IIndicatorsAccessor.SimpleMovingAverage

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The simple moving average smoothes the price data producing a trend indicator

Definition

C#Python

SimpleMovingAverage SimpleMovingAverage(DataSeries source, int periods)

api.Indicators.SimpleMovingAverage(source: DataSeries, periods: int) -> SimpleMovingAverage

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`source`	`DataSeries`	`DataSeries`	The source data used for SMA calculation.
`periods`	`int`	`int`	The periods used in the calculation.

Returns SimpleMovingAverage — Simple Moving Average indicator instance

Examples

C#Python

var fastSma = Indicators.SimpleMovingAverage(Bars.ClosePrices, 10);
var slowSma = Indicators.SimpleMovingAverage(Bars.ClosePrices, 50);
if (fastSma.Result.HasCrossedAbove(slowSma.Result, 0))
    Print("SMA(10) has crossed above SMA(50)");

fastSma = api.Indicators.SimpleMovingAverage(api.Bars.ClosePrices, 10)
slowSma = api.Indicators.SimpleMovingAverage(api.Bars.ClosePrices, 50)
if Functions.HasCrossedAbove(fastSma.Result, slowSma.Result, 0):
    api.Print("SMA(10) has crossed above SMA(50)")