optional user selection of OHLC input to indicators

calculating output of indicator can be depend to Open, High, Low or close . at this moment calculating indicators is on “Close” default . and it is not possible to calculate in other mode.

for example GetRSI method always calculated on close of candles. i see that it has implemented ConvertToBasic method and this one choose close defualt .

why not have input parameter source to choose ConvertToBasic parameter

[thomasd3]

yes, I understand the need for history, but ultimately the SMA/EMA only need a decimal array, they don’t need the rest of the candle. So if I could do something like:

• candle -> close array -> ema, or
• candle -> (high-low)/2 + low -> ema etc it would give more flexibility; the same can be done with functions that require more than one stream. Ultimately, it is really about inserting an intermediate layer.

[thomasd3]

an option could be to have the indicator taking streams of values that could be built by scanning the candles. For example an EMA just needs a price; so if you could have candles -> streambuilder -> ema you’d be able to use the data you want, including non candle sources such as a straight source or prices. right now the indicators imply that you have all the candle data available, but it is not useful in many cases