IIndicatorsAccessor.MovingAverage

method · IIndicatorsAccessor · cAlgo.API.Internals

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Moving Average indicators are used to smooth data producing trend indicators.

Definition

C#Python

MovingAverage MovingAverage(DataSeries source, int periods, MovingAverageType maType)

api.Indicators.MovingAverage(source: DataSeries, periods: int, maType: MovingAverageType) -> MovingAverage

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`source`	`DataSeries`	`DataSeries`	The source data used for the MA calculation.
`periods`	`int`	`int`	The periods used in the calculation.
`maType`	`MovingAverageType`	`MovingAverageType`	Method of calculation of MA.

Returns MovingAverage — Moving Average indicator instance

Examples

C#Python

var ma = Indicators.MovingAverage(Bars.ClosePrices, 50, MovingAverageType.Exponential);
Print("EMA(50) last value: {0}", ma.Result.LastValue);

ma = api.Indicators.MovingAverage(api.Bars.ClosePrices, 50, MovingAverageType.Exponential)
api.Print(f"EMA(50) last value: {ma.Result.LastValue}")