MQL4 Reference Technical Indicators iRSI

iRSI

Calculates the Relative Strength Index indicator and returns its value.

double  iRSI(
   string       symbol,           // symbol
   int          timeframe,        // timeframe
   int          period,           // period
   int          applied_price,    // applied price
   int          shift             // shift
   );

Parameters

symbol

[in]  Symbol name on the data of which the indicator will be calculated. NULL means the current symbol.

timeframe

[in]  Timeframe. It can be any of ENUM_TIMEFRAMES enumeration values. 0 means the current chart timeframe.

period

[in]  Averaging period for calculation.

applied_price

[in]  Applied price. It can be any of ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE enumeration values.

shift

[in]  Index of the value taken from the indicator buffer (shift relative to the current bar the given amount of periods ago).

Returned value

Numerical value of the Relative Strength Index indicator.

Example:

  if(iRSI(NULL,0,14,PRICE_CLOSE,0)>iRSI(NULL,0,14,PRICE_CLOSE,1)) return(0);