Indicators

Indicators drive all analysis in Gopher. The same indicator set is used in:

• Single backtests
• Strategy evolution
• Monte Carlo validation
• Live trading (from the selected strategy/backtest)

This page explains how to configure indicators across the UI and CLI.

Supported Indicators

Built-in indicators are grouped by category:

Category	Indicators
Trend	sma, ema, mma, trendline, aroon_up, aroon_down
Momentum	rsi, macd, cci, relative_strength, rvi
Volatility	bollinger, atr, keltner, std_dev, variance, true_range
Oscillators	stochastic_fast, stochastic_slow
Volume	volume
Statistical	mean_deviation, max_value, min_value, max_drawdown, typical_price

The desktop app shows all available indicators and their parameters in the selector UI.

Parameter Reference (Defaults)

Use these parameter keys in config files:

Indicator	Parameters	Defaults
sma	sma.period	50
ema	ema.period	12
mma	mma.period	20
rsi	rsi.period	14
macd	macd.fast_period, macd.slow_period, macd.signal_period	12 / 26 / 9
bollinger	bollinger.period, bollinger.multiplier	20 / 2
atr	atr.period	14
cci	cci.period	20
stochastic_fast	stochastic.period, stochastic.smooth_period	14 / 3
stochastic_slow	stochastic.period, stochastic.smooth_period	14 / 3
aroon_up	aroon.period	14
aroon_down	aroon.period	14
keltner	keltner.period, keltner.multiplier	20 / 2
trendline	trendline.period	20
relative_strength	relative_strength.period	14
rvi	rvi.period	10
std_dev	std_dev.period	20
variance	variance.period	20
mean_deviation	mean_deviation.period	20
max_value	max_value.period	20
min_value	min_value.period	20
max_drawdown	max_drawdown.period	50
volume	window.period	20
typical_price	none	n/a

Desktop UI (Backtest, Evolution, Monte Carlo)

Indicators are configured per run:

1. Open Backtest, Evolution, or Monte Carlo
2. Scroll to Indicators
3. Toggle indicators on/off
4. Adjust parameters (periods, multipliers, smoothing, etc.)
5. Run the job

The selected indicator set is stored with results and reused for live trading.

Presets

Indicator selections are part of presets. When you save a preset in the Evolution tab, the indicator set is saved and restored with it.

CLI: Manual Live Trading

Manual live trading supports indicator and interval overrides via traders.yaml or CLI flags.

traders.yaml example

traders:
  - id: "trader-1"
    private_key_env: "TRADER_1_PRIVATE_KEY"
    capital: 1000.0
    asset: "BTC"
    model_id: "qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct"
    eval_interval: 5m
    leverage: 10
    intervals: ["15m", "1h", "4h"]
    indicators:
      - type: "sma"
        enabled: true
        sma:
          period: 50
      - type: "rsi"
        enabled: true
        rsi:
          period: 14
      - type: "bollinger"
        enabled: true
        bollinger:
          period: 20
          multiplier: 2

CLI flags (manual mode only)

gopher live \
  --config traders.yaml \
  --mode paper \
  --intervals "15m,1h,4h" \
  --indicators ./indicators.yaml

Notes:

• --intervals and --indicators are ignored when --orchestrator is enabled.
• If no overrides are provided, defaults are used.

Indicators file format

The --indicators file is a list of EnabledIndicator objects in JSON or YAML.

- type: "macd"
  enabled: true
  macd:
    fast_period: 12
    slow_period: 26
    signal_period: 9
- type: "atr"
  enabled: true
  atr:
    period: 14

Custom Indicators (Developers)

Developers can register custom indicators in Go via the indicator registry. This is a code-level extension point; the UI reads the registered catalog at runtime.

Related Docs

• Configuration - Full settings reference
• Strategy Evolution - How indicators are used during evolution