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Good point, Claud, and this would certainly affect exponential moving
averages, but not simple moving averages.
Joseph, I tested MetaStock's SMA by copying data to a spreadsheet and
computing a SMA. Next, I pasted the indicator's data next to the calculated
averages. They matched perfectly.
The error must either be in your SMA parameters (using the open instead of
close, or using the close of an indicator instead of the price bars), or in
your comparison programs.
Hope this helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: Claud Baruch
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: moving average discrepancies
Make sure you load enough data into your charts. In the case you mentioned,
load at least 500 data points.
Claud
Joseph Zilaitis wrote:
I know this question was asked some time ago but I can't find the answer in
my archives. When plotting simple moving averages[50,200,etc] I'm getting
results that differ when compared to identical simple moving averages
plotted by other programs. The other comparisons are identical with each
other but differ by a wide margin when compared to MetaStock's . Is this a
problem with my software or am I incorrectly plotting this average somehow?
Could it be an incorrect default setting for an ending date or what? Thank
you.
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