Calculating Values and Financial Indicators: Overview
There are two types of data in TradingSolutions. One type is the raw data that you import or type in from other sources. The remainder of the data in TradingSolutions is created from calculations and predictions based on that raw data.
New values that are not predictions or entry/exit signals are typically generated using functions. Functions include simple mathematical functions, such as addition and subtraction, and more complex functions, such as financial indicators. In all cases, functions take values that are currently in one or more data series and produce a new value from those values. You can think of either of them as a calculator that produces values for all of the dates in your data series.
The following topics are covered in this section: