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Hi,
is there a possibility to project indicators in the future beyond the lastbar on chart without using positive or negative displace ?
I ask this because I'm trying to create a cyclical indicator which projects in the future an hypotetical trend of the market, but I can't plot it beyond the last bar even if its creation doesn't depend on any data in the chart (NOT used open, high, low, close, volume ecc...) . It's a sinewave indicator which starts in a given date and time and moves on in the same way in the future respecting the parameters of lenght and slope given in the inputs panel.
Attached there is a snapshot of what I'm trying to create and then what I've seen on the web using Metastock (the same indicator but maybe with a projection beyond lastbar on chart).
Is there the possibility to project this indicator not only to the last bar on chart, but for example to the maxbarsforward ??
Thank

CraZy

Hi,
is there a possibility to project indicators in the future beyond the lastbar on chart without using positive or negative displace ?
I ask this because I'm trying to create a cyclical indicator which projects in the future an hypotetical trend of the market, but I can't plot it beyond the last bar even if its creation doesn't depend on any data in the chart (NOT used open, high, low, close, volume ecc...) . It's a sinewave indicator which starts in a given date and time and moves on in the same way in the future respecting the parameters of lenght and slope given in the inputs panel.
Attached there is a snapshot of what I'm trying to create and then what I've seen on the web using Metastock (the same indicator but maybe with a projection beyond lastbar on chart).
Is there the possibility to project this indicator not only to the last bar on chart, but for example to the maxbarsforward ??
Thank

CraZy

it can be done...

if you have the formula... just plot it with plot[-1] and the line will go to the next bar, plot it with plot[-2] and the line will go to the bar after, and so on.

When I tried Plotxx[-2] a couple of months ago it barked at me.

Have you actually gotten that to work? If so, I may give that another try.

Is there some setting needed to enable it?

I tried it but it doesn't work.
Plotx[-2] is a simple front displace of the indicator but it moves forward the starting point of 2 periods or "N" periods.
I was searching a way to plot in the future a line without moving/displacing the starting point.
The starting point must stay anchored but with Plotx[-2] you move forward the entire line and the starting point too.

I tried it but it doesn't work.
Plotx[-2] is a simple front displace of the indicator but it moves forward the starting point of 2 periods or "N" periods.
I was searching a way to plot in the future a line without moving/displacing the starting point.
The starting point must stay anchored but with Plotx[-2] you move forward the entire line and the starting point too.

No, I am not talking about displace.

A displaced plot simply shift the plot by [-1].

I am talking about a formula... if you have the formula of your "cyclical indicator", you can modify the indicator to plot into the future bars with [-1]....

When I tried Plotxx[-2] a couple of months ago it barked at me.

It turns out this worked for a subset of my indicators but failed for some that used bars at multiple time resolutions.

I suspect it is an edge case bug and I will try to submit a simple test case to the PM site.

When I tried Plotxx[-2] a couple of months ago it barked at me.

It turns out this worked for a subset of my indicators but failed for some that used bars at multiple time resolutions.

I suspect it is an edge case bug and I will try to submit a simple test case to the PM site.

you can project as far into the future as there are FREE chart space available.

ie. if there are 50 bars of free space to the right of the current bar, you can make plot[-50], but should not make a plot[-51], otherwise an error will show up.

Bingo. Thanks, TJ. I was fooled because the windows that failed had multiple instruments in them and thought that it was the cause.

Bingo. Thanks, TJ. I was fooled because the windows that failed had multiple instruments in them and thought that it was the cause.

YW.

Hope you can post some screenshots to to whet our curiosity.

Sorry, but I don't understand where I should put the string "[- N]" in my code.

This is the portion of my indicator that plots a cyclical curve and stop exactly on the last bar, starting from the beginning that I've setted.
"ciclo_f" is a propietary function that calculates the line of the indicator.
If I modify I get a simple forward displace (not what I'd like to obtain).

If I modify the code with Multicharts give me back an error study:
"Trying to access at data to future. Bars reference value: -N."

So, Now sorry for my misunderstanding, but I don't know where I could modify the code.

You need to put your calculated and your projected value into one array and the forward it as one plot.

I.e. if you want a history of 400 bars and a projection of 100 bars then put it into one array.