Module backtrader.indicators.smma

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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                        unicode_literals)

from . import MovingAverageBase, ExponentialSmoothing


class SmoothedMovingAverage(MovingAverageBase):
    '''
    Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book `New Concepts in
    Technical Trading`

    Defined in his book originally as:

      - new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

    Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

      - self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
      - self.smfactor1 -> `1.0 - self.smfactor`

    Formula:
      - movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

    See also:
      - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average
    '''
    alias = ('SMMA', 'WilderMA', 'MovingAverageSmoothed',
             'MovingAverageWilder', 'ModifiedMovingAverage',)
    lines = ('smma',)

    def __init__(self):
        # Before super to ensure mixins (right-hand side in subclassing)
        # can see the assignment operation and operate on the line
        self.lines[0] = ExponentialSmoothing(
            self.data,
            period=self.p.period,
            alpha=1.0 / self.p.period)
        super(SmoothedMovingAverage, self).__init__()

Classes

class ModifiedMovingAverage

Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book New Concepts in Technical Trading

Defined in his book originally as:

  • new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

  • self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
  • self.smfactor1 -> 1.0 - self.smfactor

Formula

  • movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average

Ancestors

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members

class MovingAverageSmoothed

Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book New Concepts in Technical Trading

Defined in his book originally as:

  • new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

  • self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
  • self.smfactor1 -> 1.0 - self.smfactor

Formula

  • movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average

Ancestors

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members

class MovingAverageWilder

Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book New Concepts in Technical Trading

Defined in his book originally as:

  • new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

  • self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
  • self.smfactor1 -> 1.0 - self.smfactor

Formula

  • movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average

Ancestors

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members

class SMMA

Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book New Concepts in Technical Trading

Defined in his book originally as:

  • new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

  • self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
  • self.smfactor1 -> 1.0 - self.smfactor

Formula

  • movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average

Ancestors

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members

class SmoothedMovingAverage

Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book New Concepts in Technical Trading

Defined in his book originally as:

  • new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

  • self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
  • self.smfactor1 -> 1.0 - self.smfactor

Formula

  • movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average

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class SmoothedMovingAverage(MovingAverageBase):
    '''
    Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book `New Concepts in
    Technical Trading`

    Defined in his book originally as:

      - new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

    Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

      - self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
      - self.smfactor1 -> `1.0 - self.smfactor`

    Formula:
      - movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

    See also:
      - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average
    '''
    alias = ('SMMA', 'WilderMA', 'MovingAverageSmoothed',
             'MovingAverageWilder', 'ModifiedMovingAverage',)
    lines = ('smma',)

    def __init__(self):
        # Before super to ensure mixins (right-hand side in subclassing)
        # can see the assignment operation and operate on the line
        self.lines[0] = ExponentialSmoothing(
            self.data,
            period=self.p.period,
            alpha=1.0 / self.p.period)
        super(SmoothedMovingAverage, self).__init__()

Ancestors

Subclasses

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members

class WilderMA

Smoothing Moving Average used by Wilder in his 1978 book New Concepts in Technical Trading

Defined in his book originally as:

  • new_value = (old_value * (period - 1) + new_data) / period

Can be expressed as a SmoothingMovingAverage with the following factors:

  • self.smfactor -> 1.0 / period
  • self.smfactor1 -> 1.0 - self.smfactor

Formula

  • movav = prev * (1.0 - smoothfactor) + newdata * smoothfactor

See also: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Modified_moving_average

Ancestors

Class variables

var alias
var aliased
var frompackages
var linealias
var packages
var params
var plotinfo
var plotlines

Inherited members