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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, Custom Futures,
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,
20 – Cryptoсurrency.

Example

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

Value1 = Category;