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Indicators & Oscillators

Signal Line

A moving average of an indicator's own values, plotted alongside it to mark where the indicator turns relative to its own trend.

Signal Line = Moving Average of the Indicator's values over a stated period qualitative Indicators & Oscillators

Simple Moving Average

A moving average that weights every period in the window equally.

SMA = (P1 + P2 + ... + Pn) / n ₹ Indicators & Oscillators

Smoothing Period

The number of periods an indicator averages over, controlling how much noise it removes and how much it lags.

Test: increasing the smoothing period reduces the variance of the indicator's output and increases its lag days Indicators & Oscillators

Stochastic Oscillator

An oscillator showing where the current close sits within the high-low range of the last n periods.

%K = (Close - Lowest Low over n) / (Highest High over n - Lowest Low over n) x 100; %D = 3-period moving average of %K % Indicators & Oscillators

Stochastic RSI

The stochastic formula applied to RSI values rather than to price, showing where RSI sits within its own recent range.

StochRSI = (Current RSI - Lowest RSI over n) / (Highest RSI over n - Lowest RSI over n) ratio (x, times) Indicators & Oscillators

Supertrend

A trailing band plotted at a multiple of average true range from the midpoint of price, flipping sides when price crosses it.

Upper Band = (High + Low) / 2 + Multiplier x ATR; Lower Band = (High + Low) / 2 - Multiplier x ATR ₹ Indicators & Oscillators

Swing High and Swing Low

A local peak or trough defined by a stated number of lower highs or higher lows on either side of it.

Swing High: a high greater than the n highs before it and the n highs after it; Swing Low: the mirror condition ₹