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Moving Average and Envelope

Moving Average and Envelope are technical indicators that are used in financial charting.

These indicators are represented by the MovingAverage class descendants. Whether they represent a Moving Average, Envelope or both is defined by the MovingAverage.Kind property.

Along with other indicators, Moving Averages and Envelopes reside in the XYDiagram2DSeriesViewBase.Indicators collection of a series. A series may have any number of Moving Averages and Envelopes. For more information, refer to Moving Average and Envelope.

MovingAverageAndEnvelope

The table below lists the main properties that affect the element’s functionality and appearance.

Class

The following are descendants of the MovingAverage class:

SimpleMovingAverage, ExponentialMovingAverage, WeightedMovingAverage and TriangularMovingAverage

Kind

MovingAverage.Kind

Availability

XYDiagram2DSeriesViewBase.Indicators

Value Level

SingleLevelIndicator.ValueLevel

Specific Options

SubsetBasedIndicator.PointsCount, MovingAverage.EnvelopePercent

Appearance

ChartControl.IndicatorsPaletteName, Indicator.Color and Indicator.LineStyle, MovingAverage.EnvelopeColor, MovingAverage.EnvelopeLineStyle

Visibility and Legend Availability

Indicator.Visible, Indicator.ShowInLegend, and Indicator.CheckedInLegend

See Also