DMI Stochastic

DMI Stochastic was authored by Barbara Star in the Stocks and Commodities Magazine, January 2013. The J. Welles Wilder Directional Movement Plus and Minus Indexes are combined to create an oscillator. These oscillator values are used as input to the famaliar Stochastic Oscillator. A moving average of the price is also plotted. The user may change the input (close), methods, period lengths and guide values. This indicator’s definition is further expressed in the condensed code given in the calculation below.

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Calculation

//input = price, user defined, default is closing price
//dmiPeriod = user defined, default is 10
//fastKPeriod = user defined, default is 10
//slowKPeriod = user defined, default is 3
//smoothPeriod = user defined, default is 3
//stochasticMethod = moving average, user defined, default is SMA
//maPeriod = user defined, default is 50
//maMethod = moving average, user defined, default is SMA //index = current bar number

//Calculate the +DM, -DM and TR 
pDm = series.getPositiveDM(index);
nDm = series.getNegativeDM(index);
tr = series.getTrueRange(index);

//Calculate the Average +DM, -DM and TR 
pdMa = series.smma(index, dmiPd, PDM);
ndMa = series.smma(index, dmiPd, NDM);
tra = series.smma(index, dmiPd, TR);

//Determine the +DI, -DI and DX 
pdi = pdMa / tra * 100;
ndi = ndMa / tra * 100;
Plot: dmiOsc = ndi - pdi;
if (dmiOsc moreThan midGuide) series.setBarColor(index, DMI_OSC, upColor);
else series.setBarColor(index, DMI_OSC, downColor);

//DMI Stochastic
lowest = series.lowest(index, fastkPd, DMI_OSC);
highest = series.highest(index, fastkPd, DMI_OSC);
fastK = (dmiOsc - lowest) / (highest - lowest) * 100.0;
slowK = series.ma(stochMethod, index, slowkPd, FAST_K);
Plot: dmiStoch =series.ma(stochMethod, index, stochSmPd, SLOW_K);

//MA
Plot: ma = series.ma(maMethod, index, maPd, input);