Incorrectly displaying Daily (and higher) charts in NT8
I was creating a Pivot indicator when I noticed a peculiar problem with NT8 charting on Daily (and higher) charts.
On the Daily charts, NT8 is plotting data on a candle it should not be plotting.
To replicate the issue, I created a simple indicator. Here I am setting the output value to the close of the candle only if the year of the candle is 2020.
I expect the above code to plot the closing price of each candle where the year is 2020. It should NOT plot output for any other candles where is year is not 2020.
However, I noticed that NT8 is plotting output for the previous candle (31-Dec-2019) before the first candle of 2020 (02-Jan-2020). In the trace window I cannot see the output message for 31-Dec-2019, so how is the indicator setting the output for 31-Dec-2019 ?
The problem can also be seen on the Monthly chart, where you can see the value of Dec-2019 candle being set.
It works correctly for lower time-frames like H1 (e.g. EURUSD H1 or M15 using FXCM) and seems to be an issue with Daily and higher time-frames.
Is this a bug ? Am I doing something wrong ?
I have attached the test indicator.
Steps to reproduce -
1) Connect to Kinetick data-feed.
2) Open AAPL Daily chart, set Days to Load to 365.
3) Now attach the indicator to the chart.
4) Notice the yellow output is also set on 31-Dec-2019 when it should NOT be set.
I am using NT8 8.0.21.1 (64-bit) on Windows 10. I am based in India (GMT +5:30), but I don't think that should matter.
On the Daily charts, NT8 is plotting data on a candle it should not be plotting.
To replicate the issue, I created a simple indicator. Here I am setting the output value to the close of the candle only if the year of the candle is 2020.
Code:
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
// Set (display) the closing price of each candle only if the year is 2020
if( Time[0].Year == 2020 )
{
Print(string.Format("Setting Result for {0}.", Time[0].ToString("yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss")));
Result[0] = Close[0];
}
}
However, I noticed that NT8 is plotting output for the previous candle (31-Dec-2019) before the first candle of 2020 (02-Jan-2020). In the trace window I cannot see the output message for 31-Dec-2019, so how is the indicator setting the output for 31-Dec-2019 ?
The problem can also be seen on the Monthly chart, where you can see the value of Dec-2019 candle being set.
It works correctly for lower time-frames like H1 (e.g. EURUSD H1 or M15 using FXCM) and seems to be an issue with Daily and higher time-frames.
Is this a bug ? Am I doing something wrong ?
I have attached the test indicator.
Steps to reproduce -
1) Connect to Kinetick data-feed.
2) Open AAPL Daily chart, set Days to Load to 365.
3) Now attach the indicator to the chart.
4) Notice the yellow output is also set on 31-Dec-2019 when it should NOT be set.
I am using NT8 8.0.21.1 (64-bit) on Windows 10. I am based in India (GMT +5:30), but I don't think that should matter.
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