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MESA Adaptive Moving Average

MESA Adaptive Moving Average is an adaptive recursive average whose smoothing rate responds to estimated phase change in the input cycle.

Also known asMAMA

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Definitions

In plain terms

It is paired with a slower following adaptive moving average and uses bounded fast and slow limits.

Technical

Exact output requires a fully pinned signal-processing implementation, coefficients, state, clamps, seed, warm-up, and numerical precision.

Scope

MAMA is not KAMA and its MESA name does not make every implementation identical.

Examples

  • A governed lesson uses MESA Adaptive Moving Average only with declared inputs, timing, parameters, and edge-case behavior.

Common misconceptions

  • MAMA is not KAMA and its MESA name does not make every implementation identical.

Concept relationships

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Where this concept is used

Tutorials planned

These catalogued topics use this concept, but their complete build has not shipped yet.

  • D07-F01-A09 Primary

Evidence and governance

  1. MESA Adaptive Moving Averages John F. Ehlers / Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities · first party methodology

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: The abstract alone is insufficient for code parity; exact coefficients, state, clamps, and warm-up require a pinned implementation contract.

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2026-07-27
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2027-07-27
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