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Description

The Choppiness Index is designed to determine if the market is choppy (trading sideways) or not choppy (trading within a trend in either direction)

ChoppinessIndex(int period)

ChoppinessIndex(ISeries<double> input, int period)

double; Accessing this method via an index value [int barsAgo] returns the indicator value of the referenced bar.

input	Indicator source data (?)
period	Number of bars used in the calculation


// Prints the current value of a 14 period Choppiness Index double value = ChoppinessIndex(14)[0]; Print("The current Choppiness Index value is " + value.ToString());