Pretty Good Oscillator (PGO)

StratCraft indicator page for distance from a smoothed average.

Route: /indicators/pgo/

What It Does

PGO measures how far price is from a moving-average baseline, with smoothing controlled by the selected average type.

Formula

PGO = Price - Moving Average

Parameters

• period - default 14
• _movav - default MovingAverageSimple

C++23 API

#include <nonabt/indicators/pgo.hpp>
auto pgo = std::make_unique<nonabt::PGO>(data().close(), 14, "MovingAverageSimple");

Common Usage

• Use it as a momentum and extension gauge.
• Pair it with a threshold or regime filter.
• Helpful for breakout and trend continuation workflows.