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dotnetCHARTING Namespace > FinancialEngine Class > KFastStochastic Method : KFastStochastic(Series,Int32) Method
An financial series where the first element is the closing price in the last trading period, the second term is the closing price in the previous trading period and so on.
An integer which represents the number of previous time periods used over which the closing price is compared.
KFastStochastic(Series,Int32) Method
Evaluation of the Fast %K Stochastic when the number of previous time periods used over which the closing price is compared is given.

Indicator variables

The Stochastic %K depends on the following variable:

  • Periods - the number of previous time periods used over which the closing price is compared.

Now the formulae for the Stochastic %K over a is:



100 x (Last Close - Lowest low)/(Highest high - Lowest low)

where the "lowest low" (respec. "highest high") is the highest (respec. lowest) close of the asset over the period under consideration. Since the "Last close", will lie between the highest high and lowest low this indicator will lie between 0 and 100.

Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Function KFastStochastic( _
   ByVal s As Series, _
   ByVal noOfPeriods As Integer _
) As Series
'Usage
 
Dim s As Series
Dim noOfPeriods As Integer
Dim value As Series
 
value = FinancialEngine.KFastStochastic(s, noOfPeriods)
public static Series KFastStochastic( 
   Series s,
   int noOfPeriods
)

Parameters

s
An financial series where the first element is the closing price in the last trading period, the second term is the closing price in the previous trading period and so on.
noOfPeriods
An integer which represents the number of previous time periods used over which the closing price is compared.

Return Value

A series where the first term is the KFastStochastic calculated for the most recent period, the second term is the KFastStochastic calculated for the previous period and so on.
Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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