MT4 error?

Hi,

Does anyone know why this 2 expressions retrieve the same result,

MA = iMA(60,0,21,0,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
MAD = iMA(1440,0,21,0,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);

And it's the same with:

MA = iMA(PERIOD_H1,0,21,0,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
MAD = iMA(PERIOD_D1,0,21,0,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);

The result is always as if it was this expression:

MA = iMA(NULL,0,21,0,MODE_SMMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);

Anyone has a clue about why does this happens and what to do to solve it?

I know if I'm on H1 timeframe I can calculate the 21 SMMA multiplying 21*24, but then I would need to do one more line for each timeframe I want to use, and it's only an aproximation.

Best regards,

Joaquim Fonseca

Do you know how to open the documentation and how to quickly view the function signature while editing your code?

 

1. click into the word "iMA" so that the blinking caret is somewhere in this word and press F1, you will see the reference manual opening and displaying the help for the iMA() function with all its parameters explained.
2. or while editing move the caret to somewhere between the opening "(" and the closing ")" of the iMA() function and press Ctrl+Shift+Space and you will see a little pop up showing you the function arguments, move the caret forward and backwards and see the current argument highlighted.

the first argument is the symbol and not the period, the second argument is the period. And now do the above mentioned to read more about it.

Thanks a lot!!!

That's why a second pair of eyes is always helpful ;-)

I would never found a stupid mistake like this in my own program, just because I assume I would never do something like this

Thanks,

Joaquim Fonseca