With the Candle parameter, which is sometimes called Offset, you can choose to use in your strategy the value of an indicator in the past. For example if your strategy is in daily (1D), you can use the moving average of yesterday or 10 days ago.

Configure the Candle parameter

By default, the value of the indicator at the current candle is used. You can use the value of the indicator at the previous candle by clicking on the Previous Candle button.



You can also enter a custom value manually, following these rules:
- current candle = 0
- previous candle = 1
=> we add 1 as soon as we move back by one candle

Examples

If you are in daily (1D) :

To choose today's moving average, click on Current Candle (candle = 0).



To choose the moving average of 3 days ago, manually enter a custom value (candle = 3).



This way you can create a condition that waits for today's moving average to be above the moving average of 3 days ago.

Updated on: 01/09/2020