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Stochastic Oscillator

Created by George Lane, the Stochastic Oscillator, also known as KDJ Index, is a momentum oscillator that compares current price with recent highs and lows and is presented on a scale of 0 to 100. [Discuss] 💬

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Parameters

lookbackPeriods int - Lookback period (N) for the oscillator (%K). Must be greater than 0. Default is 14.

signalPeriods int - Smoothing period for the signal (%D). Must be greater than 0. Default is 3.

smoothPeriods int - Smoothing period (S) for the Oscillator (%K). “Slow” stochastic uses 3, “Fast” stochastic uses 1. Must be greater than 0. Default is 3.

kFactor double - Optional. Weight of %K in the %J calculation. Must be greater than 0. Default is 3.

dFactor double - Optional. Weight of %D in the %J calculation. Must be greater than 0. Default is 2.

movingAverageType MaType - Optional. Type of moving average (SMA or SMMA) used for smoothing. Default is MaType.SMA.

Historical quotes requirements

You must have at least N+S periods of quotes to cover the warmup periods.

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