Hi Guys,

hoping for some help the indicator looks fine but when i go to put it on the chart it throws the error “an infinite loop or a loop with too many iterations was detected”.

Essentially i want to place an arrow at the start of a pattern where the series of candles open is less than the close until it isn’t. i want to count the number of pips that have occurred from the first candle in the series until a candle closes lower than the open BUT i only want to plot an arrow if 3 or more candles show up. apologies if this confusing i am reasonably new to this and not sure how to explain it easily. hope this makes sense?

// Define variables
CountPoints = 0     // Counter for consecutive candles where open < close
TotalPips = 0       // Total pips counted
StartPrice = 0      // Price of the first candle that meets the condition
FirstCandleIndex = -1 // Index of the first candle where counting starts
CurrentBar = 0      // Variable to track current bar index

// Initialize variables
CountPoints = 0
TotalPips = 0
StartPrice = 0
FirstCandleIndex = -1
CurrentBar = 0

// Main loop to iterate through bars
while CurrentBar < BarIndex do
// Check condition: open < close for the current bar
if Open < Close then
// If this is the first candle that meets the condition, record its price and index
if CountPoints = 0 then
StartPrice = Open
FirstCandleIndex = CurrentBar
endif
        
// Increment counter
CountPoints = CountPoints + 1
        
// Calculate pips from the start price to current bar close
if CountPoints > 1 then
TotalPips = TotalPips + (Close - Open) / PointSize
endif
else

// Check if we've counted more than 3 consecutive candles
if CountPoints > 3 then

// Plot arrow on the first candle where counting started
DrawArrowUp(FirstCandleIndex, Low[FirstCandleIndex] - 10*TickSize)
endif
        
// Exit loop if condition is not met
endif
wend
    
// Move to the next bar
CurrentBar = CurrentBar + 1

// Output the total pips counted
PRINT(TotalPips)

return