---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.Indicators.Alligator.Lips"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.Indicators.Alligator"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Indicators/Alligator/Lips/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# Alligator.Lips

Member of [Alligator](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Indicators/Alligator/index.md).

## Lips

The lips is the x-period (5) smoothed moving average that is moved by x (3) bars into the future

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI supported · Cloud supported.

C#:

```csharp
IndicatorDataSeries Lips {get; set;}
```

Python:

```python
alligator.Lips: IndicatorDataSeries
```

### Returns

`IndicatorDataSeries` — 

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var alligator = Indicators.Alligator(13, 8, 8, 5, 5, 3, MovingAverageType.WilderSmoothing);
Print("Lips: {0}", alligator.Lips.Last(1));
```

Python:

```python
alligator = api.Indicators.Alligator(13, 8, 8, 5, 5, 3, MovingAverageType.WilderSmoothing)
api.Print(f"Lips: {alligator.Lips.Last(1)}")
```