difference of moving average between mt4 and FT(plz help)

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difference of moving average between mt4 and FT(plz help)

#1 Postby xuelin » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:07 am

using same data to set moving average in mt4 and in FT,for example,two same symbol only have 100 candles,set 5 moving average both,it's diffecent between mt4 and FT.their starting point in mt4 is in the first candle and in the sixth in FT?WHY?and if i use big period moving average such as 1000,the difference will be more obvious. Had anyone found this prblem?here is the pictures follows. i don't understand. who can help me ?
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#2 Postby FT Support » Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:40 am

Movig Average needs <period> bars to calculate its value. If you have less than <period> bars before Moving Average current value then correct MovingAverage value cannot be calculated.
So it is impossible to calculate correct MA (with period = 5) value for these 5 bars from your example.
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