Abnormal behavior of indicator plotting relative to count with time

• 10/13/2020 at 9:35 PM #147343
  robocop

  Good evening,

  i have an strange behavior from a sample code.

  show counter and time

  defparam drawonlastbaronly = true once Count = 0 if Count = 0 then Count = Count +1 MyTime = Time MySecond = MyTime mod 100 drawtext("A-Seconds=#MySecond#-#Count#",barindex, low-4) else Count = Count +1 MyTime = Time MySecond = MyTime mod 100 drawtext("B-Seconds=#MySecond#-Count=#Count#",barindex, 3200) endif return

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  defparam drawonlastbaronly = true once Count = 0   if Count = 0 then      Count = Count +1      MyTime =  Time      MySecond = MyTime mod 100      drawtext("A-Seconds=#MySecond#-#Count#",barindex, low-4) else      Count = Count +1      MyTime =  Time      MySecond = MyTime mod 100     drawtext("B-Seconds=#MySecond#-Count=#Count#",barindex, 3200) endif   return

  use in SP500 in market open time, never plot the “A” string, which Count value zero, but plot “B” string from the else clause for Count not zero.

  this is the image, but there are other two abnormal item:
  –  Seconds move (1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,xxxx up to 59 then restart from zero)
  – Count value always 1.295.

  i dont understand: i expected that indicator plot either the A and B string, and that the B string have count growing from zero to xxxxx.

  if i load less bars (Second image) then number showing from count is still fixed, but its another value.

  may you help me? where i was wrong?

   

   

  

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  10/14/2020 at 12:39 AM #147355
  robertogozzi

  It’s because indicators always preload some bars before the one when it starts. So count will start many bars before your indicator starts and count will always be > 0.

  As far as I know there’s no way to avoid this.

  Bear in mind that, unless you will be using a N-second TF, seconds will always be 00 because candlesticks always close on a minute boundary.

   

  

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