Moving average

Indicators core.ma Version 1.0.0

SMA, EMA, WMA or HMA over N periods. Calculates like TradingView: ta.sma, ta.ema (seeded with the SMA of the first N values), ta.wma and ta.hma. The EMA 200 is a classic trend filter.

Inputs and outputs

Only matching types connect: number series to number series (round pin), signal to signal (square), message to message (diamond).

Direction	Pin	Type	Note
Input	Value in	Number series	required
Output	Average out	Number series	in the unit of the input

Settings

The settings appear on the right under “Properties” once the node is selected on the board. Those marked “More” appear after clicking “More”.

Setting	Default	Allowed	Meaning
Type kind	EMA · exponential (ema)	SMA · simple · EMA · exponential · WMA · weighted · HMA · Hull	–
Periods length	20	from 2 to 500, whole number	–

Example

Notifies you when the price crosses above the EMA 200.

On the board it reads: EMA 200

Chain as JSON

To try it, copy it and paste it in the editor under “Import”. Importing creates a new chain.

ma.json

{
  "name": "Example: Moving average",
  "version": 1,
  "nodes": [
    { "id": "c1", "type": "core.candle", "position": { "x": 40, "y": 40 }, "settings": { "pair": "BTC/USDT", "timeframe": "1h" } },
    { "id": "e1", "type": "core.ma", "position": { "x": 260, "y": 40 }, "settings": { "kind": "ema", "length": 200 } },
    { "id": "k1", "type": "core.compare-ab", "position": { "x": 480, "y": 40 }, "settings": { "operator": "crossesAbove" } },
    { "id": "p1", "type": "core.push", "position": { "x": 700, "y": 40 }, "settings": {} }
  ],
  "edges": [
    { "from": "c1.close", "to": "e1.in" },
    { "from": "c1.close", "to": "k1.a" },
    { "from": "e1.out", "to": "k1.b" },
    { "from": "k1.out", "to": "p1.in" }
  ]
}

Good to know

• In messages the value is called “EMA 20”.
• Warm-up with the default settings: 100 candles (this many extra candles are loaded by the replay before the value is reliable).
• Search also finds it under: moving average, trend, sma, ema, wma, hma, hull.

Technical details

• Type in the chain: core.ma · Version 1.0.0 · Category key ind
• Reference tests in the manifest: 5 (with fixed price data binance-btcusdt-1h-500)
• How a node is built