Re: Extremums of a curve: how to determine?

Thanks for the answer, Lynn. Yes, you are right: I have some discrete
data (a row of price values) and there is hardly any equation of the
curve that this data makes up.

So you say that there is no any mathematical way to determine "picks"
of that curve? Let me to illustrate. Here is a picture:

http://www.stockcharts.com/education/IndicatorAnalysis/Images/ta-macd2-fdx.png

Is there any mathematical method to determine the two points on the
black curve through which the red straight line called "Negative
divergence" is drawed?


Albert.


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Lynn wrote:

You are looking at discrete data here, right? You don't have a curve
to work with, and even if you did you wouldn't likely have a formula
for the curve. It seems to me you just want to write a little program
that looks at the data points and picks the last two min's and max's
according to whatever criteria you use to determine such points. By
that, I mean I suppose there is some subjective notion that you use so
that you don't call some little tiny blip on its gradual way up the
last "high". I am also guessing that quantifying that subjective
notion is the hard part

.

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