Stochastic, %K

Parameter Default Acceptable Values

Length

14

1 to 1,000

% K 

1

1 to 1,000

% D 

3

1 to 1,000

Upper 

80

1 to 100

Lower

20

1 to 100

Example

9 Period Rate of Change line: 9, Close

Description

Stochastic measures how close the closing price of a price bar is to the intervals recent price range.  As closing prices reach the  upper band, they tend to rise and when prices approach the lower bands they tend to fall.  A moving average of the blue Stochastic %K line provides the data to calculate the red Stochastic %D line.  %K values greater than 1 affect the smoothing of the %K line.

ErlangerQuote Special

The study label, the text box that shows its current value, can be placed on either the left or the right axis.