FTB-C000324 / Formula component

Third-Order EMA

Third-Order EMA is an EMA applied to the second-order EMA series.

Also known asEMA of second-order EMA

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Definitions

In plain terms

It supplies the E3 term in the TEMA signed combination.

Technical

The stage begins only when E2 is ready and must inherit the declared alpha, seed, missing policy, order, and precision.

Scope

It is not an EMA with period multiplied by three.

Examples

  • A governed lesson uses Third-Order EMA only with declared inputs, timing, parameters, and edge-case behavior.

Common misconceptions

  • It is not an EMA with period multiplied by three.

Concept relationships

Prerequisites

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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-A06 Prerequisite

Evidence and governance

  1. Triple Exponential Moving Average TA-Lib · first party technical publication

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: The documentation does not make TEMA equivalent to the unrelated TRIX oscillator or guarantee reduced error.

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