Ta
ta.alma
ta.alma
Definition: Arnaud Legoux Moving Average. It uses Gaussian distribution as weights for moving average.
Syntax:
Returns: Arnaud Legoux Moving Average.
Arguments:
series
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
offset
simple int/float
Controls tradeoff between smoothness (closer to 1) and responsiveness (closer to 0).
sigma
simple int/float
Changes the smoothness of ALMA. The larger sigma, the smoother ALMA.
floor
simple bool (optional)
An optional parameter. Specifies whether the offset calculation is floored before ALMA is calculated. Default value is false.
ta.atr
ta.atr
Definition: Function atr (average true range) returns the RMA of true range. True range is max(high - low, abs(high - close[1]), abs(low - close[1])).
Syntax:
Returns: Average true range.
Arguments:
length
simple int
Length (number of bars back).
Example (Pine Script):
ta.barssince
ta.barssince
Definition: Counts the number of bars since the last time the condition was true.
Syntax:
Returns: Number of bars since condition was true.
Arguments:
condition
condition
The condition to check.
Example (Pine Script):
ta.bb
ta.bb
Definition: Bollinger Bands. A Bollinger Band is a technical analysis tool defined by a set of lines plotted two standard deviations (positively and negatively) away from a simple moving average (SMA) of the security's price, but can be adjusted to user preferences.
Syntax:
Returns: Bollinger Bands.
Arguments:
series
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
mult
simple int/float
Standard deviation factor.
Example (Pine Script):
ta.bbw
ta.bbw
Definition: Bollinger Bands Width. The Bollinger Band Width is the difference between the upper and the lower Bollinger Bands divided by the middle band.
Syntax:
Returns: Bollinger Bands Width.
Arguments:
series
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
mult
simple int/float
Standard deviation factor.
Example (Pine Script):
ta.cci
ta.cci
Definition: The CCI (commodity channel index) is calculated as the difference between the typical price of a commodity and its simple moving average, divided by the mean absolute deviation of the typical price. The index is scaled by an inverse factor of 0.015 to provide more readable numbers.
Syntax:
Returns: Commodity channel index of source for length bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.change
ta.change
Definition: Compares the current source
value to its value length
bars ago and returns the difference.
Syntax:
Returns: The difference between the values when they are numerical. When a 'bool' source is used, returns true
when the current source is different from the previous source.
Arguments:
source
series int/float/bool
Source series.
length
series int (optional)
How far the past source
value is offset from the current one, in bars. Optional. The default is 1.
Example (Pine Script):
ta.cmo
ta.cmo
Definition: Chande Momentum Oscillator. Calculates the difference between the sum of recent gains and the sum of recent losses and then divides the result by the sum of all price movement over the same period.
Syntax:
Returns: Chande Momentum Oscillator.
Arguments:
series
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
Example (Pine Script):
ta.cog
ta.cog
Definition: The cog (center of gravity) is an indicator based on statistics and the Fibonacci golden ratio.
Syntax:
Returns: Center of Gravity.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
Example (Pine Script):
ta.correlation
ta.correlation
Definition: Correlation coefficient. Describes the degree to which two series tend to deviate from their ta.sma values.
Syntax:
Returns: Correlation coefficient.
Arguments:
source1
series int/float
Source series.
source2
series int/float
Target series.
length
series int
Length (number of bars back).
ta.cross
ta.cross
Definition: Checks if two series have crossed each other.
Syntax:
Returns: True if two series have crossed each other, otherwise false.
Arguments:
source1
series int/float
First data series.
source2
series int/float
Second data series.
ta.crossover
ta.crossover
Definition: Checks if the source1
series has crossed over the source2
series.
Syntax:
Returns: True if source1
crossed over source2
, otherwise false.
Arguments:
source1
series int/float
First data series.
source2
series int/float
Second data series.
ta.crossunder
ta.crossunder
Definition: Checks if the source1
series has crossed under the source2
series.
Syntax:
Returns: True if source1
crossed under source2
, otherwise false.
Arguments:
source1
series int/float
First data series.
source2
series int/float
Second data series.
ta.cum
ta.cum
Definition: Cumulative (total) sum of source
. In other words, it's the sum of all elements of source
.
Syntax:
Returns: Total sum series.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source used for the calculation.
ta.dev
ta.dev
Definition: Measure of difference between the series and its ta.sma.
Syntax:
Returns: Deviation of source
for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
Example (Pine Script):
ta.dmi
ta.dmi
Definition: The dmi function returns the directional movement index.
Syntax:
Returns: Tuple of three DMI series: Positive Directional Movement (+DI), Negative Directional Movement (-DI), and Average Directional Movement Index (ADX).
Arguments:
diLength
simple int
DI Period.
adxSmoothing
simple int
ADX Smoothing Period.
Example (Pine Script):
ta.ema
ta.ema
Definition: The ema function returns the exponentially weighted moving average. In ema weighting factors decrease exponentially. It calculates by using a formula: EMA = alpha * source + (1 - alpha) * EMA[1], where alpha = 2 / (length + 1).
Syntax:
Returns: Exponential moving average of source
with alpha = 2 / (length + 1).
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
simple int
Number of bars (length).
Example (Pine Script):
ta.falling
ta.falling
Definition: Test if the source
series is now falling for length
bars long.
Syntax:
Returns: True if the current source
value is less than any previous source
value for length
bars back, false otherwise.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.highest
ta.highest
Definition: Highest value for a given number of bars back.
Syntax:
Returns: Highest value in the series.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
Remarks:
Two args version:
source
is a series andlength
is the number of bars back.One arg version:
length
is the number of bars back. Algorithm uses high as asource
series.
ta.highestbars
ta.highestbars
Definition: Highest value offset for a given number of bars back.
Syntax:
Returns: Offset to the highest bar.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.hma
ta.hma
Definition: The hma function returns the Hull Moving Average.
Syntax:
Returns: Hull moving average of 'source' for 'length' bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
simple int
Number of bars.
ta.kc
ta.kc
Definition: Keltner Channels. Keltner channel is a technical analysis indicator showing a central moving average line plus channel lines at a distance above and below.
Syntax:
Returns: Keltner Channels.
Arguments:
series
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
mult
series int/float
Standard deviation factor.
useTrueRange
series bool
An optional parameter. Specifies if True Range is used; default is true. If the value is false, the range will be calculated with the expression (high - low).
ta.kcw
ta.kcw
Definition: Keltner Channels Width. The Keltner Channels Width is the difference between the upper and the lower Keltner Channels divided by the middle channel.
Syntax:
Returns: Keltner Channels Width.
Arguments:
series
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
simple int
Number of bars (length).
mult
simple int/float
Standard deviation factor.
useTrueRange
simple bool
An optional parameter. Specifies if True Range is used; default is true. If the value is false, the range will be calculated with the expression (high - low).
ta.linreg
ta.linreg
Definition: Linear regression curve. A line that best fits the prices specified over a user-defined time period. It is calculated using the least squares method.
Syntax:
Returns: Linear regression curve.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source series.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
offset
simple int
Offset.
ta.lowest
ta.lowest
Definition: Lowest value for a given number of bars back.
Syntax:
Returns: Lowest value in the series.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
Remarks:
Two args version:
source
is a series andlength
is the number of bars back.One arg version:
length
is the number of bars back. Algorithm uses low as asource
series.
ta.lowestbars
ta.lowestbars
Definition: Lowest value offset for a given number of bars back.
Syntax:
Returns: Offset to the lowest bar.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.macd
ta.macd
Definition: Moving average convergence/divergence. It is supposed to reveal changes in the strength, direction, momentum, and duration of a trend in a stock's price.
Syntax:
Returns: Tuple of three MACD series: MACD line, signal line, and histogram line.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
fastlen
simple int
Fast Length parameter.
slowlen
simple int
Slow Length parameter.
siglen
simple int
Signal Length parameter.
ta.max
ta.max
Definition: Returns the all-time high value of source
from the beginning of the chart up to the current bar.
Syntax:
Returns: The all-time high value in the series.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source used for the calculation.
ta.median
ta.median
Definition: Returns the median of the series.
Syntax:
Returns: The median of the series.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.mfi
ta.mfi
Definition: Money Flow Index. The Money Flow Index (MFI) is a technical oscillator that uses price and volume for identifying overbought or oversold conditions in an asset.
Syntax:
Returns: Money Flow Index.
Arguments:
series
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.min
ta.min
Definition: Returns the all-time low value of source
from the beginning of the chart up to the current bar.
Syntax:
Returns: The all-time low value in the series.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source used for the calculation.
ta.mode
ta.mode
Definition: Returns the mode of the series. If there are several values with the same frequency, it returns the smallest value.
Syntax:
Returns: The most frequently occurring value from the source
. If none exists, returns the smallest value instead.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.mom
ta.mom
Definition: Momentum of source
price and source
price length
bars ago. This is simply a difference: source - source[length].
Syntax:
Returns: Momentum of source
price and source
price length
bars ago.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Offset from the current bar to the previous bar.
ta.percentile_linear_interpolation
ta.percentile_linear_interpolation
Definition: Calculates percentile using the method of linear interpolation between the two nearest ranks.
Syntax:
Returns: P-th percentile of source
series for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process (source).
length
series int
Number of bars back (length).
percentage
simple int/float
Percentage, a number from the range 0..100.
ta.percentile_nearest_rank
ta.percentile_nearest_rank
Definition: Calculates percentile using the method of Nearest Rank.
Syntax:
Returns: P-th percentile of source
series for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process (source).
length
series int
Number of bars back (length).
percentage
simple int/float
Percentage, a number from the range 0..100.
ta.percentrank
ta.percentrank
Definition: Percent rank is the percents of how many previous values were less than or equal to the current value of the given series.
Syntax:
Returns: Percent rank of source
for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars back (length).
ta.psar
ta.psar
Definition: Parabolic SAR (parabolic stop and reverse) is a method devised by J. Welles Wilder, Jr., to find potential reversals in the market price direction of traded goods.
Syntax:
Returns: Parabolic SAR.
Arguments:
start
simple int/float
Start.
inc
simple int/float
Increment.
max
simple int/float
Maximum.
ta.pvt
ta.pvt
Definition: Price-volume trend indicator (PVT) shows the relationship between price and volume and is designed to confirm price trends.
Syntax:
Returns: Price-volume trend indicator.
Arguments:
close
series int/float
Close price series.
volume
series int/float
Volume series.
ta.rma
ta.rma
Definition: Moving average used in RSI. It is the exponentially weighted moving average with alpha = 1 / length.
Syntax:
Returns: Exponential moving average of source
with alpha = 1 / length
.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
simple int
Number of bars (length).
ta.roc
ta.roc
Definition: Calculates the percentage of change (rate of change) between the current value of source
and its value length
bars ago.
Syntax:
Returns: The rate of change of source
for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.rsi
ta.rsi
Definition: Relative strength index. It is calculated using the ta.rma()
of upward and downward changes of source
over the last length
bars.
Syntax:
Returns: Relative strength index.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
simple int
Number of bars (length).
ta.sar
ta.sar
Definition: Parabolic SAR (parabolic stop and reverse) is a method devised by J. Welles Wilder, Jr., to find potential reversals in the market price direction of traded goods.
Syntax:
Returns: Parabolic SAR.
Arguments:
start
simple int/float
Start.
inc
simple int/float
Increment.
max
simple int/float
Maximum.
ta.sma
ta.sma
Definition: The sma function returns the moving average, that is the sum of the last length
values of source
, divided by length
.
Syntax:
Returns: Simple moving average of source
for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.stdev
ta.stdev
Definition: Standard deviation.
Syntax:
Returns: Standard deviation.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
biased
series bool
Determines which estimate should be used. Optional. The default is true.
ta.stoch
ta.stoch
Definition: Stochastic. It is calculated by a formula: 100 * (close - lowest(low, length)) / (highest(high, length) - lowest(low, length)).
Syntax:
Returns: Stochastic.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source series.
high
series int/float
Series of high.
low
series int/float
Series of low.
length
series int
Length (number of bars back).
ta.supertrend
ta.supertrend
Definition: The Supertrend Indicator. The Supertrend is a trend following indicator.
Syntax:
Returns: Tuple of two supertrend series: supertrend line and direction of trend. Possible values are 1 (down direction) and -1 (up direction).
Arguments:
factor
series int/float
The multiplier by which the ATR will get multiplied.
atrPeriod
simple int
Length of ATR.
ta.swma
ta.swma
Definition: Symmetrically weighted moving average with fixed length: 4. Weights: [1/6, 2/6, 2/6, 1/6].
Syntax:
Returns: Symmetrically weighted moving average.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source series.
ta.tr
ta.tr
Definition: True range. It is math.max(high - low, math.abs(high - close[1]), math.abs(low - close[1])
.
Syntax:
Returns: True range.
Arguments:
handle_na
simple bool
How NaN values are handled. If true, and the previous day's close is NaN, then tr
would be calculated as the current day's high - low. Otherwise (if false), tr
would return NaN in such cases. Also note that ta.atr
uses ta.tr(true)
.
ta.tsi
ta.tsi
Definition: True strength index. It uses moving averages of the underlying momentum of a financial instrument.
Syntax:
Returns: True strength index. A value in the range [-1, 1].
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source series.
short_length
simple int
Short length.
long_length
simple int
Long length.
ta.valuewhen
ta.valuewhen
Definition: Returns the value of the source
series on the bar where the condition
was true on the nth most recent occurrence.
Syntax:
Returns: The value of the source
series on the bar where the condition
was true on the nth most recent occurrence.
Arguments:
condition
series bool
The condition to search for.
source
series int/float/bool/color
The value to be returned from the bar where the condition is met.
occurrence
simple int
The occurrence of the condition. The numbering starts from 0 and goes back in time, so '0' is the most recent occurrence of condition
, '1' is the second most recent, and so forth. Must be an integer >= 0.
ta.variance
ta.variance
Definition: Variance is the expectation of the squared deviation of a series from its mean (ta.sma
), and it informally measures how far a set of numbers are spread out from their mean.
Syntax:
Returns: Variance of source
for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
biased
series bool
Determines which estimate should be used. Optional. The default is true.
ta.vwap
ta.vwap
Definition: Volume weighted average price.
Syntax:
Returns: A VWAP series or a tuple [vwap, upper_band, lower_band] if stdev_mult
is specified.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Source used for the VWAP calculation.
anchor
series bool
The condition that triggers the reset of VWAP calculations. When true, calculations reset; when false, calculations proceed using the values accumulated since the previous reset. Optional. The default is equivalent to passing timeframe.change
with '1D' as its argument.
stdev_mult
series int/float
If specified, the function will calculate the standard deviation bands based on the main VWAP series and return a [vwap, upper_band, lower_band] tuple. The upper_band
/lower_band
values are calculated using the VWAP to which the standard deviation multiplied by this argument is added/subtracted. Optional. The default is na
, in which case the function returns a single value, not a tuple.
ta.vwma
ta.vwma
Definition: The vwma function returns volume-weighted moving average of source
for length
bars back. It is the same as: sma(source * volume, length) / sma(volume, length)
.
Syntax:
Returns: Volume-weighted moving average of source
for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.wma
ta.wma
Definition: The wma function returns weighted moving average of source
for length
bars back. In wma, weighting factors decrease in arithmetical progression.
Syntax:
Returns: Weighted moving average of source
for length
bars back.
Arguments:
source
series int/float
Series of values to process.
length
series int
Number of bars (length).
ta.wpr
ta.wpr
Definition: Williams %R. The oscillator shows the current closing price in relation to the high and low of the past 'length' bars.
Syntax:
Returns: Williams %R.
Arguments:
length
series int
Number of bars.
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