does anyone know if there is any difference/correlation between the settings of the 2 platforms? i know that Realtick uses decimals for the MACD length1, length2, and the signal line while Qcharts does not. a friend and i have been trying to get our MACD charts to match with no success. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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MACD settings on QCharts vs. Realtick III
- Thread starter passterelli
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hmmm. nice thought. but i don't think that that is quite it. thanks for the reply.
i went right to the source and here's what i was told:
The MACD parameters are the respective smoothing factors and the price series. The default values are a smoothing factor of .07 (approximately equal to 26 periods) for the first moving average; .15 for the second (12 periods) and a smoothing factor of .20 for the signal line (9 periods)
The formula used to calculate these decimal values is 2/n+1, with n being the number of periods. I believe that the value of length on the QCharts is the same as the value for Periods.
just in case anyone cares!
The MACD parameters are the respective smoothing factors and the price series. The default values are a smoothing factor of .07 (approximately equal to 26 periods) for the first moving average; .15 for the second (12 periods) and a smoothing factor of .20 for the signal line (9 periods)
The formula used to calculate these decimal values is 2/n+1, with n being the number of periods. I believe that the value of length on the QCharts is the same as the value for Periods.
just in case anyone cares!
Originally posted by passterelli
i went right to the source and here's what i was told:
The MACD parameters are the respective smoothing factors and the price series. The default values are a smoothing factor of .07 (approximately equal to 26 periods) for the first moving average; .15 for the second (12 periods) and a smoothing factor of .20 for the signal line (9 periods)
The formula used to calculate these decimal values is 2/n+1, with n being the number of periods. I believe that the value of length on the QCharts is the same as the value for Periods.
just in case anyone cares!
Hey! I care.....thanks! It's tough to try different macd settings when you can't just enter a "period" value.