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Custom Indicator: iCustom - MQL4 returns correct values, MQL5 returns incorrect values

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Hi

To get the buffer values of a custom indicator of the last closed candle in MQL4 - which returns correct values:

for (int i = 0; i < 27; i++)
      Print(i + ": " + iCustom(Symbol(), Period(), "Currency Strength Multimeter", 250, 5, true, false, i, 1));

To get the buffer values of a custom indicator of the last closed candle in MQL5 - which returns incorrect values:

   int csmHandle = iCustom(Symbol(), Period(), "Currency Strength Multimeter", 250, 5, true, false);
   double csmBuffer[];
   for (int i = 0; i < 27; i++)
   {
      if (CopyBuffer(csmHandle, i, 1, 1, csmBuffer) < 0)
         return;
      ArraySetAsSeries(csmBuffer, true);
      Print(i + ": " + csmBuffer[0]);
   }

I've read through the documentation and I think I am doing this correctly. I would appreciate it, if someone could review this and advise if there's something I have misunderstood.

Sameer Shariff: I've read through the documentation and I think I am doing this correctly. I would appreciate it, if someone could review this and advise if there's something I have misunderstood.

Perhaps you should read the manual, especially the examples.
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They all (including iCustom) return a handle (an int). You get that in OnInit. In OnTick (after the indicator has updated its buffers), you use the handle, shift and count to get the data.
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