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indicators.<indicatorname> call in ontick , onbar differs ?
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 Post subject: indicators.<indicatorname> call in ontick , onbar differs ? Post rating: 0   New post Posted: Tue 20 Apr, 2010, 22:17 

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i have a strategy which uses moving average indicator.

How it's different if i call indicator from onTick method , if i call onBar method ?

The reason i am asking is if i use historic tester with period 1min , onTick gets called once every one min , also onBar will get called once in one min. But if i have exactly same strategy written in onTick and onBar then they should not return two different result .. right ?

Does indicators internally use tickdata to calculate results ?

Please help me in getting my doubt clear.

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Avinash
 
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 Post subject: Re: indicators.<indicatorname> call in ontick , onbar differs ? Post rating: 0   New post Posted: Wed 21 Apr, 2010, 09:39 
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Hello Avinash,
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The reason i am asking is if i use historic tester with period 1min , onTick gets called once every one min , also onBar will get called once in one min. But if i have exactly same strategy written in onTick and onBar then they should not return two different result .. right ?
This is true only till you are using the Historical Tester(HT). Because in HT ticks are generated from candles. (consider this https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/forex/jforex/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4025&hilit=OHLC&sid=09fd87de6ce0003adf087999dfeab130).
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Does indicators internally use tick data to calculate results ?
No, indicators use candle data.
Here is more info on indicators https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/forex/jforex/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1820&sid=09fd87de6ce0003adf087999dfeab130
 
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