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  • #1
  • First Post: Apr 28, 2020 1:00pm Apr 28, 2020 1:00pm
Hello all,
i found an indicator for free, it is ma cross arrows but it has a bug. When i set ma periods without ofset shift, everything works fine. But when i set a -1 offset shift on fast MA happens this Fast MA going down giving false cross and signal
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Without ofset shift looks like this
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Is anybody that can fix it?
Thank you very much.
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  • #2
  • Apr 28, 2020 5:55pm Apr 28, 2020 5:55pm
Quoting kostaspas7
Hello all, i found an indicator for free, it is ma cross arrows but it has a bug. When i set ma periods without ofset shift, everything works fine. But when i set a -1 offset shift on fast MA happens this Fast MA going down giving false cross and signal
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hey kostaspas..... one the way to fix it would be to code in a popup alert saying no negative numbers can be used for shift.....

perhaps a far better way to fix it would be to understand what's going on in the code......

shift, in most cases including this one, needs a positive number.... it is referring to bars ago...... in the past....

a 2 would imply 2 bars ago to something that is known..... such as the ma(50) value 2 bars ago.....

a -2 would imply 2 bars into the future to something that is yet unknown..... such as we can't possibly know the ma(50) value 2 bars into the future from now.....
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there also is shift as in SetIndexShift ...... same word..... different purpose.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #3
  • Last Post: Apr 28, 2020 8:26pm Apr 28, 2020 8:26pm
Quoting hayseed
{quote} //----- hey kostaspas..... one the way to fix it would be to code in a popup alert saying no negative numbers can be used for shift..... perhaps a far better way to fix it would be to understand what's going on in the code...... shift, in most cases including this one, needs a positive number.... it is referring to bars ago...... in the past.... a 2 would imply 2 bars ago to something that is known..... such as the ma(50) value 2 bars ago..... a -2 would imply 2 bars into the future to something that is yet unknown..... such as we can't...
first, thank you very much for helping, but i don't know how to code, as i said i found this indicator for free. If you know someone who can fix this, it will be perfect.
Thanks again.
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