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Pandas TA Classic - Technical Analysis Library

Pandas TA Classic is an easy-to-use library that leverages the Pandas package with 224 indicators and utility functions and 62 native candlestick patterns (284 total unique — no TA-Lib required). Many commonly used indicators are included, such as: Simple Moving Average (sma), Moving Average Convergence Divergence (macd), Hull Exponential Moving Average (hma), Bollinger Bands (bbands), On-Balance Volume (obv), Aroon & Aroon Oscillator (aroon), Squeeze (squeeze) and many more.

This is the classic/community maintained version of the popular pandas-ta library.

New to Pandas TA Classic?

Get started quickly with our comprehensive guides:

• Quickstart Guide - Installation, your first indicators, and common workflows
• Tutorials - Step-by-step tutorials for real-world use cases:
• Moving Average Crossover Strategy
• Building Custom Indicator Strategies
• Backtesting with Performance Metrics
• Integrating with backtesting.py
• Integrating with backtrader
• Integrating with VectorBT
• Multi-Timeframe Analysis
• Creating Custom Indicators
• Candlestick Pattern Recognition

Complete documentation: https://xgboosted.github.io/pandas-ta-classic/

Key Features

• 284 Unique Indicators & Patterns: 224 Category indicators + 62 CDL patterns via cdl_pattern() = 284 unique (doji and inside appear in both counts; all CDL patterns use native Python — no TA-Lib required)
• All-Native Candlestick Patterns: All 62 CDL patterns have native Python implementations — TA-Lib is never used for CDL patterns
• Optional TA-Lib Acceleration: Core indicators (EMA, SMA, RSI, MACD, OBV, ATR, etc.) use native implementations by default; pass talib=True to use TA-Lib
• Compatibility Scope Is Explicit: Not every TA-Lib/tulipy function has a pandas-ta-classic counterpart. See the full per‑indicator matrix for current coverage: docs/indicator_support_matrix.rst
• Optional Performance Boost: Install numba for 6–230× speedups on hot-loop indicators (QQE, RSX, HWMA, SSF, PSAR, Supertrend, MCGD)
• Automatic Versioning: Version management via git tags using setuptools-scm
• Modern Package Management: Full support for both uv and pip
• Production Ready: Stable status with comprehensive test coverage including property-based testing (Hypothesis)
• Active Development: Regular updates with community contributions

Quick Start

Installation

The library supports both modern uv and traditional pip package managers.

Stable Release

Using uv (recommended - faster):

uv pip install pandas-ta-classic

Using pip:

pip install pandas-ta-classic

Latest Version

Using uv:

uv pip install git+https://github.com/xgboosted/pandas-ta-classic

Using pip:

pip install -U git+https://github.com/xgboosted/pandas-ta-classic

Development Installation

Using uv:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/xgboosted/pandas-ta-classic.git
cd pandas-ta-classic

# Install with all core dependencies (excludes the platform-fragile
# data/backtest extras — install those explicitly if needed)
uv pip install -e ".[all]"

# Or install specific dependency groups:
uv pip install -e ".[dev]" # Development tools
uv pip install -e ".[optional]" # Optional runtime features
uv pip install -e ".[oracle]" # Oracle parity lib: TA-Lib
uv pip install -e ".[data]" # Data sources: yfinance, alpha-vantage
uv pip install -e ".[backtest]" # Backtesting: backtesting, vectorbt, backtrader

Using pip:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/xgboosted/pandas-ta-classic.git
cd pandas-ta-classic

# Install with all core dependencies (excludes the platform-fragile
# data/backtest extras — install those explicitly if needed)
pip install -e ".[all]"

# Or install specific dependency groups:
pip install -e ".[dev]" # Development tools
pip install -e ".[optional]" # Optional runtime features
pip install -e ".[oracle]" # Oracle parity lib: TA-Lib
pip install -e ".[data]" # Data sources: yfinance, alpha-vantage
pip install -e ".[backtest]" # Backtesting: backtesting, vectorbt, backtrader

Basic Usage

import pandas as pd
import pandas_ta_classic as ta

# Load your data
df = pd.read_csv("path/to/symbol.csv")
# OR fetch OHLCV with yfinance directly (df.ta.ticker() is deprecated —
# see examples/fetch_market_data.py):
# import yfinance as yf
# df = yf.download("AAPL", period="1y")

# Calculate indicators
df.ta.sma(length=20, append=True) # Simple Moving Average
df.ta.rsi(append=True) # Relative Strength Index 
df.ta.macd(append=True) # MACD
df.ta.bbands(append=True) # Bollinger Bands

# Fluent API chaining (v0.6+)
df.ta.chain().sma(20).ta.rsi(14).ta.macd().ta.bbands(20)

# Or run a strategy with multiple indicators
df.ta.strategy("CommonStrategy") # Runs commonly used indicators

Features

• 224 Technical Indicators & Utilities across 10 categories (Candles, Cycles, Math, Momentum, Overlap, Trend, Volume, etc.)
• 62 Native Candlestick Patterns — all patterns natively implemented, no TA-Lib required
• 284 Unique Indicators & Patterns - 224 category indicators plus 62 CDL patterns via cdl_pattern()
• Dynamic Category Discovery - automatically detects all available indicators from the filesystem
• Optional Numba Acceleration - 6–230× speedups via pip install pandas-ta-classic[performance]
• Strategy System with multiprocessing support for bulk indicator processing
• Fluent API Chaining: df.ta.chain().sma(20).ta.rsi(14).ta.macd().ta.bbands(20) — chain multiple indicators in a single expression
• Pandas DataFrame Extension for seamless integration (df.ta.indicator())
• TA-Lib Integration (dual-role) - (1) acceleration backend: core indicators use native implementations by default; pass talib=True to use TA-Lib's C implementation. (2) oracle: test_oracle_talib.py verifies parity against TA-Lib
• tulipy Integration (frozen oracle only) - test_oracle_tulipy.py verifies native output against a committed golden snapshot of tulipy's output (tests/fixtures/tulipy_oracle.json); tulipy itself is no longer installed at test time, only to regenerate the snapshot; never used as a computation backend
• Backtesting.py Integration — bridge function and runnable SMA crossover example in examples/backtesting_py_strategy.py
• backtrader Integration — precompute-then-feed pattern with dynamic PandasData subclass; runnable example in examples/backtrader_strategy.py
• Vectorbt Integration - compatible with popular backtesting framework
• Custom Indicators - easily create and chain your own indicators

Documentation

Complete documentation is available at: https://xgboosted.github.io/pandas-ta-classic/

Learning Resources

Start Here:

• Quickstart Guide - Get up and running in minutes
• Tutorials - Step-by-step guides for common workflows
• Examples - Jupyter notebooks with real examples

Reference Documentation:

• Usage Guide - Programming conventions and basic usage
• Strategy System - Multiprocessing and bulk indicator processing
• Indicators Reference - Complete list of 224 indi