Indicator · Pine Script v6 · Own pane

Ehlers Truncated Bandpass Filter (TBF)

by mihakralj

This indicator plots John Ehlers' truncated bandpass filter beside a standard infinite-impulse-response bandpass in a separate pane.

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GitHub stars99on the repository
Pine versionv6current
Lines of code57
Settings4inputs
LicenceApache-2.0
Last update4 weeks ago27 Sep 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 indicator, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
  4. 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart, then adjust the settings with the gear icon next to its name.

Source Code

57 lines of Pine Script v6 from lib/filters/tbf/tbf.pine, published under Apache-2.0. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

tbf.pine
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
// © mihakralj
//@version=6
// Truncated Bandpass Filter logic based on work by John F. Ehlers (c) 2020
indicator("Ehlers Truncated Bandpass Filter (TBF)", "TBF", overlay=false)

//@function Calculates Truncated Bandpass Filter alongside standard Bandpass
//@param src Source series
//@param period Center cycle period
//@param bw Fractional bandwidth (e.g. 0.1 = 10%)
//@param length Truncation window length
//@returns tuple [truncatedBP, standardBP]
tbf(series float src, simple int period, simple float bw, simple int length) =>
    // Ehlers bandpass coefficients
    float twoPi = 2.0 * math.pi
    float L1 = math.cos(twoPi / period)
    float G1 = math.cos(bw * twoPi / period)
    float S1 = 1.0 / G1 - math.sqrt(1.0 / (G1 * G1) - 1.0)
    float a0 = 0.5 * (1.0 - S1)
    float a1 = L1 * (1.0 + S1)
    float a2 = -S1

    // Standard Bandpass (IIR)
    var float bp = 0.0
    float s = nz(src, src[1])
    if bar_index >= 3
        bp := a0 * (s - nz(src[2], s)) + a1 * nz(bp[1], 0.0) + a2 * nz(bp[2], 0.0)
    else
        bp := 0.0

    // Truncated Bandpass using array
    float tbfVal = 0.0
    if bar_index >= length + 1
        trunc = array.new_float(length + 3, 0.0)
        for count = length to 1
            float pPrev = nz(src[count - 1], s)
            float pNext = nz(src[count + 1], s)
            float val = a0 * (pPrev - pNext) + a1 * array.get(trunc, count + 1) + a2 * array.get(trunc, count + 2)
            array.set(trunc, count, val)
        tbfVal := array.get(trunc, 1)
    [tbfVal, bp]

// ---------- Main loop ----------

// Inputs
i_source = input.source(close, "Source")
i_period = input.int(20, "Period", minval=2, tooltip="Center cycle period for the bandpass filter.")
i_bw = input.float(0.1, "Bandwidth", minval=0.001, maxval=1.0, step=0.01, tooltip="Fractional bandwidth (0.1 = 10%).")
i_length = input.int(10, "Length", minval=1, tooltip="Truncation window length in bars.")

// Calculation
[tbfVal, bpVal] = tbf(i_source, i_period, i_bw, i_length)

// Plot
plot(tbfVal, "TBF", color=color.blue, linewidth=2)
plot(bpVal, "BP", color=color.red, linewidth=1)
hline(0, "Zero", color=color.gray, linestyle=hline.style_dotted)

Overview

Ehlers Truncated Bandpass Filter (TBF) passes cycles near a chosen center period, with bandwidth setting how wide the passband is and length setting the finite truncation window. The source series is selectable. Both results are drawn against a dotted zero line. It does not generate entries, exits, or risk rules.

Details

Published by

mihakralj on GitHub

Type

Indicator, Pine Script v6

Draws

Separate pane below the chart

Category

Oscillators & momentum

Markets

Any symbol

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk Notes

No repainting, lookahead or stacked entries were found in its code or README. That says nothing about how well it works: test it first.

Topics

algorithmic-tradingcsharpdotnetpinescriptpythonquantitative-financesimdta-libtechnical-analysistechnical-indicators

Settings

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

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
Sourcesourceclosei_source
Periodint20i_period
Bandwidthfloat0.1i_bw
Lengthint10i_length
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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