All Custom Indicators return ZERO!

• 04/03/2024 at 8:57 AM #230957
  Johann

  Hi PRC

  All my custom indicators return values of zero. Yesterday all was fine? If I copy and paste the indicator code into a strategy and graph them they return the correct values. Does anybody know what is going on?

  Johann

  

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  04/03/2024 at 2:08 PM #230990
  Iván

  Hi
  Could you share with us the code?

  

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  04/03/2024 at 3:35 PM #231003
  Johann

  Sure, originally I think the code was called hyper trend? So I added some code to count the bars in a down or up trend and use that to determine a high or low level within the specific trend…the code returns the correct value within a strategy but not within a indicator. It was working before today so I do not really know why it suddenly returns a zero value?

  mult = 5
  slope = 14
  width = 80
  once avg = close
  once hold = 0

  if barindex > 200 then
  atr = AverageTrueRange[200] * mult
  endif

  If abs(close – avg) > atr then
  avg = (close+avg)/2
  //avg = avgN
  else
  avg = avg + os*(hold/mult/slope)
  //avg = avgN
  endif

  os = sgn(avg – avg[1])

  If os <> os[1] then
  hold = atr
  else
  hold = hold[1]
  endif

  greenbarcount = 0
  if avg[2] > avg[1] and avg[1] < avg Then
  greenbar = barindex
  endif
  if avg[1] < avg Then
  greenbarcount = barindex – greenbar
  endif

  if greenbarcount >=1 then
  Longhigh = highest[greenbarcount](high)
  endif
  if greenbarcount =1 then
  Longlow = low
  endif

  Return Longhigh

   

  

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  04/03/2024 at 6:05 PM #231011
  Johann

  Hi Ivan, any suggestions?

  

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  04/03/2024 at 6:17 PM #231012
  druby

  Hi..

  I’ve got a theory, any preloaded bars in a strategy my give a valid ATR value for the logic.

  In indicator, it needs 200 bars before valid ATR value available, since starting at bar zero.

  This might have found a never ‘true’ condition in the logic so no output.

  If you move the ‘ENDIF’ keyword, for the ‘BARINDEX>200 ‘IF’ block, to the end of the code just before ‘RETURN’, then something happens!

  Not sure if this ‘something’  is the desired outcome.

  Seems strange to use ‘ATR’ later in the code run but it may be ‘UNDEFIND’ till 200 bars up.

  Moving this ‘ENDIF’ means all code inside new code block waits till valid   ‘ATR’ value before executing.

  Regards druby

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  04/04/2024 at 6:40 AM #231029
  Johann

  Thanks Druby will try and see what happens…

  

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  04/04/2024 at 8:27 AM #231036
  Iván

  Yes. You need wait 200 bars for the ATR calculation.

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