SMA of variable

[darkspeed]

I need an SMA of a variable but I cant seem to get it to work

STOC_D_HI_AVG = SMA(STOC_D_HI,20)[0];

I get "cant convert from double to data series"

Do i need to be loading this variable into a data series?

any examples?

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_Joydeep]

Hello darkspeed,
Thanks for writing in and I am happy to assist you.

Yes, you need to assign the value to a data series.

The overloads for a SMA are as follows:

SMA(int period)
SMA(IDataSeries input, int period)

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/index.html?moving_average___simple_sma.htm

For example if you are looking to calculate the high value of the Stockastics D, for the last 25 bars then please use the below code:

double stockDMax = MAX(SMA(Stochastics(7,14,3).D, 20), 25)[0];

Please let me know if I can assist you any further.