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url: /indicators/wma.md
description: >-
  Weighted Moving Average is the linear weighted average of financial market
  prices over a lookback window.  This also called Linear Weighted Moving
  Average (LWMA).
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# Weighted Moving Average (WMA)

[Weighted Moving Average](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Weighted_moving_average) is the linear weighted average of price over a lookback window.  This also called Linear Weighted Moving Average (LWMA).
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```csharp
// C# usage syntax (with Close price)
IReadOnlyList<WmaResult> results =
  bars.ToWma(lookbackPeriods);
```

## Parameters

| param | type | description |
| ----- | ---- | ----------- |
| `lookbackPeriods` | *`int`* | Number of periods (`N`) in the lookback window.  Must be greater than 0. |

### Historical price bars requirements

You must have at least `N` periods of `bars` to cover the warmup periods.

`bars` is a collection of generic `TBar` historical price bars.  It should have a consistent frequency (day, hour, minute, etc).  See [the Guide](/guide/getting-started.md#historical-bars) for more information.

## Response

```csharp
IReadOnlyList<WmaResult>
```

* This method returns a time series of all available indicator values for the `bars` provided.
* It always returns the same number of elements as there are in the historical price bars.
* It does not return a single incremental indicator value.
* The first `N-1` periods will have `null` values since there's not enough data to calculate.

### `WmaResult`

| property | type | description |
| -------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `Timestamp` | *`DateTime`* | Date from evaluated `TBar` |
| `Wma` | *`double`* | Weighted moving average |

### Utilities

* [.Condense()](/utilities/results.md#condense)
* [.Find(lookupDate)](/utilities/results.md#find-by-date)
* [.RemoveWarmupPeriods()](/utilities/results.md#remove-warmup-periods)
* [.RemoveWarmupPeriods(removePeriods)](/utilities/results.md#remove-warmup-periods)

See [Utilities and helpers](/utilities.md) for more information.

## Chaining

This indicator may be generated from any chain-enabled indicator or method.

```csharp
// example
var results = bars
    .Use(CandlePart.HL2)
    .ToWma(..);
```

Results can be further processed on `Wma` with additional chain-enabled indicators.

```csharp
// example
var results = bars
    .ToWma(..)
    .ToRsi(..);
```

See [Chaining indicators](/guide/chaining.md) for more.

## Streaming

Use the buffer-style `List<T>` when you need incremental calculations without a hub:

```csharp
WmaList wmaList = new(lookbackPeriods);

foreach (IBar bar in bars)  // simulating stream
{
  wmaList.Add(bar);
}

// based on `ICollection<WmaResult>`
IReadOnlyList<WmaResult> results = wmaList;
```

Subscribe to a `BarHub` for advanced streaming scenarios:

```csharp
BarHub barHub = new();
WmaHub observer = barHub.ToWmaHub(lookbackPeriods);

foreach (IBar bar in bars)  // simulating stream
{
  barHub.Add(bar);
}

IReadOnlyList<WmaResult> results = observer.Results;
```

See [Buffer lists](/guide/styles/buffer.md) and [Stream hubs](/guide/styles/stream.md) for full usage guides.