Terms starting with I

4 terms.

• ImbalancePrice action & SMCAn imbalance is a price zone that one fast candle crossed because one side heavily outnumbered the other, leaving almost no two-way trading. On a chart it shows as a gap between the wicks of the candles before and after that fast candle.
• IndicatorMetaTrader & platform basicsAn indicator is a calculation applied to past price or volume data and drawn on a chart as a line, histogram, arrow or zone. It summarises what the market has already done; it does not predict what comes next.
• Indicator bufferMetaTrader & platform basicsAn indicator buffer is the list of numbers an indicator stores, one value per candle, for each line, histogram or arrow it draws. Expert Advisors and alerts read these buffers to get the indicator's values.
• InputsMetaTrader & platform basicsInputs are the adjustable settings of an indicator or trading robot, such as a period, a stop multiplier or a lot size. You change them in a settings window without touching the code, and they decide what the tool calculates, draws or trades.