Processing initial bars load in indicator

[kyjak]

Hello,

when you create an indicator and attach it to a chart, a buffer of bars is fed to the indicator.

Is there a way to tell that these are history bars and not the realtime stream in the indicator?

I tried a "newBar" function, but this works on history too, simply getting a new bar in the past...

[William Roeder]

1. All bars except current bar (zero) are "history bars." Always.
2. NewBar doesn't belong in indicators. See How to do your lookbacks correctly and your loop updates all bars.