Can I make the SMA indicator look back x bars?

[Kraken29]

Is it possible to make the SMA indicator look back only some number of bars, say 10, regardless of whether the bars each represent 1, 5 or 10 minutes?

[bltdavid]

It already does that.

That's exactly what the '10' in SMA(10) means.

The '10' is the period, it represents the number
of bars to lookback when deciding how many
bars to include in the calculation.

The number of bars is a 'moving window', since
when a new bar closes, the oldest bar is dropped
from the calculation -- the 'moving window' is always
moving to the right -- that's why these kinds of
indicators are called moving averages.

All indicators that come with NinjaTrader, including
the SMA indicator, will work on any kind of chart
type -- so SMA(10) works exactly as you'd expect
on a 1, 5, or 10 minute chart.

Make sense?

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello Kraken29,

The Period setting of the SMA indicator determines the amount of price bars used to calculate it as bltdavid explained.

[Kraken29]

Ah, thanks very much. I thought "period" was the number of days, so 10SMA was 10 days. Thanks for setting me straight!