How do I set the period for MACD?

Seetu
1

Is the EMA period of the MACD in Seetu always days?

Can you set an option to use a different EMA period? (like 5-minute, or 1 hour)

Dave

2

You need to switch to the desired time frame.
Use the command SetOption("Periodicity",...);

All possible options:
SetOption(“Periodicity”,MINUTE1);
SetOption(“Periodicity”,MINUTE5);
SetOption(“Periodicity”,MINUTE15);
SetOption(“Periodicity”,MINUTE30);
SetOption(“Periodicity”,HOUR1);

Example:

SetOption("Periodicity",MINUTE5);
SetOption("ApplytoRecentBars", 200);
SetOption("Symbols", "MSFT,AAPL");

// Buy = Cross(CalcMACD(), CalcMACDSignal());
// Sell = 1;
// ...

// Chart:
doPlot( CalcMACD(), "CalcMACD()", colorRed, styleLine); 
doPlot(CalcMACDSignal(), "CalcMACDSignal()", colorBlue, styleLine); 

filter = 1;
addcolumn(CalcMACD(), "CalcMACD()");

Result:

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