How do you program a shift to the left

prs010 · 2016-05-19T16:10:34+00:00

Hi, I’d like to shift my plot to the left like you can do with the built in moving averages by using a negative “Horizontal shift” value when you add the moving average. I can’t figure out how to do this in programming. Any ideas?

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05/19/2016 at 5:10 PM #7391 quote

prs010
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Hi,

I’d like to shift my plot to the left like you can do with the built in moving averages by using a negative “Horizontal shift” value when you add the moving average.

I can’t figure out how to do this in programming.

Any ideas?

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05/19/2016 at 5:23 PM #7402 quote

Adolfo
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Hi, if you mean future price, right click on main chart, choose “chart properties” and change default value of 3% to your desired (See image below)

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05/19/2016 at 5:42 PM #7408 quote

prs010
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Thats good to know but its not what I’m trying to do. I want the indicator that I program to be shifted to the left relative to the price. If you look at my example the moving average is shifted to the left by 20 bars.

I get an error saying I must use a positive integer if I program the indicator like this:

x = average[1](close)[-6]

return x

How do they program the built in moving average to allow a negative horizontal shift?

05/19/2016 at 6:13 PM #7412 quote
Adolfo
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Nice question, i don’t know…but did you try this?
```
x = average[1](close)
y = x[6]
```
05/19/2016 at 6:54 PM #7416 quote

prs010
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That code has the effect of shifting my indicator to the right. I want to go to the left

Tradestation allows you to plot back in time by using a plot1[-6] (x) type statement.

Is there a similar feature in prorealcode?

05/19/2016 at 8:09 PM #7422 quote

Nicolas
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Sorry but it is not possible to draw things in the future on chart by code.
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