How to get the information of previous candlesticks in the buffer?

[oozgal]

Hi, We have a example code in IndicatorBuffers page that use rates_total and prev_calculated,

My problem is that in this code it calls candle zero information

But when we try to get the information of previous candlesticks, it gives an error: array out of range

Full edited code:

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                        Bulls.mq4 |
//|                   Copyright 2005-2013, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                              https://www.mql4.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright   "2005-2013, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link        "https://www.mql4.com"
#property description "Bulls Power"
#property strict
//--- indicator settings
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 1
#property indicator_color1 Silver
//--- input parameter
input int InpBullsPeriod=13;
//--- buffers
double ExtBullsBuffer[];
double ExtTempBuffer[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnInit(void)
  {
   string short_name;
//--- 1 additional buffer used for counting.
   IndicatorBuffers(2);
   IndicatorDigits(Digits);
//--- drawing style
   SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM);
   SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtBullsBuffer);
   SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtTempBuffer);
//--- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label
   short_name="Bulls("+IntegerToString(InpBullsPeriod)+")";
   IndicatorShortName(short_name);
   SetIndexLabel(0,short_name);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Bulls Power                                                      |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 limit=rates_total-prev_calculated;
//---
   if(rates_total<=InpBullsPeriod)
      return(0);
//---
   if(prev_calculated>0)
      limit++;
   for(int i=0; i<limit; i++)
     {
      ExtTempBuffer[i+1]=iMA(NULL,0,InpBullsPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i+1);
      ExtBullsBuffer[i+1]=high[i+1]-ExtTempBuffer[i+1];
     }
//---
   return(rates_total);
  }

[William Roeder]

Do your lookbacks correctly #9 — #14 & #19

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