Indicator · Pine Script v6 · Own pane

Poisson Distribution CDF (POISSONDIST)

by mihakralj

This indicator plots the Poisson cumulative distribution function of a price series in a separate pane.

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GitHub stars99on the repository
Pine versionv6current
Lines of code144
Settings4inputs
LicenceApache-2.0
Last update4 weeks ago27 Sep 2026

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  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

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

poissondist.pine
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
// © mihakralj
//@version=6
indicator("Poisson Distribution CDF (POISSONDIST)", "POISSONDIST", 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 lower incomplete gamma P(a,x) via series expansion
//@param a Shape parameter (a > 0)
//@param x Evaluation point (x >= 0)
//@returns P(a,x) = gamma(a,x) / Gamma(a)
gammaSeries(series float a, series float x) =>
    float EPS = 1e-10
    int MAXITER = 200
    float ap = a
    float sum = 1.0 / a
    float del = sum
    for n = 1 to MAXITER
        ap += 1.0
        del *= x / ap
        sum += del
        if math.abs(del) < math.abs(sum) * EPS
            break
    float lnPfx = a * math.log(x) - x - lnGamma(a)
    math.exp(lnPfx) * sum

//@function Regularized upper incomplete gamma Q(a,x) via continued fraction (Lentz)
//@param a Shape parameter (a > 0)
//@param x Evaluation point (x >= 0)
//@returns Q(a,x) = 1 - P(a,x)
gammaCF(series float a, series float x) =>
    float TINY = 1e-30
    float EPS = 1e-10
    int MAXITER = 200
    float b0 = x + 1.0 - a
    float C = 1.0 / TINY
    float D = b0 < TINY ? 1.0 / TINY : 1.0 / b0
    float f = D
    for i = 1 to MAXITER
        float ai = -float(i) * (float(i) - a)
        float bi = x + 2.0 * float(i) + 1.0 - a
        D := bi + ai * D
        if math.abs(D) < TINY
            D := TINY
        D := 1.0 / D
        C := bi + ai / C
        if math.abs(C) < TINY
            C := TINY
        float delta = C * D
        f *= delta
        if math.abs(delta - 1.0) < EPS
            break
    float lnPfx = a * math.log(x) - x - lnGamma(a)
    math.exp(lnPfx) * f

//@function Regularized lower incomplete gamma function P(a,x)
//@param a Shape parameter (a > 0)
//@param x Evaluation point (x >= 0)
//@returns CDF value P(X <= x) for Gamma(a, 1)
gammaP(series float a, series float x) =>
    if x <= 0.0
        0.0
    else if x < a + 1.0
        gammaSeries(a, x)
    else
        1.0 - gammaCF(a, x)

//@function Computes Poisson Distribution CDF for a normalized price series
//@param source Series to transform
//@param period Lookback period for min-max normalization
//@param k Threshold count (non-negative integer); P(X <= k)
//@param lambda_scale Scale factor applied to normalized price to produce lambda
//@returns Poisson CDF value P(X <= k) in [0,1]
//@description The Poisson CDF gives P(X <= k) for X ~ Poisson(lambda).
//  The normalized price is mapped to lambda = x * lambda_scale where
//  x = (source - min) / (max - min) over the lookback window.
//  Uses the identity: P(X <= k) = 1 - P(k+1, lambda) where P(a,x)
//  is the regularized lower incomplete gamma function (reused from GAMMADIST).
//  When lambda = 0, CDF = 1.0 (degenerate case: all mass at X=0).
//  lambda_scale controls the effective range of lambda; higher values
//  spread the CDF response across a wider event-rate range.
poissondist(series float source, simple int period, simple int k, simple float lambda_scale) =>
    if period <= 0
        runtime.error("Period must be greater than 0")
    if k < 0
        runtime.error("Threshold k must be non-negative")
    if lambda_scale <= 0.0
        runtime.error("Lambda scale 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 lambda = math.max(0.0, x * lambda_scale)

    if lambda <= 0.0
        1.0
    else
        1.0 - gammaP(float(k + 1), lambda)

// ---------- 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_k            = input.int(5, "Threshold (k)", minval=0, tooltip="P(X <= k); number of events threshold")
i_lambda_scale = input.float(10.0, "Lambda Scale", minval=0.01, step=0.5, tooltip="Scales normalized price to lambda; higher = wider event-rate range")

// Calculation
result = poissondist(i_source, i_period, i_k, i_lambda_scale)

// Plot
plot(result, "POISSONDIST", 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

Poisson Distribution CDF (POISSONDIST) min-max normalizes the selected source over a lookback window, scales that value into a Poisson rate lambda, and returns the probability that a Poisson count is at most the chosen threshold k. The calculation uses a Lanczos log-gamma approximation and regularized incomplete gamma functions evaluated by series expansion or continued fractions. The period, threshold, and lambda scale change the normalization window and the mapped rate. It does not generate trade signals or exits.

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
Threshold (k)int5i_k
Lambda Scalefloat10.0i_lambda_scale
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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