Smoothing Methods

Many technical indicators use various price series smoothing methods. The ENUM_MA_METHOD enumeration specifies the smoothing type for input parameters in functions like iAlligator(), iEnvelopes(), iMA(), iStdDev(), and iStochastic().

ENUM_MA_METHOD Enumeration

| Identifier | ID | Value | Description | |---|---|---|---| | MODE_SMA | 0 | Simple averaging | | MODE_EMA | 1 | Exponential averaging | | MODE_SMMA | 2 | Smoothed averaging | | MODE_LWMA | 3 | Linear-weighted averaging |

This enumeration is part of the MQL4 Constants, Enumerations and Structures, specifically within Indicator Constants.