Caplin Trader 5.1.0

Class: module:ct-chart/study/SimpleMovingAverage

module:ct-chart/study/SimpleMovingAverage(alias, derivationParams, listener, configOverridesopt)

new module:ct-chart/study/SimpleMovingAverage(alias, derivationParams, listener, configOverridesopt)

Constructs a new SimpleMovingAverage.

A study that calculates the simple moving average over the given period.

This study requires the period to be passed in the derivation options. By default it will use the `close` field as the value for calculating the study data. If you require a different field, set a `field` property in the derivation options. See module:ct-chart/series/Fields for details.

This study only requires the configuration options defined by module:ct-chart/Study.

This study is aliased by the caplin.chart-sma-study alias. To create a new instance of this study use the module:ct-chart/study/Factory.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
alias String

The Study alias.

derivationParams Object

Study derivation options.

listener Object

A listener object that implements the module:ct-chart/study/StudyListener interface.

configOverrides Object <optional>

Configuration overrides passed to the parent class. This study uses the default configuration options.

Implements:

Methods

evaluate(data)

Calculates the simple moving average over the given period.

Once completed it will invoke the module:ct-chart/study/StudyListener#onStudyData method on its listener.

The format of the calculated data is: [[timestamp, value(, state)], ...]

Parameters:
Name Type Description
data Array

Chart series data in the Caplin Format.

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