Struggeling to go back 2 bars.

[A31Trader01]

Hi,

First a confession... I am not good at programming :-) 

I hope that someone can / will help me.

I have some code to make Heiken Ashi Candles, now I would like to put a condition for 2 candles back. But I can't seem to get it right.

Here is the Code:

int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
                const int prev_calculated,
                const datetime &time[],
                const double &open[],
                const double &high[],
                const double &low[],
                const double &close[],
                const long &tick_volume[],
                const long &volume[],
                const int &spread[])
  {
   int    i,pos;
   double haOpen,haHigh,haLow,haClose;
//---
   if(rates_total<=10)
      return(0);
//--- counting from 0 to rates_total
   ArraySetAsSeries(ExtLowHighBuffer,false);
   ArraySetAsSeries(ExtHighLowBuffer,false);
   ArraySetAsSeries(ExtOpenBuffer,false);
   ArraySetAsSeries(ExtCloseBuffer,false);
   ArraySetAsSeries(open,false);
   ArraySetAsSeries(high,false);
   ArraySetAsSeries(low,false);
   ArraySetAsSeries(close,false);
//--- preliminary calculation
   if(prev_calculated>1)
      pos=prev_calculated-1;
   else
     {
      //--- set first candle
      if(open[0]<close[0])
        {
         ExtLowHighBuffer[0]=low[0];
         ExtHighLowBuffer[0]=high[0];
        }
      else
        {
         ExtLowHighBuffer[0]=high[0];
         ExtHighLowBuffer[0]=low[0];
        }
      ExtOpenBuffer[0]=open[0];
      ExtCloseBuffer[0]=close[0];
      //---
      pos=1;
     }
//--- main loop of calculations
   for(i=pos; i<rates_total; i++)
     {
      haOpen=(ExtOpenBuffer[i-1]+ExtCloseBuffer[i-1])/2;
      haClose=(open[i]+high[i]+low[i]+close[i])/4;
      haHigh=MathMax(high[i],MathMax(haOpen,haClose));
      haLow=MathMin(low[i],MathMin(haOpen,haClose));
      if(haOpen<haClose)
        {
         ExtLowHighBuffer[i]=haLow;
         ExtHighLowBuffer[i]=haHigh;
        }
      else
        {
         ExtLowHighBuffer[i]=haHigh;
         ExtHighLowBuffer[i]=haLow;
        }
      ExtOpenBuffer[i]=haOpen;
      ExtCloseBuffer[i]=haClose;
      
      if (open[i-2] > close[i-2]){
         Comment ("Bearish");
      }
   }   
//--- done

   
   
   return(rates_total);
  }

so the error is at:

if (open[i-2] > close[i-2]){
         Comment ("Bearish");
      }

I have tried to add to rates_total, but no success.

How could I acomplish this?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Kind Regards

[Anthony Garot]

so the error is at:

Think about the variable i and what it's values are. What happens when i = 1? You are trying to find the open[-1] and close[-1]. That's not going to fly.

A quick fix is:

if (i > 1 && open[i-2] > close[i-2]){
    Comment ("Bearish");
}

[A31Trader01]

Anthony Garot:

Think about the variable i and what it's values are. What happens when i = 1? You are trying to find the open[-1] and close[-1]. That's not going to fly.

A quick fix is:

Thank you Very much!! so simple. 

[William Roeder]

Do your lookbacks correctly.