Exponential Moving Average

The current value of the average of a price series using exponential smoothing.  Applies weighting so that more recent stock movement have more impact on the EMA value.

 

Syntax: EMA(Source, Length, Offset, Interval, [Ref], [Symbol])

Source = Required.

Length = Required.  The number of bars in the average.

Offset = Required.  Allows you to adjust the moving average left (negative values) or right (positive values).  

Interval = Required. 

[Ref] = Optional.

[Symbol] = Optional.

 

Examples:

EMA(C, 20, 0, D, YHOO)

20 Day EMA using the Closing price with no offset for YHOO.

 

EMA(C, 10, -2, 5, YHOO)

10 period  5-minute EMA using the Closing price offset 2 periods to the left for YHOO.