% It plots the exponential moving average of a stock.
% For the input argument int, use
% 1 - open, 2 - high, 3 - low, 4 - close.
% day - how many days back do you want to calculate the moving average
% from.
function EAVGorig = expavg(s,period)
int = 4;
% Need to reverse the matrix.
for (i = 1:length(s))
temp(length(s)-i+1,:) = s(i,:);
end
s = temp;
% Calculate the SMA for the first point.
tot = 0;
for (i = 1:period)
tot = tot + s(i);
EAVG(period) = (tot / period );
end
% Calculate the multiplier.
mul = (2 / (period + 1) );
% Form the Exponential moving average matrix.
for (i = period+1:length(s))
EAVG(i) = ( s(i,4) - EAVG(i-1) ) * mul + EAVG(i-1);
end
xaxis = [period:length(EAVG)];
EAVGorig = EAVG;
EAVG(1:period - 1) = [];
plot(xaxis,EAVG);
set(gca,'FontName','Monaco');
title('Exponential Moving average with parameter -');
set(gcf, 'Name', 'Exponential Moving average with parameter -');
set(gcf,'Position',[100 500 1100 700]);
grid on;
end