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Post From: EMA Calculation Method in Spreadsheet study

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Sawtooth - Posts: 3993
I believe the usual starting value for an EMA is the SMA to that point, but this might not be how Sierra it. The formula I gave does not start with an SMA value; it just takes the length in bars to 'catch up'. Not very sophisticated, but with a short length, it doesn't matter too much. This is my reference: http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:technical_indicators:moving_averages