showBreakoutSignals one candle to the left

[Mart]

Does anyone know if there is a way to plot a showBreakoutSignal one candle sooner than it normally would plot? Thank you all for any help, I appreciate it.

 

[MerryDay]

Does anyone know if there is a way to plot a showBreakoutSignal one candle sooner than it normally would plot? Thank you all for any help, I appreciate it.

You can search the forum for "future bars". Future bars wait for the future bar to close and then goes back and repaints on the previous bar.

movingAverage[-1];

This is for appearances only. The signal didn't really occur one bar earlier.
It is just repainted to make it appear that it did.
It makes charts look prettier. But it is smoke and mirrors because it is a repainter.

Otherwise, there is no way in real time to know that a signal is going to trigger, one bar before it actually signals.

This is a common wish for retail traders who are using lagging indicators especially those incorporating moving averages.
Moving Averages and other lagging indicators look like they have so much potential; until with use, it is discovered, they come into the party late and more disastrous, they stay in the trade too long.
Read more:
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/lagging-indicator-accuracy-in-thinkorswim.15624/#post-126015

 

[Mart]

I am not looking at the future bar or trigger. I am trying to move the BreakoutSignal one candle to the left and plot it one candle earlier on the chart.

 

[halcyonguy]

I am not looking at the future bar or trigger. I am trying to move the BreakoutSignal one candle to the left and plot it one candle earlier on the chart.

and how do you think you will move a signal left? you have to look at the next future bar , to the right, and wait for it. then draw it on the current bar... 1 bar earlier .

reread merrydays post

 

[armybender]

I believe both replies are correct. Your trigger condition "fires" on a specific bar, and even if you're trying to plot an offset of your study (i.e. just moving an arrow left one bar) it still requires the future bar to exist in the first place.

If you're simply trying to understand how to plot an offset plot, it's simple: plot myPlot = plotdata[-1];

That will shift your plot one bar left, but it won't get around the need for that future bar to exist first. You need to understand repaints.

 

[MerryDay]

I am not looking at the future bar or trigger. I am trying to move the BreakoutSignal one candle to the left and plot it one candle earlier on the chart.

There is no way in real time to know that a BreakoutSignal is going to happen, one bar before it actually happens. So no it cannot be moved.

 

[Mart]

Thank you all, I will check out the Future Bars section and repainter.