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Exponential Moving Average

EMA gives more weight to recent prices, reflecting the latest market trends.

Method

tm.ta.ema(source, timeperiod)

Inputs

ParameterArgument typeDescriptionDefault Value
sourcepd.SeriesInput data series-
timeperiodintNumber of periods for the indicator30

Outputs

OutputType
emanp.ndarray

Example usage

strategy.py
import tradomate as tm
@tm.strategy()
def my_strategy(config: tm.TradomateConfig, data: tm.TradomateData):
# Trying out Exponential Moving Average
ema = tm.ta.ema(data.close, timeperiod=30)
# Get the last value and print
last_value = ema.iloc[-1]
tm.log(f"Last value of Exponential Moving Average is {last_value}")
# Plot the values of ema
tm.plot(ema, title="Exponential Moving Average", overlay=False)