Shifting indicator forward

[Hadjigeorgalis]

I have developed a custom indicator. I have the calculations correct but I would like to shift the entire study forward by one period into the future so it displays to the right of the chart.

Is there an easy way to do this?

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Antonios,

You can use the drawLineRelative() function to draw the line segment for the future bar.

To shift the study forward by one bar you could create a global variable to store the value of the study to be returned on the next bar. Here's a basic example of what you'll need to do.

var myValue = null;
var myValue1 = null;

function main() {
    if (getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR && myValue != null) {
        myValue1 = myValue;     //trasfer previous bar's value to myValue1
    }
    
    // calculate new myValue
    myValue = 8 // custom calc
    
    if (getCurrentBarIndex() == 0 && myValue1 != null) {
        drawLineRelative(0, myValue, 1, myValue1, PS_SOLID, 1, Color.blue, "future bar");
    }
    
    if (myValue1 != null) {
        return myValue1;
    } else {
        return;
    }
}