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Hello,
StDev function in AmiBroker works as STDEVP in Excel (not STDEV).
Read the Excel help file to learn about difference between STDEVP  and STDEV.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "the_chairmann" <jhart_1972@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 3:07 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Standard Deviation calculation question
> I'm experimenting with a standard deviation exploration but I'm 
> getting discrepencies in the resulting answer.  Take Alcoa for 
> example.  I get a 5 day Sd of 67 in Amibroker but a SD of 65 in 
> Excel.  I tried this over 5 & 10 day periods for other stocks and 
> got conflicting answers as well.  Is it because AB is a "moving" 
> standard deviation?  
> 
> >From the AB help file:  Calculates moving standard deviation of the 
> ARRAY over periods bars  
> 
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