Default parameters of the technical indicators

The default parameters, adjustable ranges and guide lines of each technical indicator on this site, to help compare with other software.

Updated：2026-11-15

How to use this list

Defaults differ between platforms (for example RSI averaging and the KD J formula), so the same stock can show slightly different numbers elsewhere. These are this site’s defaults, and you can change them on a stock’s Technical tab.

Main-chart indicators

• MA moving average: periods 5, 10, 20, 60; type SMA (EMA and WMA available); up to 6 lines at once.
• BOLL Bollinger Bands: period 20, deviation multiplier 2, population standard deviation (sample available).
• SAR Parabolic: acceleration step 0.02, maximum 0.2.

Sub-chart indicators

• KDJ: RSV period 9, K smoothing 3, D smoothing 3, J formula 3K−2D; guides 20 and 80.
• MACD: fast 12, slow 26, signal 9, histogram 1x; guide 0.
• RSI: periods 6 and 12, Wilder averaging; guides 30 and 70.
• WMSR Williams %R: period 9, Taiwan 0 to 100 scale (higher means closer to the range low, the opposite of the US convention); guides 20 and 80.
• BIAS: periods 6, 12, 24; guide 0.
• VR volume ratio: period 24; guides 40, 150, 450.
• BR/AR: period 26; guide 100.
• CCI: period 14, constant 0.015; guides −100 and 100.
• OBV: no parameters.
• ATR: period 14.
• DMI/ADX: period 14; guide 25.
• PSY: period 12; guides 25 and 75.
• MTM momentum: period 10; guide 0.
• ROC: period 10; guide 0.

Volume

• Volume average: periods 10 and 20.

Notes

• Guide lines are only common reference levels, not buy or sell signals.
• See the matching learning article for how each is calculated.
• Indicators describe history and do not predict the future.

This article only explains defaults. Tenmizu does not provide investment recommendations and this is not investment advice.