Indicator Reference

TechKit implements 189 technical indicators, 100% compatible with TA-Lib.

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Category	Count	Description	Link
Overlap Studies	17	Moving averages, Bollinger Bands, SAR	Details
Momentum Indicators	30	RSI, MACD, Stochastic, ADX	Details
Volatility Indicators	3	ATR, NATR, True Range	Details
Volume Indicators	3	OBV, A/D, ADOSC	Details
Statistical Functions	9	Regression, correlation, variance	Details
Pattern Recognition	61	Candlestick patterns	Details
Math Functions	26	Arithmetic, trigonometric	Details
Cycle Indicators	5	Hilbert Transform	Details

Input Types

Close Price Only

These indicators only need closing prices:

• Moving Averages: SMA, EMA, WMA, DEMA, TEMA, KAMA, TRIMA, T3, MA, MAVP

• Momentum: RSI, MOM, ROC, ROCP, ROCR, ROCR100, APO, PPO, CMO, TRIX

• Statistics: STDDEV, VAR, LINEARREG*, TSF, BETA, CORREL

• Math: All math operators and transforms

• Cycle: All HT_* indicators

OHLCV Required

These indicators need full OHLCV bar data:

• Volatility: ATR, NATR, TRANGE

• Directional Movement: ADX, ADXR, DX, PLUS_DI, MINUS_DI, PLUS_DM, MINUS_DM

• Oscillators: CCI, WILLR, MFI, STOCH, STOCHF, ULTOSC

• Volume: OBV, AD, ADOSC

• Overlap: SAR, SAREXT, MIDPRICE, BOP

• Patterns: All CDL* pattern functions

Output Types

Single Output

Most indicators return a single value per bar.

Multiple Outputs

Indicator	Outputs	Description
MACD	macd, signal, histogram	MACD line, signal line, histogram
MACDEXT	macd, signal, histogram	Extended MACD with configurable MA types
MACDFIX	macd, signal, histogram	Fixed-period MACD (12/26)
BBANDS	upper, middle, lower	Upper band, middle (SMA), lower band
STOCH	slowk, slowd	%K line (smoothed), %D line (SMA of %K)
STOCHF	fastk, fastd	Fast %K, fast %D
STOCHRSI	fastk, fastd	Stochastic of RSI
ADX	plus_di, minus_di, adx	+DI, -DI, ADX
AROON	aroon_up, aroon_down	Aroon Up (0-100), Aroon Down (0-100)
HT_PHASOR	inphase, quadrature	InPhase and Quadrature components
HT_SINE	sine, leadsine	Sine and LeadSine of dominant cycle
MINMAX	min, max	Minimum and maximum over period
DRAWDOWN	drawdown, max_drawdown, duration, max_duration	Current and max drawdown metrics

Complete Indicator List

Overlap Studies (17)

Indicator	Function	Input	Outputs	Default Period	Lookback
SMA	Simple Moving Average	Close	1	20	period - 1
EMA	Exponential Moving Average	Close	1	20	period - 1
WMA	Weighted Moving Average	Close	1	30	period - 1
DEMA	Double Exponential MA	Close	1	30	2×(period-1)
TEMA	Triple Exponential MA	Close	1	30	3×(period-1)
TRIMA	Triangular Moving Average	Close	1	30	period - 1
KAMA	Kaufman Adaptive MA	Close	1	30	period
T3	T3 Moving Average	Close	1	5	6×(period-1)
MA	Generic Moving Average	Close	1	30	varies
MAVP	Variable Period MA	Close	1	-	max_period-1
MAMA	MESA Adaptive MA	Close	2	-	-
BBANDS	Bollinger Bands	Close	3	5, 2.0	period - 1
SAR	Parabolic SAR	OHLC	1	0.02, 0.20	1
SAREXT	Extended Parabolic SAR	OHLC	1	-	1
MIDPOINT	Midpoint over period	Close	1	14	period - 1
MIDPRICE	Midpoint Price	OHLC	1	14	period - 1
HT_TRENDLINE	Hilbert Trendline	Close	1	-	63

Momentum Indicators (30)

Indicator	Function	Input	Outputs	Default Period	Lookback
RSI	Relative Strength Index	Close	1	14	period
MACD	MACD	Close	3	12, 26, 9	slow+signal-2
MACDEXT	Extended MACD	Close	3	12, 26, 9	varies
MACDFIX	Fixed MACD	Close	3	9	25+signal-1
STOCH	Stochastic Oscillator	OHLC	2	5, 3, 3	k+k_slow+d-3
STOCHF	Fast Stochastic	OHLC	2	5, 3	k+d-2
STOCHRSI	Stochastic RSI	Close	2	14, 14, 3, 3	rsi+stoch+k+d-4
ADX	Average Directional Index	OHLC	3	14	2×period-1
ADXR	ADX Rating	OHLC	1	14	3×period-2
DX	Directional Movement Index	OHLC	1	14	2×period-1
PLUS_DI	Plus Directional Indicator	OHLC	1	14	period
MINUS_DI	Minus Directional Indicator	OHLC	1	14	period
PLUS_DM	Plus Directional Movement	OHLC	1	14	period
MINUS_DM	Minus Directional Movement	OHLC	1	14	period
CCI	Commodity Channel Index	OHLC	1	20	period-1
CMO	Chande Momentum Oscillator	Close	1	14	period
MFI	Money Flow Index	OHLCV	1	14	period
MOM	Momentum	Close	1	10	period
ROC	Rate of Change	Close	1	10	period
ROCP	Rate of Change %	Close	1	10	period
ROCR	Rate of Change Ratio	Close	1	10	period
ROCR100	Rate of Change Ratio × 100	Close	1	10	period
APO	Absolute Price Oscillator	Close	1	12, 26	slow-1
PPO	Percentage Price Oscillator	Close	1	12, 26	slow-1
TRIX	Triple Exponential Average	Close	1	30	3×(period-1)
ULTOSC	Ultimate Oscillator	OHLC	1	7, 14, 28	period3
WILLR	Williams %R	OHLC	1	14	period-1
AROON	Aroon	OHLC	2	14	period
AROONOSC	Aroon Oscillator	OHLC	1	14	period
BOP	Balance of Power	OHLC	1	-	0

Volatility Indicators (3)

Indicator	Function	Input	Outputs	Default Period	Lookback
ATR	Average True Range	OHLC	1	14	period
NATR	Normalized ATR	OHLC	1	14	period
TRANGE	True Range	OHLC	1	-	1

Volume Indicators (3)

Indicator	Function	Input	Outputs	Default Period	Lookback
OBV	On Balance Volume	OHLCV	1	-	0
AD	Accumulation/Distribution	OHLCV	1	-	0
ADOSC	Chaikin A/D Oscillator	OHLCV	1	3, 10	slow-1

Statistical Functions (9)

Indicator	Function	Input	Outputs	Default Period	Lookback
STDDEV	Standard Deviation	Close	1	5	period-1
VAR	Variance	Close	1	5	period-1
LINEARREG	Linear Regression	Close	1	14	period-1
LINEARREG_SLOPE	LR Slope	Close	1	14	period-1
LINEARREG_INTERCEPT	LR Intercept	Close	1	14	period-1
LINEARREG_ANGLE	LR Angle	Close	1	14	period-1
TSF	Time Series Forecast	Close	1	14	period-1
BETA	Beta Coefficient	Close×2	1	5	period-1
CORREL	Pearson Correlation	Close×2	1	30	period-1

Pattern Recognition (61)

All pattern functions return:

• +100: Bullish pattern detected

• -100: Bearish pattern detected

• 0: No pattern

Pattern	Function	Type	Lookback
Doji	CDL_DOJI	Neutral	0
Dragonfly Doji	CDL_DRAGONFLYDOJI	Bullish	0
Gravestone Doji	CDL_GRAVESTONEDOJI	Bearish	0
Long-Legged Doji	CDL_LONGLEGGEDDOJI	Neutral	0
Hammer	CDL_HAMMER	Bullish	0
Inverted Hammer	CDL_INVERTEDHAMMER	Bullish	0
Hanging Man	CDL_HANGINGMAN	Bearish	0
Shooting Star	CDL_SHOOTINGSTAR	Bearish	0
Marubozu	CDL_MARUBOZU	Continuation	0
Closing Marubozu	CDL_CLOSINGMARUBOZU	Continuation	0
Spinning Top	CDL_SPINNINGTOP	Neutral	0
High-Wave	CDL_HIGHWAVE	Neutral	0
Engulfing	CDL_ENGULFING	Reversal	1
Harami	CDL_HARAMI	Reversal	1
Harami Cross	CDL_HARAMICROSS	Reversal	1
Piercing	CDL_PIERCING	Bullish	1
Dark Cloud Cover	CDL_DARKCLOUDCOVER	Bearish	1
Belt-hold	CDL_BELTHOLD	Reversal	0
Counterattack	CDL_COUNTERATTACK	Reversal	1
Homing Pigeon	CDL_HOMINGPIGEON	Bullish	1
In-Neck	CDL_INNECK	Bearish	1
On-Neck	CDL_ONNECK	Bearish	1
Matching Low	CDL_MATCHINGLOW	Bullish	1
Kicking	CDL_KICKING	Reversal	1
Kicking by Length	CDL_KICKINGBYLENGTH	Reversal	1
Separating Lines	CDL_SEPARATINGLINES	Reversal	1
Thrusting	CDL_THRUSTING	Bearish	1
Morning Star	CDL_MORNINGSTAR	Bullish	2
Evening Star	CDL_EVENINGSTAR	Bearish	2
Morning Doji Star	CDL_MORNINGDOJISTAR	Bullish	2
Evening Doji Star	CDL_EVENINGDOJISTAR	Bearish	2
Three Inside	CDL_3INSIDE	Reversal	2
Three Outside	CDL_3OUTSIDE	Reversal	2
Three White Soldiers	CDL_3WHITESOLDIERS	Bullish	2
Three Black Crows	CDL_3BLACKCROWS	Bearish	2
Three Line Strike	CDL_3LINESTRIKE	Continuation	3
Abandoned Baby	CDL_ABANDONEDBABY	Reversal	2
Tri-Star	CDL_TRISTAR	Reversal	2
Identical Three Crows	CDL_IDENTICAL3CROWS	Bearish	2
Two Crows	CDL_2CROWS	Bearish	2
Advance Block	CDL_ADVANCEBLOCK	Bearish	2
Breakaway	CDL_BREAKAWAY	Reversal	4
Concealing Baby Swallow	CDL_CONCEALBABYSWALL	Bullish	3
Doji Star	CDL_DOJISTAR	Reversal	1
Gap Side-by-Side White	CDL_GAPSIDESIDEWHITE	Continuation	2
Hikkake	CDL_HIKKAKE	Reversal	2
Modified Hikkake	CDL_HIKKAKEMOD	Reversal	2
Ladder Bottom	CDL_LADDERBOTTOM	Bullish	4
Rickshaw Man	CDL_RICKSHAWMAN	Neutral	0
Stalled Pattern	CDL_STALLEDPATTERN	Bearish	2
Stick Sandwich	CDL_STICKSANDWICH	Bullish	2
Three Stars In South	CDL_3STARSINSOUTH	Bullish	2
Long Line	CDL_LONGLINE	Continuation	0
Short Line	CDL_SHORTLINE	Continuation	0
Mat Hold	CDL_MATHOLD	Continuation	4
Rising/Falling Three Methods	CDL_RISEFALL3METHODS	Continuation	4
Takuri	CDL_TAKURI	Bullish	0
Tasuki Gap	CDL_TASUKIGAP	Continuation	2
Unique 3 River	CDL_UNIQUE3RIVER	Bullish	2
Upside Gap Two Crows	CDL_UPSIDEGAP2CROWS	Bearish	2
Up/Downside Gap Three Methods	CDL_XSIDEGAP3METHODS	Continuation	2

Math Functions (26)

Function	Description	Input	Lookback
AVGPRICE	Average Price	OHLC	0
MEDPRICE	Median Price	OHLC	0
TYPPRICE	Typical Price	OHLC	0
WCLPRICE	Weighted Close Price	OHLC	0
ADD	Addition	Close×2	0
SUB	Subtraction	Close×2	0
MULT	Multiplication	Close×2	0
DIV	Division	Close×2	0
MAX	Maximum	Close	period-1
MIN	Minimum	Close	period-1
SUM	Sum	Close	period-1
MAXINDEX	Index of Maximum	Close	period-1
MININDEX	Index of Minimum	Close	period-1
MINMAX	Min and Max	Close	period-1
MINMAXINDEX	Min/Max Indices	Close	period-1
SIN	Sine	Close	0
COS	Cosine	Close	0
TAN	Tangent	Close	0
ASIN	Arc Sine	Close	0
ACOS	Arc Cosine	Close	0
ATAN	Arc Tangent	Close	0
SINH	Hyperbolic Sine	Close	0
COSH	Hyperbolic Cosine	Close	0
TANH	Hyperbolic Tangent	Close	0
CEIL	Ceiling	Close	0
FLOOR	Floor	Close	0
EXP	Exponential	Close	0
LN	Natural Logarithm	Close	0
LOG10	Base-10 Logarithm	Close	0
SQRT	Square Root	Close	0

Cycle Indicators (5)

Indicator	Function	Input	Outputs	Lookback
HT_DCPERIOD	Dominant Cycle Period	Close	1	63
HT_DCPHASE	Dominant Cycle Phase	Close	1	63
HT_PHASOR	Phasor Components	Close	2	63
HT_SINE	SineWave	Close	2	63
HT_TRENDMODE	Trend vs Cycle Mode	Close	1	63

Common Periods

Moving Averages

• 10: Short-term trend

• 20: Standard short-term (most common)

• 50: Medium-term trend

• 100: Long-term trend

• 200: Major trend, institutional level

Momentum

• 14: Standard period (RSI, ADX, Stochastic, etc.)

• 12/26/9: MACD defaults

• 5/3/3: Fast Stochastic defaults

• 7/14/28: Ultimate Oscillator defaults

Volatility

• 14: Standard ATR period

Related Documentation

• Python API Reference

• C API Reference

• Implementation Notes

• Overlap Studies
  • SMA - Simple Moving Average
  • EMA - Exponential Moving Average
  • WMA - Weighted Moving Average
  • DEMA - Double Exponential Moving Average
  • TEMA - Triple Exponential Moving Average
  • KAMA - Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average
  • TRIMA - Triangular Moving Average
  • T3 - Triple Exponential Moving Average (Tilson)
  • BBANDS - Bollinger Bands
  • SAR - Parabolic Stop and Reverse
  • MIDPOINT - MidPoint over Period
  • MIDPRICE - Midpoint Price over Period
  • MA - Moving Average (Generic)
  • MAVP - Moving Average with Variable Period
  • MAMA - MESA Adaptive Moving Average
  • HT_TRENDLINE - Hilbert Transform Instantaneous Trendline
  • SAREXT - Parabolic SAR Extended
  • Related Indicators
• Momentum Indicators
  • RSI - Relative Strength Index
  • MACD - Moving Average Convergence Divergence
  • STOCH - Stochastic Oscillator
  • ADX - Average Directional Index
  • Other Momentum Indicators
  • MOM - Momentum
  • ROC - Rate of Change
  • ROCP - Rate of Change Percentage
  • ROCR - Rate of Change Ratio
  • ROCR100 - Rate of Change Ratio × 100
  • MACDEXT - MACD Extended
  • MACDFIX - MACD Fixed 12/26
  • STOCHF - Stochastic Fast
  • STOCHRSI - Stochastic RSI
  • ADXR - Average Directional Index Rating
  • DX - Directional Movement Index
  • PLUS_DI - Plus Directional Indicator
  • MINUS_DI - Minus Directional Indicator
  • PLUS_DM - Plus Directional Movement
  • MINUS_DM - Minus Directional Movement
  • CCI - Commodity Channel Index
  • CMO - Chande Momentum Oscillator
  • MFI - Money Flow Index
  • WILLR - Williams %R
  • APO - Absolute Price Oscillator
  • PPO - Percentage Price Oscillator
  • TRIX - Triple Smooth EMA Rate of Change
  • ULTOSC - Ultimate Oscillator
  • AROON - Aroon Indicator
  • AROONOSC - Aroon Oscillator
  • BOP - Balance of Power
• Volatility Indicators
  • ATR - Average True Range
  • NATR - Normalized Average True Range
  • TRANGE - True Range
  • Related Indicators
• Volume Indicators
  • OBV - On Balance Volume
  • AD - Accumulation/Distribution Line
  • ADOSC - Chaikin A/D Oscillator
  • MFI - Money Flow Index
  • Volume Indicator Comparison
  • Related Indicators
• Statistical Functions
  • STDDEV - Standard Deviation
  • VAR - Variance
  • Linear Regression Functions
  • LINEARREG - Linear Regression
  • LINEARREG_SLOPE - Linear Regression Slope
  • LINEARREG_INTERCEPT - Linear Regression Intercept
  • LINEARREG_ANGLE - Linear Regression Angle
  • TSF - Time Series Forecast
  • BETA - Beta Coefficient
  • CORREL - Pearson Correlation
  • Statistical Functions Summary
  • Related Indicators
• Candlestick Pattern Recognition
  • Pattern Output Values
  • API Usage
  • Pattern Categories
• Single Candle Patterns
  • CDLDOJI - Doji
  • CDLDOJISTAR - Doji Star
  • CDLDRAGONFLYDOJI - Dragonfly Doji
  • CDLGRAVESTONEDOJI - Gravestone Doji
  • CDLLONGLEGGEDDOJI - Long-Legged Doji
  • CDLRICKSHAWMAN - Rickshaw Man
  • CDLHAMMER - Hammer
  • CDLHANGINGMAN - Hanging Man
  • CDLINVERTEDHAMMER - Inverted Hammer
  • CDLSHOOTINGSTAR - Shooting Star
  • CDLMARUBOZU - Marubozu
  • CDLLONGLINE - Long Line Candle
  • CDLSHORTLINE - Short Line Candle
  • CDLSPINNINGTOP - Spinning Top
  • CDLHIGHWAVE - High Wave Candle
  • CDLTAKURI - Takuri (Dragonfly Doji with longer shadow)
• Two Candle Patterns
  • CDLENGULFING - Engulfing Pattern
  • CDLHARAMI - Harami Pattern
  • CDLHARAMICROSS - Harami Cross
  • CDLPIERCING - Piercing Pattern
  • CDLDARKCLOUDCOVER - Dark Cloud Cover
  • CDLBELTHOLD - Belt Hold
  • CDLCOUNTERATTACK - Counterattack Lines
  • CDLHIKKAKE - Hikkake Pattern
  • CDLHIKKAKEMOD - Modified Hikkake
  • CDLHOMINGPIGEON - Homing Pigeon
  • CDLINNECK - In Neck Pattern
  • CDLONNECK - On Neck Pattern
  • CDLKICKING - Kicking Pattern
  • CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH - Kicking by Length
  • CDLMATCHINGLOW - Matching Low
  • CDLTHRUSTING - Thrusting Pattern
  • CDL2CROWS - Two Crows
• Three or More Candle Patterns
  • CDLMORNINGSTAR - Morning Star
  • CDLEVENINGSTAR - Evening Star
  • CDLMORNINGDOJISTAR - Morning Doji Star
  • CDLEVENINGDOJISTAR - Evening Doji Star
  • CDL3WHITESOLDIERS - Three White Soldiers
  • CDL3BLACKCROWS - Three Black Crows
  • CDL3INSIDE - Three Inside Up/Down
  • CDL3OUTSIDE - Three Outside Up/Down
  • CDL3LINESTRIKE - Three Line Strike
  • CDL3STARSINSOUTH - Three Stars in the South
  • CDLABANDONEDBABY - Abandoned Baby
  • CDLADVANCEBLOCK - Advance Block
  • CDLBREAKAWAY - Breakaway Pattern
  • CDLCONCEALBABYSWALL - Concealing Baby Swallow
  • CDLGAPSIDESIDEWHITE - Up/Down Gap Side-by-Side White Lines
  • CDLIDENTICAL3CROWS - Identical Three Crows
  • CDLLADDERBOTTOM - Ladder Bottom
  • CDLMATHOLD - Mat Hold
  • CDLRISEFALL3METHODS - Rising/Falling Three Methods
  • CDLSEPARATINGLINES - Separating Lines
  • CDLSTALLEDPATTERN - Stalled Pattern
  • CDLSTICKSANDWICH - Stick Sandwich
  • CDLTASUKIGAP - Tasuki Gap
  • CDLTRISTAR - Tri-Star
  • CDLUNIQUE3RIVER - Unique Three River Bottom
  • CDLUPSIDEGAP2CROWS - Upside Gap Two Crows
  • CDLXSIDEGAP3METHODS - Upside/Downside Gap Three Methods
• Pattern Summary Table
• Pattern Scanning
  • Batch Scanning All Patterns
• Math Functions
  • Price Transforms
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Aggregation Functions
  • Trigonometric Functions
  • Hyperbolic Functions
  • Other Math Functions
  • Usage Examples
  • Common Use Cases
  • Related Indicators
• Cycle Indicators
  • HT_DCPERIOD - Dominant Cycle Period
  • HT_DCPHASE - Dominant Cycle Phase
  • HT_PHASOR - Phasor Components
  • HT_SINE - SineWave
  • HT_TRENDLINE - Instantaneous Trendline
  • HT_TRENDMODE - Trend vs. Cycle Mode
  • Hilbert Transform Overview
  • Related Indicators
  • Further Reading