Overview
The Triangular Moving Average is similar to a Simple Moving Average, except that more weight is given to the price in the middle of the moving average periods.

Interpretation
A Moving Average is most often used to average values for a smoother representation of the underlying price or indicator.

Class: MovingAverage

Syntax

Public function TriangularMovingAverage(ByRef Data As Database, ByRef Source As Field, ByVal Periods As Integer, Optional ByVal FieldAliasName As String = "") As RecordSet

Sample

Public Sub main()        'Variables        Dim _symbolInfo As VTLGeneral.CSymbol=ClientCode.GetSymbolByName("GOLD")        Dim DB As New VTLGeneral.Database()        Dim rsOHLCV As New VTLGeneral.RecordSet()        Dim RecordCount As Integer        Dim m_Recordset As VTLGeneral.RecordSet        Dim _historyData As object()        Dim output As String        Dim Record As Integer        Dim m_Date As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Open As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_High As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Low As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Close As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim j As Integer = 0        Dim i As Integer = 0        Dim _recordCount As Integer =ClientCode.Bars(_symbolInfo.ID,VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day)                m_Recordset = DB.CreateRecord        m_Open = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_High = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Low = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Close = New VTLGeneral.Field         DB.RecordCount = _recordCount        RecordCount = _recordCount         'Initialize Recordsets        m_Open.initialize(_recordCount-1, "Open")        m_High.initialize(_recordCount-1, "High")        m_Low.initialize(_recordCount-1, "Low")        m_Close.initialize(_recordCount-1, "Close")        'load high, low ,open and data         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_HIGH, _recordCount)          For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_High.setValue(i,_historyData(i))         Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_LOW, _recordCount)         For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_Low.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_OPEN, _recordCount)         For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_Open.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_CLOSE, _recordCount)         For i  = 0 To _recordCount-1                m_Close.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next          m_Recordset.addField(m_Open)        m_Recordset.addField(m_High)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Low)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Close)         'TriangularMovingAverage indicator        Dim _indRecord As New VTLGeneral.RecordSet()        Dim mv As New VTLGeneral.MovingAverage()        _indRecord = mv.TriangularMovingAverage(DB,m_High,14)         For i = 0 To DB.getRecordCount-1                output = output  &  CSTR(_indRecord.getValue(_indRecord.getName(1), i) ) & vbcrlf        Next         GUI.MsgDialog(output) End Sub

See Also

• Variable Moving Average
• VIDYA
• Weighted Moving Average

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