Need to understand Difference MQL4 vs MQL5 iCustom function
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MT4 gets a buffer value. MT5 returns a handle.
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/OnCalculate (after the indicator has updated its buffers), you use the handle, shift and count to get the data.
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MQL4 vs MQL5 iCustom function
Above image is from MQL4 documenation and lower is from MQL5. mode and shift parameter in MQL4 are missing but important. They are absent even in IndicatorCreate so I am confused as to how to handle supplying of mode and shift parameter.