Is building indicator updated every tick ?

[clearpicks]

If in a script, which itself is set to compute on close, a built-in study is called like

var sma50 = sma(50);

My question is whether sma50 is updated every tick thereafter or it is only calculated at the end of the bar since the main function is only called at the close of the bar.

Clearpicks

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Re: Is building indicator updated every tick ?

Hi Clearpicks,

My understanding is that ' built-in study functions that create a series object within a formula that is using setComputeOnClose() will update on close only, not tick by tick' . Here are a couple of links where Jason answered some related questions.

http://forum.esignalcentral.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=112015&highlight=compute+AND+close%2A+AND+tic%2A#post112015

http://forum.esignalcentral.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=111549&highlight=compute+AND+close%2A+AND+tic%2A#post111549

Originally posted by clearpicks
If in a script, which itself is set to compute on close, a built-in study is called like

var sma50 = sma(50);

My question is whether sma50 is updated every tick thereafter or it is only calculated at the end of the bar since the main function is only called at the close of the bar.

Clearpicks