
MQL4 Reference / Technical Indicators / iATR
iATR
Calculates the Average True Range indicator and returns its value.
double iATR(
string symbol, // symbol
int timeframe, // timeframe
int period, // averaging period
int shift // shift
);
Parameters
*symbol
[in] Symbol name on the data of which the indicator will be calculated. NULL means the current symbol.
*timeframe
[in] Timeframe. It can be any of ENUM_TIMEFRAMES enumeration values. 0 means the current chart timeframe.
*period
[in] Averaging period.
*shift
[in] Index of the value taken from the indicator buffer (shift relative to the current bar the given amount of periods ago).
Returned value
Numerical value of the Average True Range indicator.
Example:
if(iATR(NULL,0,12,0)>iATR(NULL,0,20,0)) return(0);