Rate of change

Overview
Adding indicator
Indicator parameters
Visualization

Overview

Rate of change (ROC) is a simple technical analysis indicator showing the difference between today's closing price and the close N days ago.

AnyChart Stock allows you to add ROC with desired period to any of your charts.

Mathematical description of the indicator: Rate of change (ROC) Mathematical Description.

Adding indicator

ROC indicator is added using roc() method, it requires a mapping with value field in it:

// create data table on loaded data
var dataTable = anychart.data.table();

// add data to a table
dataTable.addData(get_data());

// map loaded data
var mapping = dataTable.mapAs({'value': 4});

// create stock chart
chart = anychart.stock();

// create plot on the chart
var plot_0 = chart.plot(0);

// ROC is usually displayed on a separate plot
var plot_1 = chart.plot(1);

// create ROC indicator with period 14
var roc14 = plot_1.roc(mapping, 14).series();
roc14.stroke('#bf360c');

Here is a live sample:

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Indicator parameters

ROC indicator needs three parameters: mapping with value field in it, period and a type of series to be displayed as:

var roc30 = plot.roc(mapping, 30, "column");

Visualization

Vizualization of an indicator depends on the type of a series you display it with. Here is a sample where ROC with different parameters and settings is added to different plots:

// create ROC indicator with period 14 and shown as column on the second plot
roc14 = plot_1.roc(mapping, 14).series();
roc14.stroke('#bf360c');

// create ROC indicator with period 30 and shown as column on the third plot
var roc30 = plot_2.roc(mapping, 30, "column").series();
roc30.fill('#ff6d00');

Live sample:

Playground