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ima calculates the Moving Average indicator and returns its value.

double ima(

int timeframe, // timeframe

int ma_period, // MA averaging period

int ma_shift, // MA shift

int ma_method, // averaging method

int applied_price, // applied price

int shift // shift

);

Parameters:

timeframe

[in] Timeframe in minutes. It can be one of the period constants.

ma_period

[in] Averaging period for calculation.

ma_shift

[in] MA shift. Indicators line offset relate to the chart by timeframe.

ma_method

[in] Moving Average method. It can be any of the mode constants.

applied_price

[in] Applied price. It can be any of the applied price constants.

shift

[in] Index of the value taken from the indicator buffer (shift relative to the current bar the given amount of periods ago).

Returned value:

Numerical value of the Moving Average indicator.

Example:

AlligatorJawsBuffer[i]=ima(1440,13,8,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_MEDIAN,i);