Defining last candle on chart

Andyswede · 2018-12-09T09:32:23+00:00

Hi! A maybe simple question: How do I define the last formed candle on a chart with the value of for example 1? Best regards, Andy

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12/09/2018 at 10:32 AM #86598 quote

Andyswede
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Hi! A maybe simple question: How do I define the last formed candle on a chart with the value of for example 1?

Best regards, Andy

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12/09/2018 at 11:21 AM #86600 quote

robertogozzi
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The current candle being formed is referred to as [0] or nothing. [1 ] is the first previous, [2] the second previous,….

So HIGH[2] is the HIGH price of the second previous candle.

This is true for ProBuilder and ProScreener which both access candles live, while ProOrder deals only with closed candles, so [0] or nothing refers to the last closed candle, whch is considered the current candle.

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12/09/2018 at 11:26 AM #86601 quote

Vonasi
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Not sure I fully understand the question but here goes…

The currently forming candle (the last one on the chart) is always [0]. The candle before it is [1] and the one before that is [2] and so on.

So if you want to know any of the values or indicator values of the currently forming candle then you want to look at high[0], low[0], average[12](close[0]) etc. You can omit the [0] in your code as if there is no value then PRT code just assumes that it is zero.

EDIT: I think we were typing at the same time Roberto!

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12/09/2018 at 11:50 AM #86605 quote

Andyswede
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Ok, thank’s to both of you:)

12/10/2018 at 9:29 AM #86656 quote

Nicolas
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Stop me if I’m wrong, but I think that Andy is looking for a code to know if the last visible candle on the bar is the last one?
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