Indicator · Pine Script v6 · Own pane

F-Distribution CDF (FDIST)

by mihakralj

Calculates the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) of an F-distribution for a normalized price series.

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GitHub stars99on the repository
Pine versionv6current
Lines of code127
Settings4inputs
LicenceApache-2.0
Last update4 weeks ago27 Sep 2026

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Source Code

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

fdist.pine
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
// © mihakralj
//@version=6
indicator("F-Distribution CDF (FDIST)", "FDIST", overlay=false, precision=6)

//@function Log-gamma via Lanczos approximation (g=7, 9 coefficients)
//@param z Input value (z > 0)
//@returns ln(Gamma(z))
lnGamma(simple float z) =>
    float g = 7.0
    array<float> c = array.from(
         0.99999999999980993,
       676.5203681218851,
     -1259.1392167224028,
       771.32342877765313,
      -176.61502916214059,
        12.507343278686905,
        -0.13857109526572012,
         9.9843695780195716e-6,
         1.5056327351493116e-7)
    float zz = z - 1.0
    float x = array.get(c, 0)
    for i = 1 to 8
        x += array.get(c, i) / (zz + i)
    float t = zz + g + 0.5
    0.5 * math.log(2.0 * math.pi) + (zz + 0.5) * math.log(t) - t + math.log(x)

//@function Regularized incomplete beta function I_x(a,b) via continued fraction (Lentz)
//@param x Evaluation point (0 <= x <= 1)
//@param a Shape parameter alpha (a > 0)
//@param b Shape parameter beta (b > 0)
//@returns CDF value P(X <= x) for Beta(a,b)
betaReg(series float x, simple float a, simple float b) =>
    if x <= 0.0
        0.0
    else if x >= 1.0
        1.0
    else
        float lnPfx = a * math.log(x) + b * math.log(1.0 - x) - math.log(a) - lnGamma(a) - lnGamma(b) + lnGamma(a + b)
        float front = math.exp(lnPfx)
        bool flip = x > (a + 1.0) / (a + b + 2.0)
        float xx = flip ? 1.0 - x : x
        float aa = flip ? b : a
        float bb = flip ? a : b
        float lnPfx2 = aa * math.log(xx) + bb * math.log(1.0 - xx) - math.log(aa) - lnGamma(aa) - lnGamma(bb) + lnGamma(aa + bb)
        float front2 = math.exp(lnPfx2)
        float TINY = 1e-30
        float EPS = 1e-10
        int MAXITER = 200
        float f = TINY
        float C = TINY
        float D = 0.0
        float delta = 0.0
        for m = 0 to MAXITER - 1
            float d_val = 0.0
            int mm = m / 2
            if m == 0
                d_val := 1.0
            else if m % 2 == 0
                float mf = float(mm)
                d_val := mf * (bb - mf) * xx / ((aa + 2.0 * mf - 1.0) * (aa + 2.0 * mf))
            else
                float mf = float(mm) + 1.0
                d_val := -(aa + mf - 1.0) * (aa + bb + mf - 1.0) * xx / ((aa + 2.0 * mf - 2.0) * (aa + 2.0 * mf - 1.0))
            D := 1.0 + d_val * D
            if math.abs(D) < TINY
                D := TINY
            D := 1.0 / D
            C := 1.0 + d_val / C
            if math.abs(C) < TINY
                C := TINY
            delta := C * D
            f *= delta
            if math.abs(delta - 1.0) < EPS
                break
        float result = front2 * f
        flip ? 1.0 - result : result

//@function Computes F-Distribution CDF for a normalized price series
//@param source Series to transform
//@param period Lookback period for min-max normalization
//@param d1 Numerator degrees of freedom (d1 > 0)
//@param d2 Denominator degrees of freedom (d2 > 0)
//@returns CDF value in [0,1]: P(F <= x) via regularized incomplete beta
//@optimized Lentz continued fraction converges in ~10-20 iterations
fdist(series float source, simple int period, simple float d1, simple float d2) =>
    if period <= 0
        runtime.error("Period must be greater than 0")
    if d1 <= 0.0
        runtime.error("d1 must be greater than 0")
    if d2 <= 0.0
        runtime.error("d2 must be greater than 0")

    float minVal = source
    float maxVal = source
    for i = 1 to period - 1
        float v = source[i]
        if not na(v)
            if v < minVal
                minVal := v
            if v > maxVal
                maxVal := v

    float range = maxVal - minVal
    float x = range > 0.0 ? (source - minVal) / range : 0.5

    float safeX = math.max(0.0, x)
    float t = d1 * safeX / (d1 * safeX + d2)

    betaReg(t, d1 / 2.0, d2 / 2.0)

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

// Inputs
i_source = input.source(close, "Source")
i_period = input.int(50, "Lookback Period", minval=2, maxval=5000, tooltip="Min-max normalization window")
i_d1     = input.float(5.0, "d1 (numerator df)", minval=0.1, step=1.0, tooltip="Numerator degrees of freedom")
i_d2     = input.float(5.0, "d2 (denominator df)", minval=0.1, step=1.0, tooltip="Denominator degrees of freedom")

// Calculation
float result = fdist(i_source, i_period, i_d1, i_d2)

// Plot
plot(result, "FDIST", color=color.yellow, linewidth=2)
hline(0.5, "Midline", color=color.gray, linestyle=hline.style_dotted)
hline(0.95, "Upper", color=color.red, linestyle=hline.style_dashed)
hline(0.05, "Lower", color=color.green, linestyle=hline.style_dashed)

Overview

F-Distribution CDF (FDIST) normalizes the source input over a configurable lookback period using min-max scaling, then computes the CDF values bounded between zero and one via Lanczos log-gamma approximation and Lentz's continued fraction algorithm. Users can customize the source series, lookback window, and numerator/denominator degrees of freedom. The resulting distribution values are plotted in a separate indicator pane.

Details

Published by

mihakralj on GitHub

Type

Indicator, Pine Script v6

Draws

Separate pane below the chart

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
Lookback Periodint50i_period
d1 (numerator df)float5.0i_d1
d2 (denominator df)float5.0i_d2
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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