Right you are Flyboy...
Now that I have a Centered Moving Average with a blank 1/2 cycle period, I want
to fill in the blank period with a "Derived Average". The Centered Average is
plotted when there is a value for it, otherwise a "Derived Average" is plotted
to fill in the blank period. The "Derived Average" would be a custom indicator.
Does AmiBroker offer a way to splice on a new indicator (Derived Average) from
the beginning of the blank period forward? ( I was able to do this in
MetaStock).
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: flyboypa30
To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:41 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: Moving Average
Dennis,
The idea of a "Centered" moving average is that it will show you "properly"
the action of the moving average. BUT in order to do so, you will have to "give
up" 1/2 of the length (period) of the moving average on the Hard Right Edge.
The only other alternative is to use a Non Centered Moving average.
To get a "Centered" Moving average to show values past the 1/2 period back
shift, would require that your "predict" the values of what your moving average
would be.
A different approach would be to "shift" or "displace" the moving average the
1/2 period forward to hopefully give you an idea on what might happen.
Your Choice. None of them easy or perfect.
Flyboy
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Lipter" <blackca...@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry...formula below doesn't do what I want.
>
> This formula always shows a blank 9 bars when I scroll the chart. If I
scroll the chart and there is data available 9 bars into the future, I want the
formula to use that data so the average is plotted over the entire visible
portion of the chart.
>
> mp=IIf(C,(H+L+C)/3,(H+L)/2);
> x=MA(mp,18);
> Plot(x,"Centered ", colorRed, styleLine, Null, Null,-9);
>
> I only want the first 9 bars of the entire plot to be blank, so when I
scroll the chart, the blank bars disappear from view. I need to expand the
sample data field 9 bars into the future, so when I scroll the chart, the blank
portion of the plot disappears.
>
> Hope this is clear.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Lipter
> To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Moving Average
>
>
>
>
> flyboypa,
>
> This worked!
> mp=IIf(C,(H+L+C)/3,(H+L)/2);
>
> x=MA(mp,18);
>
> Plot(x,"Centered ", colorRed, styleLine, Null, Null,-9);
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: flyboypa30
> To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:50 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Moving Average
>
>
>
> Dennis,
>
> Try the following:
>
> x = MA(mp,18);
>
> Plot(x,"Centered ", colorred, styleline, null, null, -9);
>
> This will do the "centering" of the MA in the Plot statement.
>
