Hi,

How does the time period work?

Example:
On https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#Strategy_Tutorial the time period is

@Configurable("SMA time period")
public int smaTimePeriod = 30;

Is this in relation to this value:

@Configurable(value="Period value")
public Period myPeriod = Period.TEN_MINS;

?

If so, does it mean that the SMA always will be based on 30 * 10 minutes?

Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards,
Henrik

No it does not - the Period class represents the timeframe over which the indicator gets calculated. But the timePeriod is an indicator-specific optional input which determines over how many bars the moving average get calculated (the smaller the number the "faster" the SMA and vice versa).

Hi again,

But in what unit is the '30' value measured? Is it 30 bars? If so, how long is a bar?

How should I do if I want to base my strategy on the 30 latest ticks?

Thanks.

/Henrik

As "long" as the one that you pass in the Period (i.e. the second parameter) to the sma method.
See the last example in:
https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#Indicator_Calculation/Calculate_indicator_by_time_interval