How can I implement simple moving average that plots from first bar on chart

AFL Programming
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It should plot from first bar on chart and not after minimum bar periods...like plotting running average before plotting correct values

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Although this does not make much sense, it can be done

Period = 20;
m = MA( C, Min( BarIndex(), Period ) );
Plot( m, "MA", colorRed );
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Ha ha ha, had to read the topic twice to correlate with your solution :rofl:
I like it too, instead of having Null for the first N period bars ( visually appealing ) but wonder how useful it is mathematically for OP.

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@varun.nia,

read here for visual proof (on similar topic) why it does not make much sense as you end up with same MA. What's the benefit?

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Thanks, it was really helpful.