Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI)

get_smi(quotes, lookback_periods, first_smooth_periods, second_smooth_periods, signal_periods=3)

Parameters

name	type	notes
`quotes`	Iterable[Quote]	Iterable(such as list or an object having `__iter__()`) of the Quote class or its sub-class. • Need help with pandas.DataFrame?
`lookback_periods`	int	Lookback period (`N`) for the stochastic. Must be greater than 0.
`first_smooth_periods`	int	First smoothing factor lookback. Must be greater than 0.
`second_smooth_periods`	int	Second smoothing factor lookback. Must be greater than 0.
`signal_periods`	int, default 3	EMA of SMI lookback periods. Must be greater than 0.

Historical quotes requirements

You must have at least N+100 periods of quotes to cover the convergence periods.

quotes is an Iterable[Quote] collection of historical price quotes. It should have a consistent frequency (day, hour, minute, etc). See the Guide for more information.

Return

SMIResults[SMIResult]

This method returns a time series of all available indicator values for the quotes provided.
SMIResults is just a list of SMIResult.
It always returns the same number of elements as there are in the historical quotes.
It does not return a single incremental indicator value.
The first N-1 periods will have None SMI values since there’s not enough data to calculate.

Convergence warning: The first N+100 periods will have decreasing magnitude, convergence-related precision errors that can be as high as ~5% deviation in indicator values for earlier periods.

SMIResult

name	type	notes
`date`	datetime	Date
`smi`	float, Optional	Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI)
`signal`	float, Optional	Signal line: an Exponential Moving Average (EMA) of SMI

Utilities

See Utilities and Helpers for more information.

Example

from stock_indicators import indicators

# This method is NOT a part of the library.
quotes = get_history_from_feed("SPY")

# Calculate SMI(14,20,5,3)
results = indicators.get_smi(quotes, 14, 20, 5, 3)

About Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI)

Created by William Blau, the Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI) is a double-smoothed variant of the Stochastic Oscillator on a scale from -100 to 100. [Discuss]