stoch_start(options);
/* Allocate memory for each output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* stoch_k */
outputs[1] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[1] != 0); /* stoch_d */
/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_stoch(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);
Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)
-- Example usage of Stochastic Oscillator
stoch_k, stoch_d = ti.stoch(high, low, close, 5, 3, 3)
Example Calculation
%k period = 5, %k slowing period = 3, %d period = 3
date | high | low | close | stoch_k | stoch_d |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005-11-01 | 82.15 | 81.29 | 81.59 | ||
2005-11-02 | 81.89 | 80.64 | 81.06 | ||
2005-11-03 | 83.03 | 81.31 | 82.87 | ||
2005-11-04 | 83.30 | 82.65 | 83.00 | ||
2005-11-07 | 83.85 | 83.07 | 83.61 | ||
2005-11-08 | 83.90 | 83.11 | 83.15 | ||
2005-11-09 | 83.33 | 82.49 | 82.84 | ||
2005-11-10 | 84.30 | 82.30 | 83.99 | ||
2005-11-11 | 84.84 | 84.15 | 84.55 | 77.39 | 75.70 |
2005-11-14 | 85.00 | 84.11 | 84.36 | 83.13 | 78.01 |
2005-11-15 | 85.90 | 84.03 | 85.53 | 84.87 | 81.79 |
2005-11-16 | 86.58 | 85.39 | 86.54 | 88.36 | 85.45 |
2005-11-17 | 86.98 | 85.76 | 86.89 | 95.25 | 89.49 |
2005-11-18 | 88.00 | 87.17 | 87.77 | 96.74 | 93.45 |
2005-11-21 | 87.87 | 87.01 | 87.29 | 91.09 | 94.36 |
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