Glossary

Glossary

period

The historical range requested from the data source (e.g. 1y, 2y, 5y, max). Passed through to Yahoo Finance history.

timeframe / interval

The sampling interval of the data (e.g. 1d, 1wk, 1mo, 3mo). A smaller interval means more rows and usually more compute and I/O.

ticker

A Yahoo Finance symbol (e.g. AAPL, MSFT). Availability depends on Yahoo Finance.

engine

The execution backend used by Polars when collecting lazy frames. The CLI exposes cpu and gpu (where supported).

indicator window

A rolling lookback length (N) used by moving-window indicators (SMA, RSI, etc.). In this project, windows are keyed by period and timeframe.

OHLCV

Open / High / Low / Close / Volume. The base time series used to compute indicators.

Related pages:

• Configuration & Templates
• Data Source (Yahoo Finance)