Stochastic Oscillator

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:

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.

See Also

• Stochastic RSI
• Simple Moving Average
• Maximum In Period
• Minimum In Period
• Williams %R

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

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