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# Technical Indicators

> Standard momentum and trend indicators (RSI, MACD, SMA) for a symbol.

Calculate standard momentum and trend indicators.
Returns RSI(14) with conventional above-70 overbought and below-30 oversold heuristic
labels; those labels are not reversal forecasts.
Also returns MACD for momentum and the 20- and 50-period simple moving averages for
trend direction.

**Endpoint:** `POST /api/v1/technical-indicators`

**Tier:** point · **Delivery:** sync

## Request

| Field | Type |
| - | - |
| `symbols` | `string[]` |
| `date` | `string` |

## Response

The response is the two-key envelope `{ finterm, data }`, where `data` is the `finterm.result:TechnicalIndicators/v1` contract:

| Field | Description |
| - | - |
| `ticker` | The stock ticker symbol, uppercased (e.g. "AAPL"). |
| `rsi_14` | 14-period Relative Strength Index. The conventional above-70 overbought and below-30 oversold labels are fixed heuristics, not reversal forecasts. |
| `macd_value` | MACD line value (12/26/9 configuration). |
| `macd_signal` | MACD signal line value. |
| `macd_histogram` | MACD histogram (MACD line minus signal line). |
| `sma_20` | 20-period simple moving average of the closing price. |
| `sma_50` | 50-period simple moving average of the closing price. |

## Example

```bash theme={"system"}
finterm tool technical_indicators AAPL --as-of-date 2024-01-16
```


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