Moving Standard Deviation – EFS

stdDev() Built-in Study Functions

The Moving Standard Deviation study measures the market volatility. This study charactrizes the scale of price changes relating to the Moving Average . Thus, if the study value is large, the market is volatile and the bars prices are rather dispersed relating to the moving average. If the study value is not large, it means that the market volatility is low and the bars prices are rather close to the moving average.

Syntax

stdDev( nLength [, Series | sym() | inv() ][, nBarIndex ] )

Parameters

Parameter:	Description:	Default:
nLength	Required. Number of periods to use for calculation.	n/a
Series or sym() or inv()	[Optional] Series Object or function of sym() or inv() to determine symbol/interval source for the study.	Base sym/inv
nBarIndex	[Optional] Bar index of series to retrieve.	n/a

Return Value(s)

Returns a Series Object when nBarIndex is not specified.

Returns a single value when nBarIndex is specified.

Notes

Only available in versions 12.1 or later.

Code Examples

Single Line Indicator:

function main() {
  return stdDev(14);
}

Single Line Study-on-Study Indicator:

function main() {
  return stdDev(14, hl2());
}

Retrieve single values:

function main() {
  var nValue_0 = stdDev(14, 0); // Current Bar Index
  var nValue_1 = stdDev(14, -1); // Prior Bar Index
  return new Array(nValue_0, nValue_1);
}

Initialize a Series Object:

var xStudy = null;
function main() {
  if (xStudy == null) {
    xStudy = stdDev(14);
  } // retrieve single values for conditional statements
  var nValue_0 = xStudy.getValue(0); // Current Bar Index value
  var nValue_1 = xStudy.getValue(-1); // Prior Bar Index value
  return nValue_0; // Plot Current Bar Index Value
}

Initialize a Series Object based on an external interval:

var xStudy = null;
var bInit = false; // Initialization flag
function main() {
if (bInit == false) {
xStudy = stdDev(14, inv(20)); // 20-min interval
bInit = true;
} // retrieve single values for conditional statements
var nValue_0 = xStudy.getValue(0); // Current Bar Index value
var nValue_1 = xStudy.getValue(-1); // Prior Bar Index value
return getSeries(xStudy); // Synchronized Series plot
}

Initialize a Series Object based on an external symbol and interval:

var xStudy = null;
var bInit = false; // Initialization flag
function main() {
  if (bInit == false) {
    xStudy = stdDev(14, sym("IBM,20")); // IBM 20-min interval
    bInit = true;
  }
  // retrieve single values for conditional statements
  var nValue_0 = xStudy.getValue(0); // Current Bar Index value
  var nValue_1 = xStudy.getValue(-1); // Prior Bar Index value
  return getSeries(xStudy); // Synchronized Series plot
}