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Old 5th March 2010, 19:50
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Originally Posted by zulufx View Post
This indicator looks fantastic - until you look under the hood! When viewing the source code, you'll see 2 lines (mq4 version):

Value1=Value;
Fish1=ExtBuffer0[i];

This is future information! i.e. The indicator values are calculated with the benefit of hindsight. Remove these 2 lines and compare .. it's not nearly as predictive. (BTW, equivalent code exists in the mq5 version - in case you're wondering!).
What's the problem? How can it look into the future when the data is still unavailable? It uses the most current data to build the curve and yes, it repaints. But how is it looking into future?
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