Returns a numerical value, indicating the category (financial instrument type) of the symbol that study is applied to.
==== Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>Category</syntaxhighlight>
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.
12 – Forex 14 – Composite ==== Example ====
Assign a value, indicating the type of symbol that the study is applied to, to Value1 variable:
<syntaxhighlight>Value1=Category;</syntaxhighlight>
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