Moving Average and Envelope

• May 28, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

The Chart control supports different Moving Average indicators that are commonly used with financial series.

This document consists of the following sections:

• Available Moving Averages
• How to Add a Moving Average Indicator to a Chart

Available Moving Averages

The table below lists all the Moving Average indicators available in charts.

Moving Average indicator	Class
Simple Moving Average, SMA	SimpleMovingAverage
Exponential Moving Average, EMA	ExponentialMovingAverage
Weighted Moving Average, WMA	WeightedMovingAverage
Triangular Moving Average, TMA	TriangularMovingAverage
Triple Exponential Moving Average, TEMA	TripleExponentialMovingAverageTema

How to Add a Moving Average Indicator to a Chart

The following markup shows how to add a Simple Moving Average indicator to a chart:

XAML

<dxc:StockSeries2D.Indicators>
    <dxc:SimpleMovingAverage MovingAverageKind="MovingAverageAndEnvelope"
                             EnvelopePercent="4"
                             PointsCount="12"
                             ValueLevel="High"
                             Legend="{Binding ElementName=indicatorLegend}"
                             LegendText="Simple Moving Average"            
                             ShowInLegend="True"/>
</dxc:StockSeries2D.Indicators>

The markup uses the following classes and properties:

Class or Property	Description
XYSeries2D.Indicators	The series collection of indicators.
SimpleMovingAverage	The Simple Moving Average indicator.
MovingAverage.MovingAverageKind	Specifies the kind of a Moving Average indicator.
MovingAverage.EnvelopePercent	Specifies the percentage value that the Moving Average envelopes show. This property value is actual when MovingAverage.MovingAverageKind is set to Envelope or MovingAverageAndEnvelope.
MovingAverage.PointsCount	Specifies the number of points used to build an indicator.
Indicator.Legend	The legend that shows the indicator.
Indicator.LegendText	The text that identifies the indicator in the legend.
Indicator.ShowInLegend	Specifies whether to show the indicator in the legend.