macd: Chart the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)...

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Chart the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator

Description

A high-level plotly::plot_ly()- and plotly::add_lines()-function that interacts with the TTR::MACD()-function. The function adds subchart with a TTR::MACD()-indicator.

Usage

macd(
 nFast   = 12,
 nSlow   = 26,
 nSig    = 9,
 maType  = "SMA",
 percent = TRUE,
 ...
)

Arguments

nFast	Number of periods for fast moving average.
nSlow	Number of periods for slow moving average.
nSig	Number of periods for signal moving average.
maType	Either: A function or a string naming the function to be called. A list with the first component like (1) above, and additional parameters specified as named components. See Examples.
percent	logical; if TRUE, the percentage difference between the fast and slow moving averages is returned, otherwise the difference between the respective averages is returned.
...	For internal use. Please ignore.

Value

An invisible plotly::plot_ly()-object.

Author(s)

Serkan Korkmaz

See Also

Other chart indicators: add_event(), alma(), bollinger_bands(), chart(), dema(), donchian_channel(), ema(), evwma(), fgi(), hma(), lsr(), rsi(), sma(), smi(), volume(), vwap(), wma(), zlema()

Other subchart indicators: add_event(), fgi(), lsr(), rsi(), smi(), volume()

Other momentum indicators: rsi(), smi()

Examples

# script start;

# 1) charting weekly
# BTC using candlesticks
# and indicators
cryptoQuotes::chart(
  ticker = BTC,
  main = cryptoQuotes::kline(),
  sub = list(
    cryptoQuotes::volume(),
    cryptoQuotes::macd()
  ),
  indicator = list(
    cryptoQuotes::bollinger_bands(),
    cryptoQuotes::sma(),
    cryptoQuotes::alma()
  ),
  options = list(
    dark = TRUE,
    deficiency = FALSE
  )
)

# script end;

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