The following table contains the complete list of technical events that can be used in a formula expression. They can also be viewed using the Formula Expression Helper pane below the formula editing text area. Technical events serve to build stock screening criteria. You can view examples of technical criteria on charts here. In the examples below, macds, slowk, and slowd stands for MACD Signal Line, Stochastic %K line, and Stochastic %D line correspondingly. You can view the complete list of supported indicators and lines on the Technical Indicators help page.
Technical Events
Event
Explanation
Formula examples
ca
Crossed Above
price ca ema(50)
ema(7) ca ema(50)
rsi(14) ca 80
macd(12,26,9) ca macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) ca slowd(14,3,3)
cb
Crossed Below
price cb ema(50)
ema(7) cb ema(50)
rsi(14) cb 20
macd(12,26,9) cb macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) cb slowd(14,3,3)
>
Is Above
price > 10
price > ema(50)
ema(7) > ema(50)
rsi(14) > 80
macd(12,26,9) > macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) > slowd(14,3,3)
<
Is Below
price < 100
price < ema(50)
ema(7) < ema(50)
rsi(14) < 20
macd(12,26,9) < macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) < slowd(14,3,3)
tocha
Touched Above
price tocha ema(50)
ema(7) tocha ema(50)
rsi(14) tocha smarsi(14,9)
macd(12,26,9) tocha macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) tocha slowd(14,3,3)
tochb
Touched Below
price tochb ema(50)
ema(7) tochb ema(50)
rsi(14) tochb smarsi(14,9)
macd(12,26,9) tochb macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) tochb slowd(14,3,3)
bon_up
Bounced Up From
price bon_up ema(50)
ema(7) bon_up ema(50)
rsi(14) bon_up smarsi(14,9)
macd(12,26,9) bon_up macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) bon_up slowd(14,3,3)
bon_dn
Bounced Down From
price bon_dn ema(50)
ema(7) bon_dn ema(50)
rsi(14) bon_dn smarsi(14,9)
macd(12,26,9) bon_dn macds(12,26,9)
slowk(14,3,3) bon_dn slowd(14,3,3)
div_bull
Bullish Divergence
rsi(14) div_bull
macd(12,26,9) div_bull
stoch(14,3,3) div_bull
div_bear
Bearish Divergence
rsi(14) div_bear
macd(12,26,9) div_bear
stoch(14,3,3) div_bear
trend_up
Trending Up over the specified number of days/bars
price trend_up 20
ema(7) trend_up 20
rsi(14) trend_up 7
macd(12,26,9) trend_up 7
stoch(14,3,3) trend_up 7
trend_dn
Trending Down over the specified number of days/bars
