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Description

The Wiseman Alligator is an indicator that consists of 3 moving averages with offsets applied to identify trend absence, formation, and direction. This indicator was provided by Profitunity: http://www.profitunity.com

Syntax

Wiseman Alligator(int jawPeriod, int teethPeriod, int lipsPeriod, int jawOffset, int teethOffset, int lipsOffset)

Wiseman Alligator(ISeries<double> input, int jawPeriod, int teethPeriod, int lipsPeriod, int jawOffset, int teethOffset, int lipsOffset)

Return Value

double; Accessing this method via an index value [int barsAgo] returns the indicator value of the referenced bar.

Parameters

input	Indicator source data (?)
jawPeriod	Number of bars used in the jaw moving average calculation
teethPeriod	Number of bars used in the teeth moving average calculation
lipsPeriod	Number of bars used in the lips moving average calculation
jawOffset	The offset for the jaw moving average
teethOffset	The offset for the teeth moving average
lipsOffset	The offset for the lips moving average

Examples


// Prints the current value of the teeth for the Wiseman Alligator double value = WisemanAlligator(13, 8, 5, 8, 5, 3).Teeth[0]; Print("The current Wiseman Alligator teeth value is " + value.ToString());