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  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 3, 2008 5:17pm Jun 3, 2008 5:17pm
Hi All,

This might sound like a stupid question but i cant seem to find an answer to this around here. Does anybody know how to stop an indicator from repainting. I created an idicator using the iClose function to draw a variety of currency crosses on a single chart. However the further you go back on the chart the more inaccurate the lines become and you can see them changing. I would simply like this indicator to draw data and leave it the way it was drawn in the first place. Is this possible?

Cheers
  • #2
  • Jun 3, 2008 5:26pm Jun 3, 2008 5:26pm
Quoting gosko
Hi All,

This might sound like a stupid question but i cant seem to find an answer to this around here. Does anybody know how to stop an indicator from repainting. I created an idicator using the iClose function to draw a variety of currency crosses on a single chart. However the further you go back on the chart the more inaccurate the lines become and you can see them changing. I would simply like this indicator to draw data and leave it the way it was drawn in the first place. Is this possible?

Cheers

You are probably shifting the lookup in the iClose with a negative number, thereby looking into the future from the array. Looks good when you view it from the past, but changes as the actual future becomes the actual past.

something like iClose(Null, 0, -1);
  • #3
  • Jun 3, 2008 5:49pm Jun 3, 2008 5:49pm
The indicator uses a loop denoted by the variable i. So therefore its iClose(Currency, 0, i) and i is always positive. It doesn't use i+1 or i-1 in any of the functions so its always using data for the current bar.
  • #4
  • Jun 3, 2008 5:52pm Jun 3, 2008 5:52pm
Quoting gosko
The indicator uses a loop denoted by the variable i. So therefore its iClose(Currency, 0, i) and i is always positive. It doesn't use i+1 or i-1 in any of the functions so its always using data for the current bar.
Well maybe you could post the code. If it is not the shift, it is a loop problem, most likely
  • #5
  • Jun 3, 2008 10:32pm Jun 3, 2008 10:32pm
if you are using pricing from multiple currency pairs you you will not get accurate data simply counting through the close of each bar for every pair.

a shift of 1 may give you the close price of the bar at 7:28 for the EURUSD but could give you the price at 7:20 for the AUDUSD

the correct bar needs to be selected for the currency pairs from other charts using the iBarsShift()

iClose("AUDUSD", 0, iBarShift("AUDUSD",0,TimeCurrent(),false))

this way you are selecting the close price of the bar at the correct time for your other pairs.

Hope that helps.
Keep it simple stoopid....
  • #6
  • Last Post: Jun 4, 2008 5:38am Jun 4, 2008 5:38am
Thanks Kurka Fund.....works perfectly now...
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