Simplified Creation Error – Moving Averages

• 04/21/2019 at 12:41 PM #96866
  GraHal

  Using Simplified Creation and any moving average other than Simple MA does not provide the correct code!

  The code that is provided is always for a simple moving average!

  Newbies may not realise above and get disilusioned as to why their code isn’t working!?

  Image 1 – code produced when a Hull MA is selected and using Simplified Creation (lower curve).

  Image 2 – correct code for Hull MA (upper curve).

  It is obvious why the trades are different (MA(200) vs MA(200,8)) but if I was a newbie I would expect a selected Hull MA (4th Image) to be coded as a Hull MA if I used the Simplified Creation Tool??

   

  

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  04/21/2019 at 2:53 PM #96873
  Nicolas

  Did you test with other MA than Hull? Another one numbered between 1 and 6?

  

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  04/21/2019 at 3:21 PM #96874
  GraHal

  Yes I checked with EMA(200,2).

  I will treble check another later (200,4) and let you know.

   

  

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  04/21/2019 at 3:48 PM #96875
  Nicolas

  EMA is number 1, and I don’t think Hull is number 8, even if it’s the eighth choice in the dropdown list.  Try the seventh one for Hull average.

  

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  04/21/2019 at 7:45 PM #96882
  GraHal

  Yes I remembered EMA = 1 as soon as I sent the comment.

  Ignore the attachments … it seems to have been fixed now?? 🙂

  

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  04/21/2019 at 8:10 PM #96887
  GraHal

  Simplified Creation does not create the correct code for …

  No 7 Zero Lag Exponential

  and

  No 8 – Hull

  The code that is produced for the two MA Types above is for Simple Average … see attached.

  

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  04/23/2019 at 7:45 AM #96966
  Nicolas

  Because MA numbered 7 and 8 are new and are only implemented from version 11, that’s why you get simple MA when trying to use that number in previous version of PRT.

  

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  04/23/2019 at 8:42 AM #96969
  GraHal

  That is confusing to the user because selecting MA 7 and 8 produce different curves on the charts (different than simple MA) and so logically one would expect MA 7 and 8 to code up different using Simplified Creation.

  Anyway now we know the reason for the anomaly!

  Well … anybody reading these last 2 comments will know!

  Thank You
  Nicolas.

   

  

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