this study is repainting, two reasons i could find are use of lookforward variable and the zigzag indicator causing the script to repaint in some cases. @Thomas @MerryDay any help/suggestions appreciated to display original signals without getting replaced when it repaints, appreciate your help. Thanks
Perhaps you are replying to the wrong thread?
This script
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/supertrend-cci-atr-trend-for-thinkorswim.1090/#post-9561
contains no zigzag nor any forward looking variables.
So there is no repainting to fix.
If your question is can the zigzag script and scripts which use future bars be made to not repaint.
The answer is no, repainters cannot be "fixed" to not repaint.
ZigZags paint an arrow at the lowest low. The problem is, it is only the lowest low at that moment.
If the stock reverses, then the zigzag does not repaint.
However, if the stock continues to fall; the zigzag erases that arrow and paints it on the next low.
This repainting continues until the stock does actually reverse, making the final arrow it repainted true.
The only way to stop the repainting; is to be able to predict the future; know which lowest low is the last lowest low and know the next bar that occurs is going to be higher. Unfortunately, the ToS app does not have a crystal ball function, so zigzag will forever repaint.
Which brings us to future bars. Future Bars tell scripts like the zigzag to wait.
Don't paint any arrows, until the reversal is confirmed. Once the stock starts rising, future bars scripts go back in time, to the bar that was the lowest low, and paints the one perfect arrow.
But the lag from the future bars tends to greatly reduce any profits and more often result in a loss.
However, Repainters can be the most powerful indicators on your chart, when used correctly.
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/the-power-of-repainters-in-thinkorswim.16461/
read more:
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/answers-to-commonly-asked-questions.6006/#post-57833
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