about iMA

[juangalvez]

Hi all,

 

I have seen there are a lot of indicators starting with i, such as iMA: can someone tell me what does it means i ?

I am looking for the source code for iMA , any help really appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

acepsut 

[William Roeder]

acepsut:

iMA: can someone tell me what does it means i ?

I am looking for the source code for iMA

1. iMA - MQL4 Documentation
   
   

   double iMA(

   string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)

   Calculates the Moving average indicator and returns its value.

   ---

2. <terminal>\experts\indicators\ Moving Averages.mq4

Was that so hard?

[juangalvez]

WHRoeder:

1. iMA - MQL4 Documentation
   
   

   double iMA(

   string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)

   Calculates the Moving average indicator and returns its value.

   ---

2. <terminal>\experts\indicators\ Moving Averages.mq4

Was that so hard?

Thanks for your reply.

No it is not that hard, only I don't know the difference between a MovingAverage MA and iMA. If it return the simple moving average value why add the 'i' as prefix?

[William Roeder]

Calculates the Moving average indicator and returns its value.

[Simon Gniadkowski]

acepsut:

Thanks for your reply.

No it is not that hard, only I don't know the difference between a MovingAverage MA and iMA. If it return the simple moving average value why add the 'i' as prefix?

Functions starting with  i  are Technical Indicators the only exception is iCustom() it's not a technical indicator but is a way of accessing a custom Indicator's buffers.

Edit: and of course the TimeSeries Access functions . . .

[juangalvez]

Thanks all for replies.