bc Value for Better Volume 3 Indicator is One Bar Late

[ronaldgreene828]

Hello, I created a buffer to call the bc value in the BetterVolume3 indicator in a strategy. The bc value from 0 to 5 determines the volume bar color. My strategy is set for OnBarClose, and this value is always one bar late. bc value should indicate the volume color for Close[0] in the strategy, but it indicates the volume color for Close[1]. I tried enabling and disabling Use2Bars and it didn't make any difference.

// bc = bar color = index number of plot created in Initialize()

bool sameday = eod ? true : (Time[0].Day == Time[1].Day);

bc = 0; // default 0 (normal volume bar)

if (cond1 || (cond11 && sameday))
{
bc = 1; //LowVol
}

if (cond2 || cond3 || cond8 || cond9 || ((cond12 || cond13 || cond18 || cond19) && sameday))
{
bc = 2; //ClimaxUp
}

if (cond4 || cond5 || cond6 || cond7 || ((cond14 || cond15 || cond16 || cond17) && sameday))
{
bc = 3; //ClimaxDown
}

if (cond10 || (cond20 && sameday))
{
bc = 4; //Churn
}

if (bc == 4 && (cond2 || cond3 || cond4 || cond5 || cond6 || cond7 || cond8 || cond9 || (cond12 || cond13
|| cond14 || cond15 || cond16 || cond17 || cond18 || cond19) && sameday))
{
bc = 5; //ClimaxChurn
}


// plot stuff
Values[bc][0] = Volume[0]; //draw the volume bar we found

if (PaintBars && bc > 0)
{
BarBrush = Plots[bc].Brush; // paint the price bar
}

VolEMA[0] = (vwt * (Volume[0] - VolEMA[1]) + VolEMA[1]); // plot average; faster than SMA

} // End OnBarUpdate()


#region Properties
[Browsable(false)]
[XmlIgnore]
public double SendVolumeBarType
{
get { return bc; }
}

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello ronaldgreene828,

Calculate OnBarClose would mean the logic is evaluated when the bar is fully closed. If you were to color a bar, this would be the most recently fully closed bar, not the currently building bar.

If you want to color the currently building bar, check the logic OnPriceChange or OnEachTick.

Use TickReplay if this needs to work historically.