Variable Index Dynamic Average

Function Prototype

/* Variable Index Dynamic Average */
/* Type: overlay */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 3    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: short period, long period, alpha */
/* Outputs: vidya */
int ti_vidya_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_vidya(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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The Variable Index Dynamic Average indicator modifies the Exponential Moving Average by varying the smoothness based on recent volatility.

It takes three parameters: a short period n, a long period m, and a smoothing factor a. a is usually 0.2.

It is built up using a ratio of a long Standard Deviation Over Period to a short Standard Deviation Over Period as as smoothing factor.

The calculation is as follows:

Alternately, it can be expressed in terms of Standard Deviation Over Period like this:

See Also

• Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average
• Standard Deviation Over Period

References

• Chande, Tushar S. (1994) The New Technical Trader
• Wikipedia: Standard Deviation

Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Variable Index Dynamic Average */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {2, 5, .2}; /* short period, long period, alpha */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* vidya */

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

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

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

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Variable Index Dynamic Average
vidya = ti.vidya(input, 2, 5, .2)

Example Calculation

short period = 2, long period = 5, alpha = .2

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