formula conversion

[stocktraderbmp]

Hi;

Can anybody help please,

I am, unfortunately, having to trade with the T4 platform for the next 2 weeks and am trying to write a code in xml.

I have the bulk of it but I am trying to convert the VMA indicator and dont understand the code text for the smoothing constant:

double sc = 2.0 / (double)(period + 1);

in xml I have got sc = 2.0/ ?what?(period + 1);

obviously I dont know what the ?what? should be.

Can anybody help please to explain what the 'double' is. I have looked it up in the C# ref guide on line but still don't understand - something to do with converting it to 1 decimal place or something I think.
Any help gratefully appreciated.

Ben

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

stocktraderbmp,

(double) is attempting to cast the equation (period+1) as a double, so that it can be used in calculations with other double, in this case 2.0 . You can think of it as converting one data type to another.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/678hzkk9(v=vs.71).aspx

Hopefully someone can help you with the XML portion, as this is unsupported by NT support.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[stocktraderbmp]

Thanks Adam that answers the question the XML bit I can work out from that thanks again

[NinjaTrader_AdamP]

stocktrader,

We are always happy to assist. Have a nice weekend!