In my last post “jForex Moving average Strategy not giving the results seen on the charts” I have explained how my SMA results on the Strategy and chart were different.

I was using the following simple code:

indicators.ma(instrument,MAPERIOD,OfferSide.BID,IIndicators.AppliedPrice.CLOSE,maPeriod,IIndicators.MaType.SMA,0);

 

How to filter out flat candles in the jForex Strategy:

First we need to define what kind of filtering do we want to use. In the very beginning of your strategy where you define all variable, insert the following code:

private static final Filter indFilter = Filter.WEEKENDS;

The Filter values can be also following:

ALL_FLATS = filter all flats (weekend, and other flat candles during trading hours)

NO_FILTER = don’t filter anything

WEEKENDS = Filter flats at the weekends (21:00 or 22:00 Friday – 21:00 or 22:00 Sunday)

Note that the default filter you see on your charts is the Weekends filter, unless you change it from the settings.

 

Then we replace the simple ma function I used before with this one:

indicators.ma(instrument,MAPERIOD,OfferSide.BID,IIndicators.AppliedPrice.CLOSE,maPeriod,IIndicators.MaType.SMA,indFilter,1,bidBar.getTime(),0)[0];

And that does the trick!