| double iAlligator( |
string symbol, int timeframe, int jaw_period, int jaw_shift, int teeth_period, int teeth_shift, int lips_period, int lips_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int mode, int shift) |
Calculates the Bill Williams' Alligator and returns its value.
Parameters:
| symbol |
- |
Symbol the data of which should be used to calculate indicator. NULL means the current symbol. |
| timeframe |
- |
Timeframe. It can be one of Timeframe enumeration values. 0 means the current chart timeframe. |
| jaw_period |
- |
Blue line averaging period (Alligator's Jaw). |
| jaw_shift |
- |
Blue line shift relative to the chart. |
| teeth_period |
- |
Red line averaging period (Alligator's Teeth). |
| teeth_shift |
- |
Red line shift relative to the chart. |
| lips_period |
- |
Green line averaging period (Alligator's Lips). |
| lips_shift |
- |
Green line shift relative to the chart. |
| ma_method |
- |
MA method. It can be any of Moving Average methods. |
| applied_price |
- |
Applied price. It can be any of Applied price enumeration values. |
| mode |
- |
Data source, identifier of a line of the indicator. It can be any of the following values:
MODE_GATORJAW - Gator Jaw (blue) balance line,
MODE_GATORTEETH - Gator Teeth (red) balance line,
MODE_GATORLIPS - Gator Lips (green) balance line. |
| shift |
- |
Shift relative to the current bar (number of periods back) where the data should be taken from. |
Sample:
double jaw_val=iAlligator(NULL, 0, 13, 8, 8, 5, 5, 3, MODE_SMMA, PRICE_MEDIAN, MODE_GATORJAW, 1);
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