Pandas TA Classic Documentation

Pandas TA Classic is an easy to use library that leverages the Pandas package with 141 indicators and utility functions plus 62 TA-Lib candlestick patterns (203 total). This is the community maintained version of the popular pandas-ta library.

Note

The library features dynamic configuration management:

  • Category Discovery: Indicators are automatically detected from the package structure

  • Version Management: Python version support (the latest stable plus the prior 4 versions) is dynamically managed via CI/CD workflows

  • Both ensure the library metadata stays in sync with actual capabilities

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Quick Start

Pandas TA Classic supports both modern uv and traditional pip package managers.

Using uv (recommended - faster):

uv pip install pandas-ta-classic

Using pip:

pip install pandas-ta-classic

Basic usage:

import pandas as pd
import pandas_ta_classic as ta

# Load your data
df = pd.read_csv("path/to/symbol.csv")

# Calculate indicators
df.ta.sma(length=20, append=True)
df.ta.rsi(append=True)
df.ta.macd(append=True)

Note

New to Pandas TA Classic? Check out our Quickstart Guide guide for a comprehensive introduction, or explore the Usage Guide guide for detailed programming conventions.

Table of Contents

Getting Started:

User Guide:

Additional Resources:

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