How-to indicator Kite charts

How to add indicators on Kite charts

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Adding indicators on Kite is the first step in technical analysis. Both engines (TradingView + ChartIQ) provide common indicators with similar UX.

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Step-by-step procedure

See the procedure infobox above for the six steps.

Common indicator categories

CategoryExamples
OverlayMoving Average (SMA/EMA), VWAP, Bollinger Bands, Supertrend, Parabolic SAR
OscillatorRSI, MACD, Stochastic, CCI, ADX
VolumeVolume, OBV, A/D Line
VolatilityATR, Bollinger Width
PivotPivot Points (Classic, Camarilla, Fibonacci, Woodie)

TradingView indicator library

The Kite-embedded TradingView library includes most standard indicators. Pine Script custom indicators from TradingView.com are not available on Kite (only the standalone TradingView.com platform supports Pine).

See also

External references

References

  1. Zerodha support documentation on Kite indicators.
  2. TradingView Charting Library indicator documentation.
  3. ChartIQ studies documentation.

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