Hello,
It returns last value. In other words, you can't look into "future" values.
It is however possible to PLOT into the future "blank" space,
by means of XShift parameter.
DispMA shipped with AmiBroker shows how:
P = ParamField("Field");
Type = ParamList("Type", "Simple,Exponential,Double Exponential,Tripple
Exponential,Wilders,Weighted");
Periods = Param("Periods", 30, 2, 300 );
Displacement = Param("Displacement", 15, -50, 50 );
m = 0;
if( Type == "Simple" ) m = MA( P, Periods );
if( Type == "Exponential" ) m = EMA( P, Periods );
if( Type == "Double Exponential" ) m = DEMA( P, Periods );
if( Type == "Tripple Exponential" ) m = TEMA( P, Periods );
if( Type == "Wilders" ) m = Wilders( P, Periods );
if( Type == "Weighted" ) m = WMA( P, Periods );
Plot( m, _DEFAULT_NAME(), ParamColor("Color", ColorCycle), ParamStyle("Style"),
0, 0, Displacement );
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Bollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:09 AM
Subject: [amibroker] ref(x, 1)
> Good evening,
>
> What does ref(x, n) see at the right edge of the chart when n is a
> positive integer?
>
> Which is to ask, what does ref(Close, 1) return on the last bar?
>
> NO, I am not trying to see tomorrow's paper today.
>
> From another angle: When I am on the last bar can can I reference
> future values of an indicator, say a centered moving average or
> another series I have created that has future values?
>
> jab
>
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