Moving Average values not making sense

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Hello,

I have an EA where one of the requirements for making a trade is a 3-bar trend in a MA. For example, the code to check for a sell is:


MACurrent=iMA(NULL,0,MATrendPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
MAPrevious=iMA(NULL,0,MATrendPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,1);
MAPrevious2=iMA(NULL,0,MATrendPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,2);


if (MACurrent<MAPrevious && MAPrevious<MAPrevious2) // MA in a downtrend
{
return(2); // Short signal
}


When I output the values for analysis, there are occasions where I get a short signal, but the values look like this:


MACurrent = 1.4086

MAPrevious = 1.4087

MAPrevous2 = 1.4087


Since MAPrevious is not less than MAPrevious2, I should not have gotten a short signal. What's up? When comparing MA values in code, does it go out to more than 4 decimal places, but only display 4 when I output the values?

Thanks for your help.

 

This is the frequently encountered limitation of Print()

It is limited to 4 decimal places, so use DoubleToString() to get round this - see https://docs.mql4.com/common/Print

Good Luck

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