Help, my indicator disappeared...

[Darth Tradicus]

Hey guys,

Been using this indicator for the past couple of days on a RENKO chart, with no issues. But I wanted to take the other night to do some more extensive manual backtesting and reloaded my chart from 15 days to 90 days. In so doing, the indicator no longer loads on the RENKO chart. Also there is no error warning for it in the top left chart corner.

I tried dropping the period back down all the way to 5 days, nothing changed. I tried switching over to candles and the indicator loaded back onto the chart as it should. Then switching back to RENKO it again wouldn't load. Reloaded the indicators into the edit studies menu, nothing happened. Reset workspace to default and then reloaded everything up, still it won't come back. Also, other heikinAshi type indicators seem to be working just fine on RENKO.

I don't know enough about code to tell if there is a problem somewhere, or maybe the code can be more specifically adapted to RENKO?

#Converted MT4 HeikinAshi_EntryExit Indicator
#MikeLikesAnacottSteel
#8-27-2022
#MT4 indicator source: https://forex-station.com/app.php/attach/file/3349947

input MaMethod1 = AverageType.EXPONENTIAL;
input MaPeriod = 40;
input MaMethod2 = AverageType.EXPONENTIAL;
input MaPeriod2 = 1;

def maOpen = MovingAverage(MaMethod1, Open, MaPeriod);
def maClose = MovingAverage(MaMethod1, Close, MaPeriod);
def maLow = MovingAverage(MaMethod1, Low, MaPeriod);
def maHigh = MovingAverage(MaMethod1, High, MaPeriod);

def haClose=(maOpen+maHigh+maLow+maClose)/4;
def haOpen=(GetValue(haOpen, 1)+GetValue(haClose, 1))/2;
def haHigh=Max(maHigh, Max(haOpen, haClose));
def haLow=Min(maLow, Min(haOpen, haClose));

def ExtMapBuffer7;
def ExtMapBuffer8;

if(haOpen<haClose)
{
ExtMapBuffer7=haLow;
ExtMapBuffer8=haHigh;
}
else
{
ExtMapBuffer7=haHigh;
ExtMapBuffer8=haLow;
}

def ExtMapBuffer5=haOpen;
def ExtMapBuffer6=haClose;

Plot ExtMapBuffer1 = MovingAverage(MaMethod2, ExtMapBuffer7, MaPeriod2);
Plot ExtMapBuffer2 = MovingAverage(MaMethod2, ExtMapBuffer8, MaPeriod2);
Plot ExtMapBuffer3 = MovingAverage(MaMethod2, ExtMapBuffer5, MaPeriod2);
Plot ExtMapBuffer4 = MovingAverage(MaMethod2, ExtMapBuffer6, MaPeriod2);

ExtMapBuffer1.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
ExtMapBuffer1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.LINE);
ExtMapBuffer1.SetLineWeight(1);

ExtMapBuffer2.SetDefaultColor(Color.BLUE);
ExtMapBuffer2.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.LINE);
ExtMapBuffer2.SetLineWeight(1);

ExtMapBuffer3.SetDefaultColor(Color.RED);
ExtMapBuffer3.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.LINE);
ExtMapBuffer3.SetLineWeight(1);

ExtMapBuffer4.SetDefaultColor(Color.BLUE);
ExtMapBuffer4.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.LINE);
ExtMapBuffer4.SetLineWeight(1);

AddCloud(ExtMapBuffer1, ExtMapBuffer2, CreateColor(255,0,102), CreateColor(0, 102, 255));
AddCloud(ExtMapBuffer1, ExtMapBuffer4, CreateColor(255,0,102), CreateColor(0, 102, 255));
AddCloud(ExtMapBuffer2, ExtMapBuffer1, CreateColor(0, 102, 255), CreateColor(255,0,102));
AddCloud(ExtMapBuffer2, ExtMapBuffer3, CreateColor(0, 102, 255), CreateColor(255,0,102));
AddCloud(ExtMapBuffer3, ExtMapBuffer4, CreateColor(255,0,102), CreateColor(0, 102, 255));

 

[BenTen]

No problem here

 

[Darth Tradicus]

No problem here

Hey @BenTen , thanks for the reply

Funny thing, looks like what happened is only a part of the indicator is showing up. When the indicator was working, I had unchecked and set to default, the ExtMapBuffers in study settings- and I set it to default for less chart clutter so I would only see the clouds:

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But then what happened was the clouds disappeared and the entire indicator with it. But I discovered today by accident that if I recheck the ExtMapBuffers in study settings, at least one of the colored averages appears (one blue, neither red), and thats what you're seeing on your chart as well: (I have the indicator loaded 3 times in the pics below):

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The following is how the indicator is supposed to look (minus ExtMapBuffers). Its a cloud ribbon that changes colors. It's on a 1min chart below but this is also how it appeared on my RENKO charts before disappearing:

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Its a huge help having at least the ExtMapBuffer avg loading now. Not sure what happened to the clouds... any ideas?