Use the MA from the chart

[ryan]

I am trying to get a variable for a 50 minute simple moving average, the one that appears on the chart when I apply it to one. I am using:

double MoveA = iMA(NULL,PERIOD_M1,50,0,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_MEDIAN,0);

When I use the print function to print out MoveA, it is never very far away from the current quote. That is, it doesn't seem to be the moving average that appears on the chart.

[[Deleted]]

well for starters do you want the simple moving average or the smoothed moving average? simple moving average is SMA smoothed moving average is the SMMA. Secondly the moving average is usually computed at the close unless you want the median use the following

double MoveA = iMA(NULL,1,50,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);