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SimpleMovingAverage(SeriesCollection,Int32) Method
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dotnetCHARTING Namespace > StatisticalEngine Class > SimpleMovingAverage Method : SimpleMovingAverage(SeriesCollection,Int32) Method


sc
A collection of series objects. For example, to evaluate this indicator for two series you will need to pass a series collection containing this two series.
lengthOfMA
The number of periods considered within the evaluation of the moving average for each of the periods on which it can be evaluated.
Calculates the arithmetic(or simple) Moving Average (MA) of a given period for all possible data points (i.e. periods) for which there is sufficient historical data provided.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Overloads Shared Function SimpleMovingAverage( _
   ByVal sc As SeriesCollection, _
   ByVal lengthOfMA As Integer _
) As SeriesCollection
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim sc As SeriesCollection
Dim lengthOfMA As Integer
Dim value As SeriesCollection
 
value = StatisticalEngine.SimpleMovingAverage(sc, lengthOfMA)
C# 
public static SeriesCollection SimpleMovingAverage( 
   SeriesCollection sc,
   int lengthOfMA
)

Parameters

sc
A collection of series objects. For example, to evaluate this indicator for two series you will need to pass a series collection containing this two series.
lengthOfMA
The number of periods considered within the evaluation of the moving average for each of the periods on which it can be evaluated.

Return Value

A series where the first term corresponds to the Moving Average on the last period and the previous value is the value of the Moving average on the previous period and so on.

Exceptions

ExceptionDescription
ArgumentExceptionThrown if the series is empty.

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