MACD Technical Analysis Tool

Overview

This project implements a Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) technical analysis tool for stock market analysis. MACD is a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of a security's price.

Features

• Fetches real-time stock data using yfinance
• Calculates MACD indicator with customizable parameters:
  • Short-term EMA (default: 12 periods)
  • Long-term EMA (default: 26 periods)
  • Signal Line (default: 9 periods)
• Visualizes both stock price and MACD indicators
• Detects bullish and bearish crossover signals
• Interactive plots using matplotlib

Technical Details

The tool calculates:

• MACD Line: Difference between short and long-term EMAs
• Signal Line: 9-day EMA of the MACD line
• MACD Histogram: Difference between MACD and Signal lines
• Crossover signals for potential trading opportunities

Requirements

pandas numpy yfinance matplotlib

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install required packages: bash pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Open macd_application.ipynb in Jupyter Notebook
2. Modify the ticker symbol and date range as needed:

ticker = 'NVDA'  # Change to any stock symbol
start_date = '2023-01-01'
end_date = '2025-02-21'

3. Run all cells to generate the analysis

Output

The application provides:

• Numerical data showing MACD calculations
• Two-panel visualization:
  • Upper panel: Stock closing price
  • Lower panel: MACD line, Signal line, and Histogram

License

MIT License