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Returns a numerical value, indicating the category (financial instrument type) of the symbol that study is applied to.

Usage

Category

The following values are returned for each category:

 0 – Future
 1 – Future Option
 2 – Stock
 3 – Stock Option
 4 – Index
 5 – Currency Option
 6 – Mutual Fund
 7 – Money Market Fund
 8 – Index Option
 9 – Cash

10 – Bond 11 – Spread 12 – Forex 14 – Composite

Example

Assign a value, indicating the type of symbol that the study is applied to, to Value1 variable:

Value1=Category;