An oscillator based on the position of the current close relative to the absolute price range over the last N days.
Stochastics consists of two lines: %K, which is the basic calculation, and %D, which is a moving average (typically three days) of the %K line. Usually, “stochastics” refers to an additionally smoothed version of the formula, whereby the original %D becomes the new %K line and a moving average of this line becomes the new %D line (this version is sometimes called “slow” stochastics, while the original calculation is called “fast” stochastics).
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