sum
SUM
Type:
sum
• Category:indicators
Description
Summation
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Required | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|
real | string | Input array | no | |
timeperiod | number | no | 30 |
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SUM
Summation Indicator for Financial Markets
Description
The SUM worker calculates the summation of a given input array over a specified time period. This indicator is commonly used in financial markets to analyze trends and patterns in data.
What does this worker do?
The SUM worker takes an input array and a time period as parameters, and returns the sum of the input array values over the specified time period.
How to interpret the results
The result of the SUM worker is a value that represents the sum of the input array values over the specified time period. A higher value indicates a greater sum, while a lower value indicates a smaller sum.
Parameters
The following parameters can be passed to the SUM worker:
- real:
- Type:
string
- Description: Input array
- Type:
- timeperiod:
- Type:
number
- Description: Time period over which to calculate the summation
- Default:
30
- Type:
Example usage:
{
"real": "[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]",
"timeperiod": 30
}
Note that the real
parameter should be a string representation of an array, and the timeperiod
parameter should be a numeric value.