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Common financial technical indicators implemented in Pandas.

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Quick Overview

Finta is a Python library for calculating technical indicators in financial markets. It provides a comprehensive set of functions to compute various technical analysis indicators for stocks, cryptocurrencies, and other financial instruments. The library is designed to be easy to use and integrate with popular data analysis tools like pandas.

Pros

Extensive collection of technical indicators (over 80)
Compatible with pandas DataFrames for easy integration
Well-documented functions with clear parameter descriptions
Actively maintained and regularly updated

Cons

Limited to technical analysis indicators only
Requires basic knowledge of financial markets and technical analysis
May have performance limitations for large datasets
Some less common indicators might be missing

Code Examples

Calculating Simple Moving Average (SMA):

from finta import TA
import pandas as pd

# Assuming 'df' is a pandas DataFrame with 'close' price column
sma = TA.SMA(df, period=14)

Computing Relative Strength Index (RSI):

rsi = TA.RSI(df)

Calculating Bollinger Bands:

bb = TA.BBANDS(df)

Multiple indicators in one call:

indicators = TA.TA(df, ["SMA", "EMA", "RSI"], periods=[14, 20, 14])

Getting Started

To get started with Finta, follow these steps:

Install the library using pip:
```
pip install finta
```

Import the library in your Python script:

from finta import TA
import pandas as pd

Prepare your data in a pandas DataFrame with at least 'open', 'high', 'low', and 'close' columns.

Calculate indicators using the TA class methods:

df = pd.read_csv('your_data.csv')
sma = TA.SMA(df, period=14)
rsi = TA.RSI(df)
macd = TA.MACD(df)

Use the calculated indicators for further analysis or visualization.

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Cons of ta-lib-python

Requires compilation of C extensions, which can be challenging on some systems
More complex installation process compared to pure Python libraries
Steeper learning curve due to its comprehensive nature

Code Comparison

ta-lib-python:

import talib
import numpy as np

close_prices = np.random.random(100)
sma = talib.SMA(close_prices, timeperiod=14)
rsi = talib.RSI(close_prices, timeperiod=14)

finta:

from finta import TA
import pandas as pd

ohlc = pd.DataFrame(...)  # OHLC data
sma = TA.SMA(ohlc, period=14)
rsi = TA.RSI(ohlc, period=14)

Key Differences

ta-lib-python works with NumPy arrays, while finta uses Pandas DataFrames
finta is a pure Python implementation, making it easier to install and modify
ta-lib-python offers more indicators and is generally faster for large datasets
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df = pd.read_csv('your_data.csv')
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import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('your_data.csv')
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Key Differences

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pandas-ta provides more customization options for indicators

Use Cases

finta: Simpler projects with basic technical analysis needs
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Community and Support

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Zipline example:

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Finta example:

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import pandas as pd

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sma = TA.SMA(df)
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Summary

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FinTA (Financial Technical Analysis)

Common financial technical indicators implemented in Pandas.

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This is work in progress, bugs are expected and results of some indicators may not be accurate.

Supported indicators:

Finta supports over 80 trading indicators:

* Simple Moving Average 'SMA'
* Simple Moving Median 'SMM'
* Smoothed Simple Moving Average 'SSMA'
* Exponential Moving Average 'EMA'
* Double Exponential Moving Average 'DEMA'
* Triple Exponential Moving Average 'TEMA'
* Triangular Moving Average 'TRIMA'
* Triple Exponential Moving Average Oscillator 'TRIX'
* Volume Adjusted Moving Average 'VAMA'
* Kaufman Efficiency Indicator 'ER'
* Kaufman's Adaptive Moving Average 'KAMA'
* Zero Lag Exponential Moving Average 'ZLEMA'
* Weighted Moving Average 'WMA'
* Hull Moving Average 'HMA'
* Elastic Volume Moving Average 'EVWMA'
* Volume Weighted Average Price 'VWAP'
* Smoothed Moving Average 'SMMA'
* Fractal Adaptive Moving Average 'FRAMA'
* Moving Average Convergence Divergence 'MACD'
* Percentage Price Oscillator 'PPO'
* Volume-Weighted MACD 'VW_MACD'
* Elastic-Volume weighted MACD 'EV_MACD'
* Market Momentum 'MOM'
* Rate-of-Change 'ROC'
* Relative Strenght Index 'RSI'
* Inverse Fisher Transform RSI 'IFT_RSI'
* True Range 'TR'
* Average True Range 'ATR'
* Stop-and-Reverse 'SAR'
* Bollinger Bands 'BBANDS'
* Bollinger Bands Width 'BBWIDTH'
* Momentum Breakout Bands 'MOBO'
* Percent B 'PERCENT_B'
* Keltner Channels 'KC'
* Donchian Channel 'DO'
* Directional Movement Indicator 'DMI'
* Average Directional Index 'ADX'
* Pivot Points 'PIVOT'
* Fibonacci Pivot Points 'PIVOT_FIB'
* Stochastic Oscillator %K 'STOCH'
* Stochastic oscillator %D 'STOCHD'
* Stochastic RSI 'STOCHRSI'
* Williams %R 'WILLIAMS'
* Ultimate Oscillator 'UO'
* Awesome Oscillator 'AO'
* Mass Index 'MI'
* Vortex Indicator 'VORTEX'
* Know Sure Thing 'KST'
* True Strength Index 'TSI'
* Typical Price 'TP'
* Accumulation-Distribution Line 'ADL'
* Chaikin Oscillator 'CHAIKIN'
* Money Flow Index 'MFI'
* On Balance Volume 'OBV'
* Weighter OBV 'WOBV'
* Volume Zone Oscillator 'VZO'
* Price Zone Oscillator 'PZO'
* Elder's Force Index 'EFI'
* Cummulative Force Index 'CFI'
* Bull power and Bear Power 'EBBP'
* Ease of Movement 'EMV'
* Commodity Channel Index 'CCI'
* Coppock Curve 'COPP'
* Buy and Sell Pressure 'BASP'
* Normalized BASP 'BASPN'
* Chande Momentum Oscillator 'CMO'
* Chandelier Exit 'CHANDELIER'
* Qstick 'QSTICK'
* Twiggs Money Index 'TMF'
* Wave Trend Oscillator 'WTO'
* Fisher Transform 'FISH'
* Ichimoku Cloud 'ICHIMOKU'
* Adaptive Price Zone 'APZ'
* Squeeze Momentum Indicator 'SQZMI'
* Volume Price Trend 'VPT'
* Finite Volume Element 'FVE'
* Volume Flow Indicator 'VFI'
* Moving Standard deviation 'MSD'
* Schaff Trend Cycle 'STC'
* Mark Whistler's WAVE PM 'WAVEPM'

Dependencies:

python (3.6+)
pandas (1.0.0+)

TA class is very well documented and there should be no trouble exploring it and using with your data. Each class method expects proper ohlc DataFrame as input.

Install:

pip install finta

or latest development version:

pip install git+git://github.com/peerchemist/finta.git

Import

from finta import TA

Prepare data to use with finta:

finta expects properly formated ohlc DataFrame, with column names in lowercase: ["open", "high", "low", "close"] and ["volume"] for indicators that expect ohlcv input.

to resample by time period (you can choose different time period)

ohlc = resample(df, "24h")

You can also load a ohlc DataFrame from .csv file

data_file = ("data/bittrex:btc-usdt.csv")

ohlc = pd.read_csv(data_file, index_col="date", parse_dates=True)

Examples:

will return Pandas Series object with the Simple moving average for 42 periods

TA.SMA(ohlc, 42)

will return Pandas Series object with "Awesome oscillator" values

TA.AO(ohlc)

expects ["volume"] column as input

TA.OBV(ohlc)

will return Series with Bollinger Bands columns [BB_UPPER, BB_LOWER]

TA.BBANDS(ohlc)

will return Series with calculated BBANDS values but will use KAMA instead of MA for calculation, other types of Moving Averages are allowed as well.

TA.BBANDS(ohlc, MA=TA.KAMA(ohlc, 20))

For more examples see examples directory.

I welcome pull requests with new indicators or fixes for existing ones. Please submit only indicators that belong in public domain and are royalty free.

Contributing

Fork it (https://github.com/peerchemist/finta/fork)
Study how it's implemented.
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature).
Run black code formatter on the finta.py to ensure uniform code style.
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature').
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature).
Create a new Pull Request.

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