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Where is the BIG LIST OF INDICATORS?
joel grey
posted Nov 11, 2015
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Hi and thanks for any feedback. I am new and looking for the big list of technical indicators. Anything like the list of fundamental data references on this page
https://www.quantopian.com/help/fundamentals

Would like to use technical indicators simular to the ones found in most graphing programs.
Looking for indicators like:
Aroon - Uses Aroon Up and Aroon Down to determine whether a stock is trending or not.
Aroon Oscillator - Measures the difference between Aroon Up and Aroon Down.
Average Directional Index (ADX) - Shows whether a stock is trending or oscillating.
Average True Range (ATR) - Measures a stock's volatility.
BandWidth - Shows the percentage difference between the upper and lower Bollinger Band.
%B Indicator - Shows the relationship between price and standard deviation bands. Commodity Channel Index (CCI) - Shows a stock's variation from its 'typical' price.
Coppock Curve - An oscillator that uses rate-of-change and a weighted moving average to measure momentum.
Correlation Coefficient - Shows the degree of correlation between two securities over a given time frame.
Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) - Combines price and volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock. Alternative to Accumulation/Distribution Line.
Chaikin Oscillator - Combines price and volume to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock. Based on Accumulation/Distribution Line.
DecisionPoint Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) - An advanced momentum indicator that tracks a stock's rate of change.
Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO) - A price oscillator that uses a displaced moving average to identify cycles.
Ease of Movement (EMV) - An indicator that compares volume and price to identify significant moves.
Force Index - A simple price-and-volume oscillator.
Mass Index - An indicator that identifies reversals when the price range widens.
Moving Average Convergence/Divergence Oscillator (MACD) - A momentum oscillator based on the difference between two EMAs.
MACD-Histogram - A momentum oscillator that shows the difference between MACD and its signal line.
Money Flow Index (MFI) - A volume-weighted version of RSI that shows shifts is buying and selling pressure.
Negative Volume Index (NVI) - A cumulative volume-based indicator used to identify trend reversals.
On Balance Volume (OBV) - Combines price and volume in a very simple way to show how money may be flowing into or out of a stock.
Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO) - A percentage-based version of the MACD indicator.
Percentage Volume Oscillator (PVO) - The PPO indicator applied to volume instead of price.
Price Relative / Relative Strength - Technical indicator that compares the performance of two stocks to each other by dividing their price data.
Pring's Know Sure Thing (KST) - A momentum oscillator from Martin Pring based on the smoothed rate-of-change for four different time frames.
Pring's Special K - A momentum indicator from Martin Pring that combines short-term, intermediate and long-term velocity.
Rate of Change (ROC) and Momentum - Shows the speed at which a stock's price is changing.
Relative Strength Index (RSI) - Shows how strongly a stock is moving in its current direction.
RRG Relative Strength - Uses RS-Ratio to measure relative performance and RS-Momentum to measure the momentum of relative performance.
StockCharts Technical Ranks (SCTRs) - Our relative ranking system based on a stock's technical strength.
Slope - Measures the rise-over-run for a linear regression
Standard Deviation (Volatility) - A statistical measure of a stock's volatility.
Stochastic Oscillator (Fast, Slow, and Full) - Shows how a stock's price is doing relative to past movements. Fast, Slow and Full Stochastics are explained.
StochRSI - Combines Stochastics with the RSI indicator. Helps you see RSI changes more clearly.
TRIX - A triple-smoothed moving average of price movements.
True Strength Index - An indicator that measures trend direction and identifies overbought/oversold levels.
Ulcer Index - An indicator designed to measure market risk or volatility.
Ultimate Oscillator - Combines long-term, mid-term and short-term moving averages into one number.
Vortex Indicator - An indicator designed to identify the start of a new trend and define the current trend.
Williams %R - Uses Stochastics to determine overbought and oversold levels.

J

2 responses
Alisa Deychman
Nov 11, 2015

Those technical indicators are in the talib library: http://ta-lib.org/function.html

You can import the library into your algo and use those indicators in your strategy. If you're looking for ideas or syntax help, try searching the community for indicator examples!

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joel grey
Nov 12, 2015

Alisa,

Thanks. I was also on the help chat and someone named Jamie sent me this list.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15AGCufJZ8CIUvwFJ9W-IKns88gkWOKBCvByMEvm5MLo/edit#
I looks promising.

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