SMA on different time frames

December 10th, 2019, 06:27 PM

Hello everyone,

Looking to see if there's an easy answer for this. I'm looking to differentiate moving averages based on times frames.
For example, on my daily chart I want the 20,50,200 Simple Moving Average(SMA) and on the weekly and monthly I want a 10 SMA. The problem is when I add a study it's applied to all times frames. Is there a way to separate it?

December 10th, 2019, 07:09 PM

As far as I am aware there is not a way to achieve this.

One alternative is to have two charts open on flexible charts, each with separate studies.

December 11th, 2019, 02:12 PM

(quirk: sometimes I saw the sma1 value in the data box, not the chart for say Weekly until something changed on the chart and it recalc'd) but try:

input sma_len_1 = 10;
input sma_len_2 = 20;
input sma_len_3 = 50;
input sma_len_4 = 200;

def agg = GetAggregationPeriod();

plot sma1 = MovingAverage(AverageType.SIMPLE, close, sma_len_1);
sma1.SetHiding (Agg > AggregationPeriod.DAY or Agg < AggregationPeriod.DAY);
plot sma2 = MovingAverage(AverageType.Simple,Close,sma_len_2);
sma2.SetHiding (Agg < AggregationPeriod.Week);
plot sma3 = MovingAverage(AverageType.SIMPLE, close, sma_len_3);
sma3.SetHiding (Agg < AggregationPeriod.Week);
plot sma4 = MovingAverage(AverageType.SIMPLE, close, sma_len_4);
sma4.SetHiding (Agg < AggregationPeriod.Week);

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