iMA in MQL5 Help

[jasonfxz]

Hi,

I'm trying to just add two moving averages to a chart from an EA, creating them at OnInit() with iMA(). Both MAs are added visually to the strategy tester graph as expected, however the the moving averages are very different lines compared to if I add them manually to a chart for the same M30 pair over the same time period. Anyone know why this might be? Basically the MA's always seem to flow across the top & bottom of candles and never cross. Am I supposed to be doing something to the created indicator in OnTick or OnCalculate? I assumed that should be default.

int OnInit()

  {

   hEMA1 = iMA(_Symbol, PERIOD_M30, 13, 0, MODE_EMA,  PRICE_CLOSE);

   hEMA2 = iMA(_Symbol, PERIOD_M30, 3, 0, MODE_EMA,  PRICE_CLOSE);

   if(hEMA1 == INVALID_HANDLE || hEMA2 == INVALID_HANDLE) {

      Print("ERROR: Create Failed, invalid handle");

   }

   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);

  }

If I go to an M30 pair, and manually add a MA indicator of those two periods, I get very different lines to what the strat tester ends up drawing. 

Thanks for any tips!

[Vladimir Karputov]

Exmaple: Bars after the last iMA crossing

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert initialization function                                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
   ***
//---
   if(MQLInfoInteger(MQL_DEBUG) || MQLInfoInteger(MQL_VISUAL_MODE))
     {
      ChartIndicatorAdd(0,0,handle_iMA_Fast);
      ChartIndicatorAdd(0,0,handle_iMA_Slow);
     }
//---
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }

[jasonfxz]

Vladimir Karputov:

Exmaple: Bars after the last iMA crossing

Thanks a lot! It looks like somehow I turned on the bid & ask price lines under the strat tester graph and mistook them for the MA lines! :( Any idea how I turn them off? I solved it by deleting my userdata folder and re-running the EA with your ChartIndicatorAdd() suggestion which worked.