Looking for Advice Part II

[Emerald King]

I am looking for ideas on how to overcome this problem of drifting indicators.

As you can see I am using a Renko Chart and I only compute on Close

This picture show what my chart should look like if there was no drifting, the next picture shows what the drifting looks like after a few hours.

Would executing reloadEFS();
every few bars when there is no grahical update to make sure the indicator is reset to its proper position?

What have other people done to overcome this problem?

Thanks for your Time
EK

[Emerald King]

The Drift Effect

This is what the Drift effect looks like

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello EK,

Are you on 7.7? Portions of the drift bug have been fixed in 7.7. It should be completely fixed for the 7.8 release. I've done some testing for the drift on Renko charts today on an internal beta of 7.8 and didn't see a problem. However, I should test your symbol/interval/EFS combo to be sure. Can you post your example formula you were using in your chart images? Also, please tell me the symbol, interval and box size you used?

As for a work around, you could use the reloadEFS() function, just be sure to include some logic to prevent an endless loop. You could try using a global variable to count a certain number of bars, or a date object to look for a certain amount of elapsed time. Reset a global flag and then call the reloadEFS() function. You could also make that flag a "universal" global for some added insurance using setGlobalValue() and getGlobalValue().

[Emerald King]

Ok!

Hello Jason,

Thank you for taking the time to answer my post.

I am on symbol EUR A0-FX on a 15 minute interval and you can use a simple moving average I think it will show the same drift after a few hours.

I am running 7.7 and if 7.8 does fix this then that is great news.

Thank you
EK

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello EK,

What box size were you using?

[Emerald King]

Box Size

Hello Jason,

Box Size .001

Thanks
EK

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello EK,

That just happens to be what I used today. I'm happy to report that I did not see any drifting. Although there were only a couple new boxes generated. It may be possible that there wasn't enough new boxes generated to tell for sure. I'll do some more testing on this tomorrow as well.

Did you see any drifting today with EUR A0-FX, 15min, 0.001 box size?

[Emerald King]

yes

Hello Jason

Thanks for taking the Time to Check it out

Yes with 7.7 there was drifting today

Thanks
EK

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello EK,

Good to know. That means that this drifting issue may indeed be fixed. I'll test tomorrow anyway and let you know if I see any drifting.

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello EK,

I've been testing this again today and haven't seen any drifting. I think it's safe to say this is fixed for the 7.8 release.

[Emerald King]

Thanks Jason!

Hello Jason,

Thats Great News

Thank you for your Time and Effort
EK

[ScottJ]

Drifting issue appears resolved in version 7.8. We went gold yesterday.

Download 7.8 today!

Please let us know how it works for you.

Thanks.

[Emerald King]

Drifting Issue

Hello Scott,

The Drifting Issue has not been resolved

Later I will post a image to show the drift

Thanks
EK

[Emerald King]

Drifting Issue on Renko Charts has not been fixed

Here you can see a simple MA that highlights the Drifting problem

Thanks
EK

[Emerald King]

After MA is re-loaded

Here is the MA after re-loaded

Thanks
EK