Median
Moving averagesOverlays priceThe middle value of the recent window, joined into a line — not an average.
What it looks like
Drawn by running the real calculation over one sample series. Open a symbol and it is recalculated on that symbol's bars.
How to read it
Values are sorted and the exact middle one is used, so a single wild bar barely moves it. That makes it a line that does not get dragged by one odd day.
Where it misleads
It changes in steps rather than smoothly, so do not expect a flowing curve.
Default settings
You can change these on the chart. These are the values it starts with.
In SQMATE
One tap to add
Open a symbol, tap the name in the indicator list and it is drawn straight away. You can stack several copies of the same indicator with different settings.
Recalculated per timeframe
Switch between minute, hourly, daily, weekly or monthly bars and it is recalculated on that timeframe. The maths runs over every bar loaded, so zooming never moves the line.
Use it as a search condition
Some indicators can also be used as an axis when searching for symbols — for example, keeping only symbols above a given reading, scanned every night.
Related indicators
- VWAP (anchored)The average price actually traded since the anchor point.
- MA RibbonFour moving averages of different lengths drawn together.
- Median PriceThe midpoint of each bar's high and low — there is no window.
- Typical PriceThe bar's typical price: high, low and close divided by three.
- Weighted CloseA per-bar average price that counts the close twice.
- Rolling VWAPA volume-weighted average price over a rolling window of recent days.
Every indicator is an observation computed from past bars. It does not tell you future prices and it is not investment advice.