MA Ribbon
Moving averagesOverlays priceFour moving averages of different lengths drawn together.
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
When the four fan out in order — shortest on top — the short and long views agree. When they tangle together, direction is undecided.
Where it misleads
Four lines crowd a chart fast; with other overlays on, you stop being able to tell them apart.
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
- 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.
- SMAThe plain average of the last N closing prices, drawn as a line.
- EMAAn average that weighs recent days more heavily than old ones.
Every indicator is an observation computed from past bars. It does not tell you future prices and it is not investment advice.