// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 // © mihakralj //@version=6 indicator("Kurtosis, tailedness (KURTOSIS)", "KURTOSIS", overlay=false, precision=8) //@function Calculates the excess kurtosis of a series over a lookback period. //@param src Source series. //@param len Lookback period. Must be greater than 1. //@returns The excess kurtosis value. kurtosis(series float src, simple int len) => if len <= 1 runtime.error("Length must be greater than 1") var float sumY = 0.0, var float sumY2 = 0.0, var float sumY3 = 0.0, var float sumY4 = 0.0 var int validCount = 0, var array y_values = array.new_float(len), var int head = 0, var bool filled = false float oldY = filled ? array.get(y_values, head) : na if not na(oldY) sumY -= oldY, sumY2 -= oldY * oldY, sumY3 -= oldY * oldY * oldY, sumY4 -= oldY * oldY * oldY * oldY, validCount -= 1 float currentY = src array.set(y_values, head, currentY) if not na(currentY) sumY += currentY, sumY2 += currentY * currentY, sumY3 += currentY * currentY * currentY, sumY4 += currentY * currentY * currentY * currentY, validCount += 1 head := (head + 1) % len if not filled and head == 0 filled := true float excessKurtosis = na if validCount >= 4 float n = float(validCount), mean = sumY / n, m2 = sumY2 / n, m3 = sumY3 / n, m4 = sumY4 / n float variance = math.max(m2 - mean * mean, 0.0) if variance > 1e-10 float moment4 = m4 - 4 * mean * m3 + 6 * mean * mean * m2 - 3 * mean * mean * mean * mean excessKurtosis := moment4 / (variance * variance) - 3.0 else excessKurtosis := 0.0 excessKurtosis // ---------- Main loop ---------- // Inputs i_period = input.int(14, "Period", minval=4) // Minval 4 for kurtosis i_source = input.source(close, "Source") // Calculation k = kurtosis(i_source, i_period) // Plot plot(k, "Kurtosis", color=color.yellow, linewidth=2)