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title: ma
description: Comprehensive guide to the ma and ma_chart functions as part of the OpenBB
  technical analysis python package. These functions focus on plotting the moving
  average (MA) technical indicator of various types like EMA, ZLMA and SMA for a given
  time-series data.
keywords:
- Technical Analysis
- Moving Average
- EMA
- SMA
- ZLMA
- Pandas
- Financial Data
- Data Visualization
- FAANG stocks
- MA Chart
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Plots MA technical indicator

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/common/technical_analysis/overlap_view.py#L32)]

```python
openbb.ta.ma(data: pd.Series, window: List[int] = None, offset: int = 0, ma_type: str = "EMA", symbol: str = "", export: str = "", external_axes: Optional[List[matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes]] = None)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| data | pd.Series | Series of prices | None | False |
| window | List[int] | Length of EMA window | None | True |
| offset | int | Offset variable | 0 | True |
| ma_type | str | Type of moving average.  Either "EMA" "ZLMA" or "SMA" | EMA | True |
| symbol | str | Ticker |  | True |
| export | str | Format to export data |  | True |
| external_axes | Optional[List[plt.Axes]] | External axes (1 axis is expected in the list), by default None | None | True |


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## Returns

This function does not return anything

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## Examples

```python
from openbb_terminal.sdk import openbb
df = openbb.stocks.load("AAPL")
openbb.ta.ma_chart(data=df["Adj Close"], symbol="AAPL", ma_type="EMA", window=[20, 50, 100])
```

```python
from openbb_terminal.sdk import openbb
spuk_index = openbb.economy.index(indices = ["^SPUK"])
openbb.ta.ma_chart(data = spuk_index["^SPUK"], symbol = "S&P UK Index", ma_type = "EMA", window = [20, 50, 100])
```

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Plots MA technical indicator

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/common/technical_analysis/overlap_view.py#L32)]

```python
openbb.ta.ma_chart(data: pd.Series, window: List[int] = None, offset: int = 0, ma_type: str = "EMA", symbol: str = "", export: str = "", external_axes: Optional[List[matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes]] = None)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| data | pd.Series | Series of prices | None | False |
| window | List[int] | Length of EMA window | None | True |
| offset | int | Offset variable | 0 | True |
| ma_type | str | Type of moving average.  Either "EMA" "ZLMA" or "SMA" | EMA | True |
| symbol | str | Ticker |  | True |
| export | str | Format to export data |  | True |
| external_axes | Optional[List[plt.Axes]] | External axes (1 axis is expected in the list), by default None | None | True |


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## Returns

This function does not return anything

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## Examples

```python
from openbb_terminal.sdk import openbb
df = openbb.stocks.load("AAPL")
openbb.ta.ma_chart(data=df["Adj Close"], symbol="AAPL", ma_type="EMA", window=[20, 50, 100])
```

```python
from openbb_terminal.sdk import openbb
spuk_index = openbb.economy.index(indices = ["^SPUK"])
openbb.ta.ma_chart(data = spuk_index["^SPUK"], symbol = "S&P UK Index", ma_type = "EMA", window = [20, 50, 100])
```

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