Strategy · Pine Script v6 · On the chart

Adaptive MA Function

by pineforge-4pass· code credited to PineForge contributors 2026

This strategy calculates Kaufman's Adaptive Moving Average (KAMA) using a custom efficiency-ratio function on closing prices.

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GitHub stars1on the repository
Pine versionv6current
Lines of code50
Settings3inputs
LicenceApache-2.0
Last update5 days ago23 Oct 2026

Add It to Your TradingView Chart

  1. 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
  2. 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
  3. 3Paste over the templateCreate a new strategy, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
  4. 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart. The trades and results appear in the Strategy Tester tab; adjust the settings with the gear icon.

Source Code

50 lines of Pine Script v6 from validation/ta-kama-style-efficiency-ratio-01/strategy.pine, published under Apache-2.0. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

strategy.pine
// This Pine Script® code is licensed under Apache-2.0
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// © PineForge contributors 2026
//
// PF probe 21 — KAMA-style adaptive MA via user-defined efficiency-ratio function
// Purpose: parity test for a user-defined function (`calcEfficiencyRatio`) that
// chains math.abs + math.sum and a `[length]` history reference inside the body.
//
//@version=6
strategy("Adaptive MA Function", overlay=true, initial_capital=1000000, process_orders_on_close=false, pyramiding=1, commission_type=strategy.commission.percent, commission_value=0, slippage=0, default_qty_type=strategy.fixed, default_qty_value=1)

// === Inputs ===
len     = input.int(14, "Length", minval=2)
fastLen = input.int(2, "Fast Alpha Period", minval=1)
slowLen = input.int(30, "Slow Alpha Period", minval=5)

// === User-defined function: Kaufman Adaptive MA (KAMA-style) ===
calcEfficiencyRatio(src, length) =>
    direction = math.abs(src - src[length])
    volatilitySum = math.sum(math.abs(src - src[1]), length)
    er = volatilitySum != 0 ? direction / volatilitySum : 0
    er

// === Calculate KAMA ===
er = calcEfficiencyRatio(close, len)

fastAlpha = 2.0 / (fastLen + 1)
slowAlpha = 2.0 / (slowLen + 1)

// Scaled smoothing constant
sc = math.pow(er * (fastAlpha - slowAlpha) + slowAlpha, 2)

// KAMA
var float kama = close
kama := nz(kama[1]) + sc * (close - nz(kama[1]))

// === Trend direction ===
kamaUp   = kama > kama[1]
kamaDown = kama < kama[1]

// === Signals ===
longCond  = kamaUp and not kamaUp[1]
shortCond = kamaDown and not kamaDown[1]

if longCond
    strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long)
if shortCond
    strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short)

plot(kama, "KAMA", color=kamaUp ? color.green : color.red, linewidth=2)

Overview

Adaptive MA Function plots a color-coded KAMA line directly on the price chart, turning green when the slope is positive and red when negative. The strategy enters a long position when KAMA turns upward and a short position when KAMA turns downward, reversing open trades. Settings allow adjustments to the efficiency ratio length and the fast and slow alpha periods. Notably, there are no explicit stop-loss or take-profit rules.

Details

Published by

pineforge-4pass on GitHub

Code credit

PineForge contributors 2026, as written in the script's header

Type

Strategy, Pine Script v6

Draws

On the price chart

Category

Trend, Moving averages

Markets

Any symbol

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk Notes

  • The strategy enters trades without a stop loss

Topics

algorithmic-tradingbacktestingparitypine-scriptpinescriptquantitative-financetest-corpustradingview

Settings

The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
Lengthint14len
Fast Alpha Periodint2fastLen
Slow Alpha Periodint30slowLen
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this script, and the summary above was generated automatically from its code and README. Indicators describe the past, and a strategy's backtest can look better than live trading, especially when a script repaints. Check it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account before you rely on it.

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