Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock II

class Solution {
public:
    int maxProfit(vector<int> &prices) {
        // Start typing your C/C++ solution below
        // DO NOT write int main() function
        int len=prices.size(),i,j=0,k,ans=0;
        prices.push_back(-1);
        for(i=1;i<=len;++i){

            
            if(j%2==0&&prices[i]>prices[i-1]){
                
                k=prices[i-1];
                ++j;
            }
            if(j%2==1&&prices[i]<prices[i-1]){
                ans+=prices[i-1]-k;
                ++j;
            }        
            
        }
        return ans;
        
    }
};