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iAMA

The function returns the handle of the Adaptive Moving Average indicator. It has only one buffer.

int  iAMA(
   string              symbol,             // symbol name
   ENUM_TIMEFRAMES     period,             // period
   int                 ama_period,         // average period for AMA
   int                 fast_ma_period,     // fast MA period
   int                 slow_ma_period,     // slow MA period
   int                 ama_shift,          // horizontal shift of the indicator
   ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE  applied_price       // type of the price or handle
   );

Parameters

symbol

[in] The symbol name of the security, the data of which should be used to calculate the indicator. The NULL value means the current symbol.

period

[in] The value of the period can be one of the ENUM_TIMEFRAMES values, 0 means the current timeframe.

ama_period

[in] The calculation period, on which the efficiency coefficient is calculated.

fast_ma_period

[in] Fast period for the smoothing coefficient calculation for a rapid market.

slow_ma_period

[in] Slow period for the smoothing coefficient calculation in the absence of trend.

ama_shift

[in] Shift of the indicator relative to the price chart.

applied_price

[in] The price used. Can be any of the price constants ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE or a handle of another indicator.

Returned value

Returns the handle of a specified technical indicator, in case of failure returns INVALID_HANDLE. The computer memory can be freed from an indicator that is no more utilized, using the IndicatorRelease() function, to which the indicator handle is passed.

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