apostolakisl
Senior Member
That is the same idea, except what you are doing is sequential averages of 5 points of data. What I wrote is more of a running average.
It doesn't change fast with 1000/10001 becuase each new reading is only weighted .1%. If you do the same thing with 100/101 then each new reading is weighted 1% or 10/11 where each new reading is 10%. The value you see in VAR will be more responsive, but it also will have more bounce. It just depends on how much noise you have, how much you need to remove it, and how much response to real change you need.
It doesn't change fast with 1000/10001 becuase each new reading is only weighted .1%. If you do the same thing with 100/101 then each new reading is weighted 1% or 10/11 where each new reading is 10%. The value you see in VAR will be more responsive, but it also will have more bounce. It just depends on how much noise you have, how much you need to remove it, and how much response to real change you need.