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LRMA - indicator for MetaTrader 5

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This indicator is calculated the following way:

LRMA[bar] = 3.0 * LWMA(Price[bar]) - 2.0 * SMA(Price[bar])

where:

  • LWMA() - linearly weighted smoothing;
  • SMA() - simple smoothing;
  • PRICE[] - price series value;
  • bar - current bar index.

This indicator clearly shows market trends dividing a price chart into two sectors.  If a price is above the indicator line, the trend is going upwards. If a price is below the indicator line, the trend is going downwards.

The indicator uses the classes from the SmoothAlgorithms.mqh and IndicatorsAlgorithms.mqh libraries (they must be placed to the terminal_data_folder\MQL5\Include). The use of the classes was thoroughly descirbed in the article "Averaging Price Series for Intermediate Calculations Without Using Additional Buffers".

LRMA (linear regression moving average)

Translated from Russian by MetaQuotes Ltd.
Original code: https://www.mql5.com/ru/code/429