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# Kaufman's Adaptive Moving Average

kama() calculates Kaufman's Adaptive Moving Average, which speeds up in trends and slows down in noisy markets.

Learn how Kaufman’s Adaptive Moving Average in Origami Tech adapts to market noise, providing smoother and more accurate trend tracking.

## Kaufman's Adaptive Moving Average

`kama(candles: List[[Candle]], er: int = 10, fast: int = 2, slow: int = 30, period: int = 20, column: str = "close") -> List[Decimal]`