# forge.ta.stoch

```python
forge.ta.stoch(high: ArrayLike, low: ArrayLike, close: ArrayLike, k_period: int = 5, d_period: int = 3, slowing: int = 3, basis: str = 'high_low') -> dict[str, np.ndarray]
```

Stochastic oscillator: ``k`` is the slowed %K and ``d`` its simple average.

``slowing`` sums the close's distance from the lowest low and the high to low range over that
many bars before dividing once (MetaTrader 5's smoothing). ``basis`` takes the highest high
and lowest low (``high_low``) or the highest and lowest close (``close_close``). A window with
no range reads 50.

Since Forge API 1.