Find the value most recent value

[turbofib]

I called in my program the zigzag indicator... (every so many points plots reversals)

How do I find the value most 'recent excluding the current one?
(the zigzag [1] is not correct because it gives me the same value of zigzag [0] because the plot is not always drawn)

[TAJTrades]

I called in my program the zigzag indicator... (every so many points plots reversals)

How do I find the value most 'recent excluding the current one?
(the zigzag [1] is not correct because it gives me the same value of zigzag [0] because the plot is not always drawn)

Do F1 search for MRO or Most Recent Occurance

[turbofib]

Most Recent Occurance find the number of bar...not a value of bar..
i want find value...
i think MIN MAX is better for me

thank you anyway

[NinjaTrader_CalH]

Hello Turbofib,

Thank you for your post.

Yes, MIN and MAX would be your best bet for this kind of calculation.

[koganam]

Most Recent Occurance find the number of bar...not a value of bar..
i want find value...
i think MIN MAX is better for me

thank you anyway

No, MIN MAX will not do it, because you do not know your lookback length, a priori. Use MRO, and once you know the bar you are interested in, you can access its OHCL properties for whatever you want to do.

[turbofib]

MRO=MRO(Condition condition, int instance, int lookBackPeriod)

in this function you must put in lookbackperiod......then is similar MIN MAX function with the difference that this last give me the value directly

[koganam]

MRO=MRO(Condition condition, int instance, int lookBackPeriod)

in this function you must put in lookbackperiod......then is similar MIN MAX function with the difference that this last give me the value directly

Yes, you must, but you can make it as long as the chart. It does not matter what lookback length one uses, because you will still always get the Most Recent Occurrence. That means that you just need to use a long enough lookback period to be sure that the event occurred at least once: you do not need an exact length.

On the other hand, the values returned by MIN and MAX are entirely dependent on the lookback length, so that length must be known a priori.

But do not let me put a wrench in your works. Code it as you wish: it is your code.