> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://takeprofit.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Indie

> Everything you need to build custom indicators and strategies for TakeProfit — from your first script to the marketplace.

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    <span className="tp-hero-badge">Indie®</span>

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      Start building with <span className="tp-hero-accent">Indie</span>
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      Indie® is the language behind every indicator and strategy on TakeProfit.
      Write one yourself, or describe the idea and let an LLM do the typing.
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        Quick start
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        Write with AI
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        Library reference
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      <Tab title="Aroon">
        ```py theme={null}
        # indie:lang_version = 5
        from indie import indicator, format, param, plot, color
        from indie.algorithms import SinceLowest, SinceHighest


        @indicator('Aroon', format=format.PRICE)
        @param.int('length', default=14, min=1)
        @plot.line(color=color.BLUE, title='Aroon Down')
        @plot.line(color=color.YELLOW, title='Aroon Up')
        def Main(self, length):
            lo_offset = SinceLowest.new(self.low, length)
            hi_offset = SinceHighest.new(self.high, length)

            down = 100 * (length - lo_offset[0]) / length
            up = 100 * (length - hi_offset[0]) / length

            return down, up
        ```
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      <Tab title="Accum/Dist">
        ```py theme={null}
        # indie:lang_version = 5
        from indie import indicator, format, plot, color
        from indie.algorithms import CumSum, Mfv


        @indicator('Accum/Dist', format=format.VOLUME)
        @plot.line(color=color.OLIVE)
        def Main(self):
            return CumSum.new(Mfv.new())[0]
        ```
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        <span className="tp-tile-title">What is Indie</span>
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      <p className="tp-tile-text">Why the language exists and how it differs from Python</p>
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        <span className="tp-tile-title">Quick start</span>
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      <p className="tp-tile-text">Write and run your first indicator in a few minutes</p>
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        <span className="tp-tile-title">Code structure</span>
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      <p className="tp-tile-text">Context, series, decorators and how execution works</p>
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        <span className="tp-tile-title">Library reference</span>
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      <p className="tp-tile-text">Packages, builtins and the full API surface</p>
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        <span className="tp-tile-title">MCP server</span>
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      <p className="tp-tile-text">Let an LLM build, convert and validate indicators for you</p>
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      <p className="tp-tile-text">Ready-to-run indicators and strategies to learn from</p>
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