TradingSolutions includes several hundred indicators, calculations, and other mathematical functions to help you process your data. The following is a list of many of the functions in TradingSolutions, along with links to the function documentation which is included directly in the program.

In addition to these functions, you can also write your own custom functions or import functions others have written. For example, you can download and import functions associated with articles in Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine from our Solution Library.

Basic Math Functions Absolute Value Add Add Three Average Average Three Ceiling Divide Exponent Factorial Floor Fraction Identity Integer Logarithm (Base 10) Logarithm (Natural) Modulus Multiply Multiply Three Negate Percent Difference Power Random Integer Random Number Round Sign Square Root Subtract  Logical Comparisons And Exclusive Or If Is Equal To Is Greater Than Is Greater Than Or Equal To Is Less Than Is Less Than Or Equal To Is Not Equal To Is Not Null Is Null Maximum Minimum Not Or  General Series Functions Bar Number for Data Series Bar Number for Field Change in Value Count Count (Variable Length) Direction of Change Is Decreasing Is Increasing Lag Lag (Variable Length) Lead Lead (Variable Length) Percent Change in Value Previous Value of Function Previous Value of Function (Variable Length) Significant Direction Significant Direction (Percent) Summation Summation (Variable Length) Summation Bars Ago Summation Index  Series Averaging Functions Difference from Median Difference from Moving Average Difference from Moving Average (Exponential) Difference from Moving Average (Time Series) Difference from Moving Average (Weighted) Median Median (Variable Length) Moving Average Moving Average (Exponential Bars) Moving Average (Exponential Percent) Moving Average (Exponential Support) Moving Average (Time Series) Moving Average (Variable Length) Moving Average (Weighted) Percent Difference from Median Percent Difference from Moving Average Percent Difference from Moving Average (Exponential) Percent Difference from Moving Average (Time Series) Percent Difference from Moving Average (Weighted) Sampled Accumulator Sampled Average  Series Crossing Functions Compare and Hold Is Crossing Above Is Crossing Above After Is Crossing Below Is Crossing Below After Is Crossing Value  Series Sampling Functions Bars Since Highest Bars Since Highest (Variable Length) Bars Since Lowest Bars Since Lowest (Variable Length) Bars Since Was True Bars Since Was True (Unlimited Length) Bars Since Was True (Variable Length) Bars While False Bars While True Consecutive Decreases Consecutive Decreases Since Was True Consecutive Increases Consecutive Increases Since Was True Highest Highest (Variable Length) Highest Since Was True Lowest Lowest (Variable Length) Lowest Since Was True Value When Last True Was True Was True (Variable Length)  Signal Processing Functions Bars In Position Bars Since Entry Consecutive Decreases Since Entry Consecutive Increases Since Entry Current Position of Signal Highest Value Since Entry Is Enter Long Signal Is Enter Short Signal Is Entry Signal Is Exit Long Signal Is Exit Short Signal Is Exit Signal Is Hold Signal Is Long Signal Is New Entry Is New High Value For Position Is New Low Value For Position Is New Position Is Short Signal Lowest Value Since Entry Most Recent Entry Signal Most Recent Long Signal Most Recent Short Signal Previous Position of Signal Value At Entry  Signal Filtering Functions Entry/Exit Systems Or Exit On Trade Consecutive Decreases Exit On Trade Length Exit On Trade Length Since High Exit On Trade Loss Exit On Trade Loss From High Exit On Trade Profit Limit Signal Threshold Signal  Entry/Exit System Functions and Rules Previous Signal of System Previous Signal of System (Variable Length) Rule: Exit On Consecutive Losing Bars Rule: Exit On Percent Gain Rule: Exit On Percent Loss Rule: Exit On Percent Loss From High Rule: Exit On Trade Length Rule: Exit On Trade Length Since High System: Bars In Current Position System: Bars Since Highest Profit On Close System: Consecutive Losing Bars System: Current Position System: Current Position Is In Market System: Current Position Is Long System: Current Position Is Short System: Current Position Matches Parameter System: Percent Gain On Trade System: Percent Loss On Trade System: Percent Loss On Trade From High System: Price At Entry On Open System: Price At Highest Profit On Close  Statistical Functions Cumulative Normal Distribution Linear Regression Correlation Coefficient Linear Regression Covariance Linear Regression Indicator Linear Regression Intercept Linear Regression Period Intercept Linear Regression R-Squared Linear Regression Slope Linear XY Regression Correlation Coefficient Linear XY Regression Covariance Linear XY Regression Intercept Linear XY Regression R-Squared Linear XY Regression Slope Standard Deviation Standard Deviation (Variable Length) Variance Variance (Variable Length) Windowed Z-Score

Trigonometry Functions Arccosine Arcsine Arctangent Arctangent (x,y) Cosine Degrees to Radians Hyperbolic Cosine Hyperbolic Sine Hyperbolic Tangent Hypotenuse Radians to Degrees Sine Tangent  Day & Date Functions Bars Since Date Bars Since Time Current Date As Number Date As Number Day of Month Day of Month for Date Number Day of Week Day of Week for Date Day of Week for Date Number Day of Week Occurrence As Number Day of Year Day of Year for Date Number Days From Closest Day of Week Occurrence Days Since Bars Ago Days Since Bars Ago (Variable Length) Days Since Date Days Since Day of Week Occurrence Days Until Day of Week Occurrence Hour Is First Bar of Day Is First Day of Month Is First Day of Week Is First Day of Year Minute Minutes Since Bars Ago Minutes Since Bars Ago (Variable Length) Minutes Since Time Month Month for Date Number Second Value At Time Value On Date Year Year for Date Number  Constant Values Null Pi Signal: Enter Long Signal: Enter Short Signal: Exit Long Signal: Exit Short Signal: Hold Position Threshold: Enter Long Threshold: Enter Short Threshold: Exit Long Threshold: Exit Short  Price Adjustment Functions Median Price True Range High True Range Low Typical Price Weighted Close  General Momentum Indicators Acceleration Chande's Momentum Oscillator MACD MACD Histogram MACD Signal Line Momentum Rate-of-Change Relative Momentum Index Relative Strength Index Relative Strength Index (Variable Length) TRIX Value Oscillator Value Oscillator (Exponential) Value Oscillator (Time Series) Value Oscillator (Variable Length) Value Oscillator (Weighted) Velocity  Market Momentum Indicators Accumulation/Distribution Average Directional Movement Chaikin Oscillator Commodity Channel Index Commodity Channel Index (General) Directional Movement Index Directional Movement Rating Ease of Movement Herrick Payoff Index Minus Directional Indicator Money Flow Index Money Flow Index (General) On Balance Volume Plus Directional Indicator Price and Volume Trend QStick Indicator Stochastic Oscillator Stochastic Oscillator (Variable Length) Ultimate Oscillator Williams' %R Williams' Accumulation/Distribution  Market Volatility Indicators Average True Range Average True Range Band (Bottom) Average True Range Band (Top) Beta Beta On Decrease Beta On Increase Bollinger Band (Bottom) Bollinger Band (Bottom, Variable Length) Bollinger Band (Top) Bollinger Band (Top, Variable Length) Chaikin's Volatility Keltner Channel (Bottom) Keltner Channel (Top) Mass Index Price Channel (Bottom) Price Channel (Top) Trading Band (Bottom) Trading Band (Top) True Range  Market Trend Indicators Aroon Down Aroon Up Market Facilitation Index Negative Volume Index Positive Volume Index Time Series Forecast Vertical Horizontal Filter  Broad Market Indicators Absolute Breadth Index Absolute Breadth Index (Percent) Advance/Decline Line Advance/Decline Ratio Advancing-Declining Issues Arms Index Cumulative Volume Index McClellan Oscillator McClellan Summation Index New Highs/Lows Ratio New Highs-Lows Cumulative New Highs-New Lows Open-10 TRIN Overbought/Oversold STIX Upside/Downside Ratio  Intraday Price Functions Change From Close For Previous Day Change From High For Previous Day Change From Low For Previous Day Change From Open For Day Close For Previous Day High For Day High For Previous Day Low For Day Low For Previous Day Open For Day Open For Previous Day Percent Change From Close For Previous Day Percent Change From High For Previous Day Percent Change From Low For Previous Day Percent Change From Open For Day