When I doing the minus operation, I am getting a value of 0
Log("Value of sma is" + sma +" and price is"+ price + "Difference is---" + (sma.Minus(price)));
Below is the log entry:
2013-10-10 04:00:00 Value of sma is1.35003 and price is1.349855Difference is---0.0
Alexandre Catarino
I couldn't reproduce the issue.
Could you share a working algorithm?
Vijay Kumar
Attaching my project here.
Vijay Kumar
Attaching
Alexandre Catarino
When you use an indicator extension, a new indicator is created, So every time you call sma.Minus(price), you will get a new indicator waiting for the first update. The proper way to do it would be:
//Set up the SMA class private SimpleMovingAverage _sma; private Identity _price; private CompositeIndicator<IndicatorDataPoint> _diff; // In Initialize _sma = SMA("EURUSD", 10, Resolution.Hour); _price = Identity("EURUSD"); _diff = _sma.Minus(_price); // In OnData or elsewhere Log("Value of sma is" + sma + " and price is" + price + "Difference is---" + _diff);
Vijay Kumar
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