CurrentBar, but what's the Last Bar?

[cybertunerone]

Yes, BarsRequired = 500 guarantees you 500 bars of data before doing anything.

I still do not understand your concern about painting. When you use a plot you have a data point for every single bar. Just look at the last bar's data point value. If you are trying to write text or draw on the chart, for sure you can just keep repainting them. Use the same signal name and it will overwrite the old one instead of making new objects.

Ok, that last comment is the key I think. I didn't realized/forgot that paint feature in NT worked that way. That it could erase and repaint the indicator. But that means I have to rewrite the code I'm porting almost from scratch for NT. arrrgg! But at least it's possible. Thanks so much for the help!