iMAOnArray returns to me strange values

[leo1987]

Hi,

I am trying to build an indicator and I need an MA on a Buffer I am calculating. For this reason I used the iMAOnArray function. Buffer's field of existence is [0;1]  and it also usually never comes above .5. 

When trying to get this MA set as:

double temp = 0.0;

temp = iMAOnArray(ExtUpProb /*(one of indicators buffer)*/, 200 /*(I want to take in account only the last 200 buffer elements)*/, 14 /*(MA Period)*/, 0,1,0);

but it returns to me 0 or BILLIONS in value! (at most a constant value sometimes).

I have declared the container variable, I have initialized it but result is always the same. How could I configure it?

In the indicator's for loop it should be:

for (int i = Bars-1; i>=0; i--)
{
//...
ExtUpProb[i] = // stuff
iMAOnArray(ExtUpProb,200,14,0,1,0); or iMAOnArray(ExtUpProb,200,14,0,1,i); with "i" shift to let it dynamic? }

 

Thank you very much! 

[Bartlomiej Gorski]

Hi,

Hard to say without full code, maybe your indicator is returing you this value : 214783647  (EMPTY_VALUE)?

Try to do this:

1) fill indicator buffer first

2) calculate iMaOnArray in second loop

int i;
for (i = Bars-1; i>=0; i--)
{
   ExtUpProb[i] = // stuff
}
for (i = Bars-1; i>=0; i--)
{
   myMaCalculationsBuffer[i] = iMAOnArray(ExtUpProb,200,14,0,1,i);
}
 

And also allways use "i" when calling iMaOnArray as last parameter, otherwise you will fill your buffer with just last value that comes from calculations.