MQL4 Reference / Technical Indicators / iMA
iMA
Calculates the Moving Average indicator and returns its value.
double iMA(
string symbol, // symbol
int timeframe, // timeframe
int ma_period, // MA averaging period
int ma_shift, // MA shift
int ma_method, // averaging method
int applied_price, // applied price
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.
*ma_period
[in] Averaging period for calculation.
*ma_shift
[in] MA shift. Indicators line offset relate to the chart by timeframe.
*ma_method
[in] Moving Average method. It can be any of ENUM_MA_METHOD enumeration values.
*applied_price
[in] Applied price. It can be any of ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE enumeration values.
*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 Moving Average indicator.
Example:
AlligatorJawsBuffer[i]=iMA(NULL,0,13,8,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_MEDIAN,i);