Indicator not returning the same value when used in a strategy

• 04/28/2021 at 10:53 AM #168267
  Mattias

  Sorry if this is a frequently asked question, I tried to search but couldn’t find the answer.

  So if I for example do the following line in a indicator and in a strategy, and output the result,

  myATR = AverageTrueRange[14](close)

  1	myATR = AverageTrueRange[14](close)

  I don’t get the same value in my indicator as outputted in my strategy with the graph command.

  However, if I do an average,

  myMA = Average[20](close)

  1	myMA = Average[20](close)

  and output it as above, I do get the same value in the indicator as in my strategy. Why is this?

   

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  04/28/2021 at 11:44 AM #168268
  robertogozzi

  I am returned the same values, both for ATR and SMA, using these snippets:

  SMA

  Avg = Average[10](close) buy at -close limit //does nothing but preventing an error message graph Avg

  1 2 3

  Avg = Average[10](close) buy at -close limit      //does nothing but preventing an error message graph Avg

  ATR

  myATR = AverageTrueRange[14](close) buy at -close limit //does nothing but preventing an error message graph myATR

  1 2 3

  myATR = AverageTrueRange[14](close) buy at -close limit      //does nothing but preventing an error message graph myATR

  there can be some negligible differences, at times, due most likely to different rounding procedures, but they should not affect strategies.

   

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  04/28/2021 at 11:54 AM #168274
  Nicolas

  Make sure you are not using custom trading hours on the current chart and with weekend data enabled.

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