Repainting

My question is the following:

Can you see in a indicator-code if the indicator will repaint or not?

thanks

Yes, provided that the program source code (.MQ4 file) is available, and you understand the MQL4 programming language well enough. Then you can study the program code until you gain an understanding of the formula behind the indicator.

Hanover,

thanks 4 ur answer 2 my question.....
here is the code so maybe one of u programming gurus can take a look at it

thanks

hey holland....... looks like that is based on the silver trend..... silver trend is based on the highesthigh lowestlow...... which repaints......

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fwiw...... while not 100% effective, if you only have the ex file you can often tell if a indicator repaints by running it through the backtester........h

hayseed,

how do i run the backtester?...is it in mt4?

You can't see it here, cause your EA uses two custom indicators... This one is not repainting, but maybe the custom ones are doing and then it does also...

i thought it was an indicator not an EA or am i confused?

Indeed it was an indicator! So your file contains two other custom indis....

but still dont know if it repaints or not....

think i have 2 wait untill 2morrow and c it on a 1min chart....

Search for TradeSimulator... attach your Indi to chart... have fun

hey holland..... sorry for the confusion, i was not clear.....

you can run a visual backtest of some expert, best to use a blank one, and attach any indicator you suspect might repaint.... run it very slow and pay attention to the last few bars of the indicator........


you can also at times run the backtest in visual mode with the indicator attached, then once the test finishes , attach the indicator again..... compare the 2..... repainting can be seen......h