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Date/Time: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 01:24:53 +0000
Post From: EMA Calculation Method in Spreadsheet study
| [2013-11-10 22:53:10] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4232 |
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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 |