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Re: [EquisMetaStock Group] Exploration Results different from Data Window value?



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Hi! Roy,

Thanks for the explicit explanation. That really helps.

Best regards,
csong
 

--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Roy Larsen" <rlarsen@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Csong
> 
> The difference is because you are not using the same number of bars 
for the exploration as you load
> for the chart. My "rule of thumb" is to use 5 times as many bars as 
the longest EMA for the
> exploration (750 bars in this case), and from this you should expect 
accuracy to about 4 decimal
> places.
> 
> The situation arises because of the way an exponential moving 
average is constructed. It never
> completely discards any data. Therefore using different lengths of 
history will give different
> results.
> 
> Roy




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