{ "$schema": "./language-map.schema.json", "schema_version": "1.0.0", "data_release": "2026-11-01", "direction": "to_lipi", "lipi": { "language_version": 2, "reference_version": "2.7", "compiler_build": "df7b3b14", "reference_url": "https://gocharting.com/docs/scripting/reference" }, "languages": { "mql4": { "name": "MQL4", "owner": "MetaQuotes Ltd.", "docs_version_verified": "MQL4 Reference, docs.mql4.com (no build number stated)", "docs_home": "https://docs.mql4.com/", "hosts": [ "docs.mql4.com" ], "detect": [ { "pattern": "#property\\s+strict\\b", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "\\bextern\\s+(int|double|bool|string|color|datetime)\\b", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "\\bint\\s+(start|init|deinit)\\s*\\(\\s*\\)", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "\\bIndicatorBuffers\\s*\\(", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "\\bOP_(BUY|SELL)(LIMIT|STOP)?\\b", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "\\bi(MA|RSI|ATR|CCI|Bands|MACD|Stochastic|Momentum)\\s*\\(\\s*(NULL|_Symbol|Symbol\\(\\))\\s*,[^,()]*,[^,()]*,[^,()]*,[^,()]*,", "weight": 2 }, { "pattern": "\\bSetIndexStyle\\s*\\(", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "#property\\s+indicator_(chart|separate)_window\\b", "weight": 1 }, { "pattern": "\\bSetIndexBuffer\\s*\\(", "weight": 1 } ] }, "mql5": { "name": "MQL5", "owner": "MetaQuotes Ltd.", "docs_version_verified": "MQL5 Reference, www.mql5.com (no build number stated)", "docs_home": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs", "hosts": [ "www.mql5.com" ], "detect": [ { "pattern": "\\bCopyBuffer\\s*\\(", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "#property\\s+indicator_plots\\b", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "\\bINDICATOR_(DATA|CALCULATIONS|COLOR_INDEX)\\b", "weight": 3 }, { "pattern": "\\bPLOT_(DRAW_TYPE|LINE_COLOR|LABEL|EMPTY_VALUE|DRAW_BEGIN)\\b", "weight": 2 }, { "pattern": "#include\\s+= 500 ? close[500] : na, title=\"Close 500 bars ago\")" } }, { "id": "history.call-every-bar", "category": "history-and-state", "title": "History functions on every bar", "definition": "Functions that keep their own history give correct results only when called on every bar, not inside a branch that skips bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.sma", "ta.ema" ], "facts": [ "F-236", "F-238", "F-119" ], "note": "A talib call in a skipped if branch, an unchosen ?: side or a sometimes-called function is computed over its own calls, not bars.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Call on every bar\", overlay=true)\nfast = talib.sma(close, 10)\nslow = talib.ema(close, 20)\nuseFast = bar_index % 2 == 0\nplot(useFast ? fast : slow, title=\"Alternating average\")" } }, { "id": "state.persistent", "category": "history-and-state", "title": "Keep a value across bars", "definition": "A variable that is set once and keeps its value from bar to bar until the script changes it.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "static" ], "facts": [ "F-046", "F-047", "F-049", "F-237", "F-322" ], "note": "Committed when the bar closes. Each tick of a forming bar restarts from the saved value, so a push per tick adds once per bar.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Highest high so far\", overlay=true)\nstatic float top = na\ntop := na(top) ? high : math.max(top, high)\nplot(top, title=\"Top\")" } }, { "id": "state.intrabar", "category": "history-and-state", "title": "Keep a value across live updates", "definition": "A variable that also keeps its value between updates of the same live bar.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "intra" ], "facts": [ "F-048", "F-049", "F-284", "F-322" ], "note": "`intra` is cleared when the bar closes. On history, with one run per bar, it behaves like an ordinary variable.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Updates of the live bar\")\nintra int updates = 0\nupdates += 1\nplot(updates, title=\"Updates\")" } }, { "id": "state.bar-flags", "category": "history-and-state", "title": "Bar state flags", "definition": "True/false values that tell the script whether the bar is the first, historical, live, new or closed.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "barstate.isfirst", "barstate.ishistory", "barstate.isrealtime", "barstate.isnew", "barstate.isconfirmed", "barstate.islastconfirmedhistory" ], "facts": [ "F-206", "F-242", "F-314", "F-321" ], "note": "`barstate.isnew` is true on every history bar. `isconfirmed` is false on the last history bar while the market is open." } }, { "id": "flow.if", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Conditional block", "definition": "Running a block only when a condition holds, with optional alternative branches.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "if", "else" ], "facts": [ "F-027", "F-028", "F-035", "F-068", "F-089", "F-234", "F-323" ], "note": "`if` has no value (`x = if ...` is a syntax error). Nonzero numbers are true, na is false; a string is rejected." } }, { "id": "flow.switch", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Choose by value", "definition": "Running one of several blocks depending on the value of an expression.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "switch", "case", "default" ], "facts": [ "F-090", "F-091", "F-092", "F-241", "F-315" ], "note": "No fall-through; one value per case. A switch inside a function body fails on Add to chart (Not Implemented): use if/else there.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Switch\")\nfloat v = 0.0\nswitch bar_index % 2 {\n case 0: v := close\n default: v := open\n}\nplot(v, title=\"Alternating\")" } }, { "id": "flow.ternary", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Inline condition", "definition": "An expression that gives one of two values depending on a condition.", "lipi": { "symbols": [], "facts": [ "F-077", "F-083", "F-234", "F-241" ], "note": "Only the chosen branch runs; an na condition takes the else branch. The branches need compatible types.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Up or down\", overlay=true)\nshade = close >= open ? color.green : color.red\nplot(close, title=\"Close\", color=shade, linewidth=2)" } }, { "id": "flow.for-count", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Counted loop", "definition": "Repeating a block with a counter that runs from a start value to an end value.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "for to", "step" ], "facts": [ "F-094", "F-095", "F-096", "F-097", "F-102", "F-103", "F-232", "F-247" ], "note": "The end is inclusive and a start above the end counts down, but equal bounds run zero times. `by` is not a keyword; use `step`.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Sum of five closes\")\ntotal = 0.0\nfor i = 0 to 4 {\n total += close[i]\n}\nplot(total, title=\"Sum\")" } }, { "id": "flow.for-each", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Loop over a collection", "definition": "Repeating a block once for each element of a collection.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "for in" ], "facts": [ "F-098", "F-099", "F-144" ], "note": "Iterates only an array held in a variable: no expression after `in`, no index form. Assigning the loop variable does not change the array.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"For each\")\na = array.from(1.0, 2.0, 3.0)\ntotal = 0.0\nfor x in a {\n total += x\n}\nplot(total, title=\"Total\")" } }, { "id": "flow.while", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Conditional loop", "definition": "Repeating a block while a condition holds.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "while" ], "facts": [ "F-093", "F-068", "F-225" ], "note": "No iteration limit, but a history run is cancelled after 45 seconds.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"While\")\nx = close\nwhile x > 100 {\n x := x / 2\n}\nplot(x, title=\"Halved\")" } }, { "id": "flow.break-continue", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Leave or skip a loop pass", "definition": "Ending a loop early, or skipping to its next pass.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "break", "continue" ], "facts": [ "F-100" ] } }, { "id": "func.user-function", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Your own function", "definition": "A named, reusable calculation declared by the script, with parameters and a result.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "func", "return" ], "facts": [ "F-105", "F-106", "F-107", "F-108", "F-110", "F-111", "F-112", "F-113", "F-114", "F-115", "F-116", "F-117", "F-118", "F-119", "F-120", "F-121", "F-310", "F-315", "F-316" ], "note": "Declare before use; no recursion; every parameter is typed. A function cannot rebind a global, and plot-family calls are not allowed inside one.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Typical price\", overlay=true)\nfunc typical(float h, float l, float c) => (h + l + c) / 3\nplot(typical(high, low, close), title=\"Typical\")" } }, { "id": "func.method", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Method on a type", "definition": "A function attached to a type and called on an object of that type.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "def" ], "facts": [ "F-122", "F-310" ], "note": "`def` needs at least one parameter, the receiver. Call it as `value.name(...)` or `name(value, ...)`; a `func` cannot use dot syntax.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Method\")\ndef doubled(float x) => x * 2\nplot(close.doubled(), title=\"Twice the close\")" } }, { "id": "op.arithmetic", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Arithmetic operators", "definition": "Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and taking remainders.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "+", "-", "*", "/", "%" ], "facts": [ "F-066", "F-067", "F-077", "F-081", "F-084", "F-235" ], "note": "`/` always returns float, even for two ints; division and modulo by zero give na. There is no `^`: use math.pow." } }, { "id": "op.comparison", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Comparison operators", "definition": "Testing whether values are equal, different, greater or smaller.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "==", "!=", ">", "<", ">=", "<=" ], "facts": [ "F-069", "F-077", "F-079", "F-080" ], "note": "Comparisons do not chain: write `a < b and b < c`. Test na with na(x); `x == na` compiles with a warning." } }, { "id": "op.logical", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Logical operators", "definition": "Combining or negating true/false values.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "and", "or", "not" ], "facts": [ "F-077", "F-078", "F-082", "F-233" ], "note": "No short-circuit: both operands are always evaluated. `not` binds tighter than comparison, so `not 1 > 2` is a type error." } }, { "id": "op.compound-assign", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Update in place", "definition": "Changing a variable by an amount in one step, such as adding to a running total.", "lipi": { "symbols": [], "facts": [ "F-039", "F-040" ], "note": "`+=` also joins strings. `/=` on an int variable is rejected because `/` returns float.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Running volume\")\nstatic float total = 0.0\ntotal += volume\nplot(total, title=\"Volume so far\")" } }, { "id": "coll.map", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Key-value collection", "definition": "A collection that stores values under keys.", "lipi": { "absent_reason": "Lipi has no key-value collection type; use two arrays kept in step, or a user type.", "facts": [ "F-061" ] } }, { "id": "coll.matrix", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Two-dimensional collection", "definition": "A collection with rows and columns.", "lipi": { "absent_reason": "Lipi has no matrix type; use an array with computed indexes.", "facts": [ "F-061" ] } }, { "id": "mod.import", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Reuse code from another file", "definition": "Bringing in functions or types published in a separate file or library.", "lipi": { "absent_reason": "A Lipi script is one file; copy the functions you need into it.", "facts": [ "F-007", "F-008", "F-302" ] } }, { "id": "err.runtime-error", "category": "control-flow-and-functions", "title": "Stop with an error", "definition": "Ending the script on purpose with a message when a condition is not met.", "lipi": { "absent_reason": "Lipi has no function that raises a runtime error; guard the calculation and skip it instead.", "facts": [] } }, { "id": "input.int", "category": "inputs", "title": "Whole-number input", "definition": "A setting the chart user fills with a whole number, with optional bounds and step.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.int" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-165", "F-166", "F-167", "F-168", "F-257", "F-258", "F-259" ], "note": "`defval` must be a const int, not na and not a series. minval and maxval are not checked against it; `step=0` is accepted." } }, { "id": "input.float", "category": "inputs", "title": "Decimal input", "definition": "A setting the chart user fills with a decimal number.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.float" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-165", "F-166", "F-167", "F-168", "F-257", "F-258", "F-259" ], "note": "An int default is accepted. `defval` must be const and not na; bounds are not checked against it." } }, { "id": "input.bool", "category": "inputs", "title": "On/off input", "definition": "A setting the chart user switches on or off.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.bool" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-165", "F-257" ], "note": "display defaults to display.none for input.bool, input.color, input.time and input.text_area; the other inputs default to display.all." } }, { "id": "input.string", "category": "inputs", "title": "Text or choice input", "definition": "A setting the chart user fills with text, or picks from a list of options.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.string" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-165", "F-166", "F-257" ], "note": "A string default must be one of `options` when options are given." } }, { "id": "input.color", "category": "inputs", "title": "Colour input", "definition": "A setting the chart user picks a colour for.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.color" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-165", "F-257", "F-258" ], "note": "The default is a const colour. Layout arguments (group, inline, tooltip) must be const." } }, { "id": "input.source", "category": "inputs", "title": "Price source input", "definition": "A setting that picks which price series the script reads.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.source" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-165", "F-257", "F-260" ], "note": "Only open, high, low, close, hl2, hlc3, ohlc4 and hlcc4 are accepted as the default; volume is refused." } }, { "id": "input.timeframe", "category": "inputs", "title": "Timeframe input", "definition": "A setting that picks a chart timeframe.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.timeframe" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-212", "F-257" ], "note": "Choosing a timeframe does not fetch its data: there is no request namespace. Use it with time(timeframe)." } }, { "id": "input.session", "category": "inputs", "title": "Session input", "definition": "A setting that picks a time-of-day range.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.session" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-257", "F-288", "F-318" ], "note": "Session strings are HHMM-HHMM, ranges comma-separated; an end before the start wraps midnight; day digits follow a colon, 1 = Sunday." } }, { "id": "input.time", "category": "inputs", "title": "Date and time input", "definition": "A setting that picks a point in time.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.time" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-171", "F-257", "F-262" ], "note": "The default must be a millisecond integer literal: timestamp(\"2024-01-01\") passes the editor check but fails on Add to chart." } }, { "id": "input.price", "category": "inputs", "title": "Price level input", "definition": "A setting that picks a price level.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.price" ], "facts": [ "F-162", "F-163", "F-165", "F-177", "F-257" ], "note": "It returns an input float, so it can drive hline(price)." } }, { "id": "input.enum", "category": "inputs", "title": "Enumeration input", "definition": "A setting whose options come from the script's own enumeration.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.enum" ], "facts": [ "F-134", "F-136", "F-163", "F-257" ], "note": "The default must be a const member written Name.Member." } }, { "id": "input.layout", "category": "inputs", "title": "Group and lay out inputs", "definition": "Grouping settings under headings and placing several on one line.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "input.int" ], "facts": [ "F-163", "F-167", "F-168", "F-258" ], "note": "`group`, `inline` and `tooltip` must be const strings. Two inputs may share a title." } }, { "id": "plot.line", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Plot a series", "definition": "Drawing one value per bar as a line or other style.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "plot" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-173", "F-174", "F-175", "F-182", "F-187", "F-176", "F-257", "F-270", "F-304" ], "note": "`plot` must be called at top level, never in a function, if or loop; make it conditional through its arguments. `title` must be const." } }, { "id": "plot.style", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Plot styles", "definition": "The ways a plotted series can be drawn: line, histogram, area, circles, steps and others.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "plotStyle" ], "facts": [ "F-174" ], "note": "Members: line, linebr, area, areabr, smoothedArea, stepLine, stepLinebr, stepArea, stepAreabr, bar, histogram, scatter, triangular, cross. No columns member." } }, { "id": "plot.shape", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Mark bars with a shape", "definition": "Drawing a shape above, below or on bars where a condition holds.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "plotshape" ], "facts": [ "F-124", "F-172", "F-173", "F-183", "F-255", "F-311" ], "note": "The argument is named `shape`, not `style`. A size string that is not a size name stops the compiler with `internal validator error`." } }, { "id": "plot.char", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Mark bars with a character", "definition": "Drawing a text character above, below or on bars where a condition holds.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "plotchar" ], "facts": [ "F-124", "F-172", "F-173", "F-184", "F-255", "F-270", "F-311" ], "note": "Only the first character of `char` is used." } }, { "id": "plot.arrow", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Up and down arrows", "definition": "Drawing arrows whose direction follows the sign of a value.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "plotarrow" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-173", "F-184" ], "note": "Arguments are colorup, colordown, minheight and maxheight; call it at top level only." } }, { "id": "plot.candles", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Draw your own candles or bars", "definition": "Drawing open-high-low-close candles or bars from values the script computes.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "plotcandle", "plotbar" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-173", "F-184", "F-301" ], "note": "plotcandle takes open, high, low, close and a color, plus wickcolor and bordercolor; plotbar takes the same without them." } }, { "id": "plot.hline", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Horizontal level", "definition": "A fixed horizontal line at a price or value.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "hline" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-173", "F-176", "F-177", "F-257" ], "note": "`price` must be an input float, not a series. Style is hlineStyle.solid, dashed or dotted; there is no force_overlay." } }, { "id": "plot.fill", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Fill between two plots", "definition": "Shading the area between two plots or two levels.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "fill" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-175", "F-178", "F-179", "F-180", "F-263" ], "note": "Fill two plots or two hlines, never one of each. The third and fourth arguments swap between the plot form and the hline form." } }, { "id": "plot.bgcolor", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Colour the background", "definition": "Colouring the chart background behind chosen bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "bgcolor" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-180", "F-182", "F-185", "F-257" ], "note": "An na colour means no background colour. `display` accepts only display.none and display.all when added to the chart." } }, { "id": "plot.barcolor", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Colour the bars", "definition": "Colouring the price bars themselves.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "barcolor" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-180", "F-182", "F-185", "F-257" ], "note": "No force_overlay argument. An na colour means no bar colour; display accepts only none or all." } }, { "id": "plot.display", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Where a plot is shown", "definition": "Choosing whether a plot appears on the chart, the price scale, the data window or nowhere.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "display" ], "facts": [ "F-168", "F-169", "F-170", "F-180", "F-181", "F-257" ], "note": "display.* are bit flags (none 0, pane 1, data_window 2, price_scale 4, status_line 8, all 15) combined with +; the terminal decides what each shows." } }, { "id": "color.transparency", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Colour with transparency", "definition": "Making a colour partly see-through.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "color.new" ], "facts": [ "F-156", "F-157", "F-264" ], "note": "Alpha is opacity from 0 to 1 (1 solid, 0 invisible), clamped. A literal 50 warns. There is no transp argument.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Faint background\", overlay=true)\n// 1 is solid and 0 is invisible; 0.15 is a light tint\nbgcolor(close > open ? color.new(color.green, 0.15) : na)\nplot(close, title=\"Close\")" } }, { "id": "color.rgb", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Colour from red, green, blue", "definition": "Building a colour from its red, green and blue parts.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "color.rgb" ], "facts": [ "F-158", "F-264" ], "note": "r, g and b are integers 0 to 255, clamped; the optional a is an opacity from 0 to 1." } }, { "id": "color.gradient", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Colour on a gradient", "definition": "Picking a colour between two colours according to where a value sits in a range.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "color.from_gradient" ], "facts": [ "F-159", "F-264" ], "note": "All five arguments are required. The value is clamped to its bounds; equal bounds or an na argument give na." } }, { "id": "draw.line", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Line object", "definition": "Creating a line between two points that the script can move, restyle or delete later.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "line.new", "line.delete" ], "facts": [ "F-146", "F-147", "F-148", "F-150", "F-151", "F-152", "F-155", "F-252", "F-253" ], "note": "The overlay argument is `forceOverlay` on line.new, `force_overlay` on the other drawings. Setters on an na handle do nothing." } }, { "id": "draw.line-update", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Change a line object", "definition": "Moving a line's end points or changing its colour, width, style or extension.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "line.set_xy1", "line.set_xy2", "line.set_color", "line.set_width", "line.set_style", "line.set_extend" ], "facts": [ "F-150", "F-252", "F-253" ], "note": "line.set_xloc with four arguments is function-only; the method form takes just the xloc. A setter on an na or deleted handle does nothing." } }, { "id": "draw.label", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Text label object", "definition": "Creating a text label at a point that the script can move, change or delete later.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "label.new", "label.set_text", "label.set_xy", "label.delete" ], "facts": [ "F-124", "F-146", "F-147", "F-150", "F-154", "F-252" ], "note": "Text is limited to 999 characters at run time. `size` takes size.*; a string that is not a size name stops the compiler." } }, { "id": "draw.box", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Rectangle object", "definition": "Creating a rectangle between two corners that the script can resize, restyle or delete later.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "box.new", "box.set_lefttop", "box.set_rightbottom", "box.delete" ], "facts": [ "F-123", "F-124", "F-146", "F-147", "F-154" ], "note": "Old argument names (text_halign, text_size, ...) compile with a warning; write texthalign, textvalign, size, textcolor, textwrap." } }, { "id": "draw.polyline", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Multi-point line object", "definition": "Creating one shape that joins many points.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "polyline.new" ], "facts": [ "F-146", "F-147", "F-150", "F-151", "F-266", "F-320" ], "note": "At most 1000 points; an empty or larger array returns na with no error. A polyline has only new, delete and all." } }, { "id": "draw.linefill", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Fill between two line objects", "definition": "Shading the area between two line objects.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "linefill.new" ], "facts": [ "F-146", "F-151", "F-266" ], "note": "No max-count argument (fixed at 50) and no copy. Functions: new, delete, get_line1, get_line2, set_color." } }, { "id": "draw.point", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Chart point", "definition": "A position on the chart given by bar or time and by price, used to place objects.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "chartPoint.new", "chartPoint.from_index", "chartPoint.from_time" ], "facts": [ "F-149", "F-267" ], "note": "The type is `chartPoint`, not `chart.point`. array.from(chartPoint.now(x)) is refused: use array.new and array.push." } }, { "id": "draw.x-by-time", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Place objects by time", "definition": "Positioning an object horizontally by a timestamp instead of a bar number.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "xloc" ], "facts": [ "F-148", "F-149", "F-203" ], "note": "xloc.bar_time takes times in milliseconds; xloc.bar_index, the default, takes bar numbers. Any other xloc string stops the script.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Label by time\", overlay=true)\nif barstate.islast {\n label.new(time, high, \"last bar\", xloc=xloc.bar_time)\n}" } }, { "id": "draw.future-bars", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Draw beyond the last bar", "definition": "Placing an object to the right of the most recent bar.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "xloc" ], "facts": [ "F-148", "F-203" ], "note": "The compiler accepts any future bar index or time and keeps the object; whether the terminal draws it past the last bar is not shown." } }, { "id": "draw.object-limits", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "How many objects a script keeps", "definition": "The maximum number of lines, labels, boxes and polylines a script may have on the chart at once.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "indicator" ], "facts": [ "F-151", "F-152", "F-153", "F-222", "F-269" ], "note": "Default 50 per kind. Maximum 500 lines, labels, boxes and 100 polylines (larger values are clamped); 9 tables; linefills fixed at 50." } }, { "id": "draw.all-objects", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "List the script's objects", "definition": "Getting every object of a kind the script has drawn, for example to delete old ones.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "line.all", "label.all", "box.all" ], "facts": [ "F-145", "F-152" ], "note": "The `.all` arrays hold live drawings only; a drawing trimmed over the limit is gone and its handle does nothing." } }, { "id": "draw.table", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Table on the chart", "definition": "A grid of cells fixed to a corner of the chart, with text and colours the script sets.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "table.new", "table.cell" ], "facts": [ "F-123", "F-146", "F-151", "F-254" ], "note": "One table per position.* slot (9). A new table at an occupied slot replaces the old one; a cell outside the grid is ignored." } }, { "id": "draw.table-update", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Change table cells", "definition": "Changing a table cell's text, colours, size or alignment, or merging cells.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "table.cell_set_text", "table.cell_set_bgcolor", "table.merge_cells" ], "facts": [ "F-123", "F-254" ], "note": "Old names such as text_halign warn; write texthalign. Merge cells with t.merge_cells(0, 0, 1, 0)." } }, { "id": "draw.text-align", "category": "plots-and-drawings", "title": "Text alignment and size", "definition": "Choosing how text sits inside a label, box or cell, and how large it is.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "text", "size" ], "facts": [ "F-123", "F-124", "F-311" ], "note": "text.align_* are the const strings left, center, right, top, bottom; other values stop the script. Labels use textalign, boxes and tables texthalign and textvalign." } }, { "id": "strat.entry", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Enter a position", "definition": "Opening or adding to a simulated long or short position.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.entry" ], "facts": [ "F-188", "F-189", "F-191", "F-192", "F-193", "F-199", "F-272", "F-273", "F-276", "F-307" ], "note": "direction is strategy.long or strategy.short. No trail_points, qty_percent or alert_message. A market order fills at the next bar's open." } }, { "id": "strat.order", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Place an order", "definition": "Placing a simulated order that does not reverse an existing position.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.order" ], "facts": [ "F-188", "F-189", "F-190", "F-277", "F-307" ], "note": "A raw net order with no pyramiding check: it can open, add, reduce, close or reverse." } }, { "id": "strat.exit", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Exit with stop or target", "definition": "Closing a simulated position with a stop-loss, take-profit or trailing stop.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.exit" ], "facts": [ "F-190", "F-191", "F-274", "F-275", "F-279", "F-307" ], "note": "No trailing-stop arguments. profit and loss are distances in ticks of syminfo.minmove. With no limit, stop, profit or loss the call is ignored." } }, { "id": "strat.close", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Close a position", "definition": "Closing a simulated position, or all of them, at market.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.close", "strategy.close_all" ], "facts": [ "F-190", "F-278", "F-307" ], "note": "strategy.close(id) does nothing when that entry is not open. close_all closes the position." } }, { "id": "strat.cancel", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Cancel pending orders", "definition": "Cancelling simulated orders that have not filled.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.cancel", "strategy.cancel_all" ], "facts": [ "F-190", "F-278" ], "note": "cancel(id) removes every queued order with that id and does nothing when none exists; cancel_all removes all." } }, { "id": "strat.position", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Current position", "definition": "The size and average price of the open simulated position.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.position_size", "strategy.position_avg_price" ], "facts": [ "F-196", "F-280" ], "note": "`position_size` is signed: negative for a short." } }, { "id": "strat.results", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Strategy results", "definition": "Running totals of the simulation: equity, net profit, drawdown, and counts of trades.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.equity", "strategy.netprofit", "strategy.max_drawdown", "strategy.closedtrades", "strategy.wintrades" ], "facts": [ "F-196", "F-280", "F-282" ], "note": "equity = initial_capital + netprofit + openprofit. netprofit is realized and net of commission; unrealized profit is openprofit." } }, { "id": "strat.trade-history", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Details of each trade", "definition": "The entry, exit, size and profit of each closed or open simulated trade.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy.closedtrades_profit", "strategy.closedtrades_entry_price", "strategy.opentrades_profit" ], "facts": [ "F-197", "F-198", "F-282" ], "note": "Accessors are flat functions with zero-based trade numbers, such as strategy.closedtrades_profit(0). closedtrades_exit_bar_index always returns 0." } }, { "id": "strat.settings", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Simulation settings", "definition": "Starting capital, order size, commission, pyramiding and when orders fill.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "strategy" ], "facts": [ "F-015", "F-016", "F-193", "F-194", "F-195", "F-272", "F-281", "F-284" ], "note": "Percent commission is notional x value / 100, charged on open and on close. Entries beyond pyramiding are ignored silently." } }, { "id": "alert.call", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Raise an alert from code", "definition": "Sending a notification with a message the script builds, when the script decides.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "alert" ], "facts": [ "F-219", "F-256", "F-306" ], "note": "Fires only on realtime bars, only in alert mode, at most once per bar. One string argument; no frequency argument." } }, { "id": "alert.condition", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Declare an alert condition", "definition": "Declaring a condition the chart user can turn into an alert.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "alertcondition" ], "facts": [ "F-172", "F-186", "F-220", "F-303" ], "note": "Top level only. title and message must be const strings; the condition must be a boolean series." } }, { "id": "alert.webhook", "category": "strategies-and-alerts", "title": "Send to a webhook", "definition": "Delivering an alert's message to an outside address.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "alert" ], "facts": [ "F-306" ], "note": "The script only builds the message string (write JSON in single quotes); no argument sets a webhook address.", "example": "//@lipi=2\nindicator(\"Alert message\", overlay=true)\nif barstate.isconfirmed and close > open {\n alert('{\"event\":\"up\",\"price\":' + str.tostring(close) + '}')\n}" } }, { "id": "data.ohlcv", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Price and volume of the bar", "definition": "The open, high, low, close and volume of the current bar.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "open", "high", "low", "close", "volume" ], "facts": [ "F-200" ] } }, { "id": "data.derived-price", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Average prices of the bar", "definition": "Common averages of a bar's prices, such as the mid-point of high and low.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "hl2", "hlc3", "ohlc4", "hlcc4" ], "facts": [ "F-200" ], "note": "hlcc4 is (high + low + 2 x close) / 4." } }, { "id": "data.open-interest", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Open interest", "definition": "The number of open contracts, for instruments that report it.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "oi" ], "facts": [ "F-200", "F-290" ], "note": "`oi` is 0, not na, on a bar that carries no open interest." } }, { "id": "data.orderflow", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Orderflow of the bar", "definition": "Buy and sell volume, delta and trade counts of the bar.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "orderflow.buyvolume", "orderflow.sellvolume", "orderflow.delta", "orderflow.trades", "orderflow.cvd" ], "facts": [ "F-210", "F-291", "F-309" ], "note": "Ten integer series exist only where the chart has footprint data, else na. orderflow.cvd restarts at session.isfirst." } }, { "id": "data.instrument", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Instrument details", "definition": "The symbol, exchange, currency, tick size and type of the instrument on the chart.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "syminfo.ticker", "syminfo.exchange", "syminfo.currency", "syminfo.mintick", "syminfo.asset_type" ], "facts": [ "F-208", "F-292", "F-313" ], "note": "syminfo has 14 names; no tickerid, pointvalue or type. ticker is exchange:segment:symbol; mintick = tick size / maximum tick precision." } }, { "id": "data.timeframe", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Chart timeframe", "definition": "The timeframe of the chart and tests for its kind, such as intraday or daily.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "interval.interval", "interval.isintraday", "interval.isdaily", "interval.multiplier", "interval.in_seconds" ], "facts": [ "F-207", "F-289", "F-212" ], "note": "There is no `timeframe` namespace; use interval.*. in_seconds counts a month as 2628003 seconds and is na for tick and range intervals." } }, { "id": "data.other-symbol", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Data from another symbol or timeframe", "definition": "Reading a series of a different instrument or a different timeframe from the one on the chart.", "lipi": { "absent_reason": "Lipi reads only the chart's own symbol and timeframe.", "facts": [ "F-212" ], "note": "There is no request namespace: request.security and every other symbol or timeframe read fail to compile." } }, { "id": "data.chart-type", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Chart type", "definition": "Whether the chart shows standard candles or another bar type.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "chart.is_standard", "chart.is_heikinashi", "chart.is_renko" ], "facts": [ "F-211" ], "note": "chart.* has nine names: bg_color, fg_color, is_standard, is_heikinashi, is_kagi, is_linebreak, is_pnf, is_range, is_renko." } }, { "id": "time.bar-time", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Time of the bar", "definition": "The opening and closing time of the current bar.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "time", "time_close" ], "facts": [ "F-200", "F-202", "F-203", "F-286", "F-287", "F-318" ], "note": "`time` and `time_close` are int milliseconds; time_close is the open time plus one interval." } }, { "id": "time.now", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Current time", "definition": "The present time while the script runs.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "timenow" ], "facts": [ "F-249", "F-285" ], "note": "`timenow` is the wall clock on every run, not the bar's time. `time.now` does not exist." } }, { "id": "time.parts", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Parts of a date", "definition": "The year, month, day, weekday, hour, minute and second of a time.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "year", "month", "dayofmonth", "dayofweek", "hour", "minute", "second" ], "facts": [ "F-201", "F-205", "F-286", "F-287", "F-317" ], "note": "dayofweek runs 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday). hour(time, zone) needs an IANA zone name; an offset such as \"UTC-5\" gives 0." } }, { "id": "time.make-timestamp", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Build a time value", "definition": "Making a time value from a date and time of day.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "timestamp" ], "facts": [ "F-204", "F-171", "F-262" ], "note": "A date string without a zone is read as UTC; a string that matches no layout gives na. The numeric form uses the exchange zone." } }, { "id": "time.format", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Format a time as text", "definition": "Turning a time value into readable text.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.format_time" ], "facts": [ "F-293", "F-317" ], "note": "str.format_time reads seconds, not milliseconds: pass int(time / 1000). The layout is the reference date 2006-01-02 15:04:05." } }, { "id": "time.session", "category": "market-data-and-time", "title": "Trading session", "definition": "Whether a bar falls inside a session, and the start of the trading day.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "session.isfirst", "session.date", "time_sessionday" ], "facts": [ "F-209", "F-288", "F-313", "F-318" ], "note": "session.* has only `date` and `isfirst`; there is no session.islast." } }, { "id": "math.abs", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Absolute value", "definition": "The absolute value of `number`: its magnitude, with the sign removed.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.abs" ] } }, { "id": "math.rounding", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Rounding", "definition": "Rounds `number` to the nearest whole number and returns an int.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.round", "math.ceil", "math.floor" ] } }, { "id": "math.round-to-tick", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Round to the tick size", "definition": "Rounds `number` to the nearest multiple of `syminfo.mintick` for the chart symbol.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.round_to_mintick" ] } }, { "id": "math.min-max", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Smaller or larger of values", "definition": "The smallest of the numbers you pass.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.min", "math.max" ] } }, { "id": "math.power", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Powers and roots", "definition": "`base` raised to the power of `exponent`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.pow", "math.sqrt" ] } }, { "id": "math.exp-log", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Exponent and logarithms", "definition": "Euler's number raised to the power of `number`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.exp", "math.log", "math.log10" ] } }, { "id": "math.trig", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Trigonometry", "definition": "The sine of `angle`, where the angle is in radians.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.sin", "math.cos", "math.tan", "math.asin", "math.acos", "math.atan" ] } }, { "id": "math.angles", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Degrees and radians", "definition": "Converts an angle in radians to the same angle in degrees.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.todegrees", "math.toradians" ] } }, { "id": "math.sign", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Sign of a number", "definition": "The sign of `number`: -1 for a negative number and 1 for a positive one.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.sign" ] } }, { "id": "math.random", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Random number", "definition": "Gives your script a random float, bounded below by `min` and above by `max`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.random" ] } }, { "id": "math.avg-sum", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Average and sum of values", "definition": "The arithmetic mean of the numbers you pass: their sum divided by how many there are.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "math.avg", "math.sum" ] } }, { "id": "str.tostring", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Number to text", "definition": "Renders a value as a string.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.tostring" ] } }, { "id": "str.tonumber", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Text to number", "definition": "Reads a number out of a string.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.tonumber" ] } }, { "id": "str.length", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Length of text", "definition": "Gives the length of a string as an int.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.length" ] } }, { "id": "str.case", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Upper and lower case", "definition": "Converts a string to upper case; the other half of the pair with str.lower.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.upper", "str.lower" ] } }, { "id": "str.search", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Find text", "definition": "Tests whether one string occurs inside another.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.contains", "str.pos", "str.startswith", "str.endswith" ] } }, { "id": "str.substring", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Part of a text", "definition": "Cuts a piece out of a string.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.substring" ] } }, { "id": "str.replace", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Replace text", "definition": "Substitutes one piece of text for another inside a string.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.replace", "str.replace_all" ] } }, { "id": "str.split", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Split text", "definition": "Splits `string` wherever `separator` occurs and returns the pieces as an array of strings.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.split" ] } }, { "id": "str.trim", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Trim spaces", "definition": "Removes whitespace from around a string and hands back the result.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.trim" ] } }, { "id": "str.repeat", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Repeat text", "definition": "Produces a string made of repeated copies of another, with the option of something between the copies.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.repeat" ] } }, { "id": "str.match", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Match a pattern", "definition": "Returns the first part of `source` that matches the regular expression `pattern`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "str.match" ] } }, { "id": "str.concat", "category": "math-and-strings", "title": "Join texts", "definition": "Joining two pieces of text into one.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "+" ] } }, { "id": "array.create", "category": "arrays", "title": "Create an array", "definition": "Creates an array of the given length.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.new", "array.from", "array.new_float", "array.new_int" ] } }, { "id": "array.object-arrays", "category": "arrays", "title": "Arrays of drawing objects", "definition": "Creates an array of `line` IDs with `size` elements, each set to `initial_value`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.new_line", "array.new_label", "array.new_box" ] } }, { "id": "array.get-set", "category": "arrays", "title": "Read and write an element", "definition": "Returns the element at `index`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.get", "array.set" ] } }, { "id": "array.size", "category": "arrays", "title": "Number of elements", "definition": "Returns the number of elements in the array.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.length" ] } }, { "id": "array.push-pop", "category": "arrays", "title": "Add or remove at the end", "definition": "Appends `value` to the end of the array, growing it by one element.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.push", "array.pop" ] } }, { "id": "array.shift-unshift", "category": "arrays", "title": "Add or remove at the start", "definition": "Inserts `value` at the beginning of the array.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.unshift", "array.shift" ] } }, { "id": "array.insert-remove", "category": "arrays", "title": "Insert or remove at a position", "definition": "Inserts `value` at `index`, moving the element that was there, and every element after it, up one index.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.insert", "array.remove" ] } }, { "id": "array.clear-fill", "category": "arrays", "title": "Empty or fill an array", "definition": "Removes every element, leaving an empty array.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.clear", "array.fill" ] } }, { "id": "array.first-last", "category": "arrays", "title": "First and last element", "definition": "Returns the first element of the array.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.first", "array.last" ] } }, { "id": "array.search", "category": "arrays", "title": "Find an element", "definition": "Returns true when `value` is one of the array's elements.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.includes", "array.indexof", "array.lastindexof", "array.binary_search" ] } }, { "id": "array.copy-slice", "category": "arrays", "title": "Copy, slice and join arrays", "definition": "Returns a new array with the same elements.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.copy", "array.slice", "array.concat" ] } }, { "id": "array.sort", "category": "arrays", "title": "Sort and reverse", "definition": "Sorts the array in place.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.sort", "array.sort_indices", "array.reverse" ] } }, { "id": "array.stats", "category": "arrays", "title": "Statistics of an array", "definition": "Returns the sum of the array's elements.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.sum", "array.avg", "array.min", "array.max", "array.median", "array.stdev", "array.variance" ] } }, { "id": "array.join", "category": "arrays", "title": "Array to text", "definition": "Joins the elements into one string, with `separator` between them.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.join" ] } }, { "id": "array.every-some", "category": "arrays", "title": "Test all or any elements", "definition": "Returns true when every element is true.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "array.every", "array.some" ] } }, { "id": "ta.alma", "category": "indicators", "title": "Arnaud Legoux moving average", "definition": "An Arnaud Legoux moving average of `source` over `length` bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.alma" ] } }, { "id": "ta.atr", "category": "indicators", "title": "Average true 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At this build the direction is -1 on every bar except at most one early bar (none with an ATR length of 1)." } }, { "id": "ta.swma", "category": "indicators", "title": "Symmetrically weighted moving average", "definition": "Symmetrically weighted moving average of `source` over the last four bars, with the weights 1/6, 2/6, 2/6 and 1/6.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.swma" ] } }, { "id": "ta.tr", "category": "indicators", "title": "True range", "definition": "True range for the bar the script is on, taken from the chart's own bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.tr" ] } }, { "id": "ta.tsi", "category": "indicators", "title": "True strength index", "definition": "True Strength Index for `source`, smoothed by two lengths, `r` and `s`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.tsi" ] } }, { "id": "ta.valuewhen", "category": "indicators", "title": "Value when a condition was true", "definition": "Reads `source` from the bar on which `condition` was true, going back as far as `occurrence` says.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.valuewhen" ] } }, { "id": "ta.variance", "category": "indicators", "title": "Variance", "definition": "Variance of `source` over `length` bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.variance" ] } }, { "id": "ta.vwap", "category": "indicators", "title": "Volume-weighted average price", "definition": "Volume-weighted average price built on `source`.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.vwap" ] } }, { "id": "ta.vwma", "category": "indicators", "title": "Volume-weighted moving average", "definition": "Volume-weighted moving average of `source` over `length` bars: bars that traded more count for more.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.vwma" ] } }, { "id": "ta.wma", "category": "indicators", "title": "Weighted moving average", "definition": "Weighted moving average of `source` over `length` bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.wma" ], "note": "At this build the result does not follow standard WMA weights: a step from 0 to 1 settles at 1/length of the step." } }, { "id": "ta.wpr", "category": "indicators", "title": "Williams %R", "definition": "Williams %R over `length` bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.wpr" ] } }, { "id": "ta.wvad", "category": "indicators", "title": "Williams variable accumulation/distribution", "definition": "Williams variable accumulation/distribution, calculated on the chart's own bars.", "lipi": { "symbols": [ "ta.wvad" ] } } ], "mappings": [ { "concept": "exec.bar-by-bar", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OnTick / OnCalculate", "signature": "void OnTick() | int OnCalculate(const int rates_total, const int prev_calculated, ...)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Handler runs per incoming tick (Expert Advisor) or per calculate call (indicator), not once per bar; indicator code loops over bars itself using prev_calculated.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "No automatic oldest-first pass per bar; prev_calculated tells the loop where to start." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/function/events", "fragment": "OnCalculate; OnTick", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "exec.bar-by-bar", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "OnCalculate; OnTick", "signature": "int OnCalculate(const int rates_total, const int prev_calculated, const datetime &time[], const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[], const long &tick_volume[], const long &volume[], const int &spread[])", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "The handler receives whole arrays per call, not one bar; your own loop starts at prev_calculated. 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Lipi has a fixed 500-bar limit.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Pine reaches 5000 bars back for most series and 10000 for price series and time; Lipi stops at 500." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/writing/limitations/", "fragment": "maximum-bars-back", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "history.lookback-limit", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "unresolved", "note": "The reference states no maximum look-back distance; it only describes past-offset initialisation, so Lipi's 500-bar cap has no documented counterpart.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/tutorials/Advanced/Chapter-12---Past-Offset-and-Prefetch", "fragment": "Past Offset", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "history.call-every-bar", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA(symbol, timeframe, ma_period, ma_shift, ma_method, applied_price, shift)", "signature": "double iMA(string symbol, int timeframe, int ma_period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Indicator functions read history by shift and keep no per-call-site state, so skipping bars changes nothing. ma_shift offsets the line; shift picks the bar.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Stateless recomputation from history; conditional calls are safe." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ima", "fragment": "iMA signature and parameters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "history.call-every-bar", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No per-call-site history exists: indicator values come from a handle (iMA) read with CopyBuffer, so skipping bars in your own loop breaks nothing.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/ima", "fragment": "iMA returns a handle; INVALID_HANDLE on failure", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "history.call-every-bar", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Update()", "signature": "Update()", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Hosted indicators update when the host accesses them; Update() catches one up to the current bar. 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Lipi static rolls back to the last closed-bar value on each live tick.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "A field updated on every tick accumulates; the same logic in a Lipi static restarts from the committed value each tick." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/developing_indicators.htm", "fragment": "You can retain calculations between bar updates", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "state.persistent", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "var", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/language/variable-declarations/", "fragment": "var; kw_var", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "state.persistent", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "def x = x[1] + ...; rec", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Persistence is self-reference with [1] on a def (rec is obsolete). 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}", "relation": "composite", "note": "Fields already persist across ticks of one bar but are never cleared at bar close; reset them on IsFirstTickOfBar to mimic Lipi intra.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/isfirsttickofbar.htm", "fragment": "IsFirstTickOfBar Definition and Tip", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "state.intrabar", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "varip", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "varip keeps its value across ticks without rollback and also across bars; Lipi's intra is cleared when a new bar starts.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Pine varip never resets between bars; Lipi intra restarts from its initializer on each new bar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/language/variable-declarations/", "fragment": "varip; kw_varip", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "state.intrabar", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No intrabar state construct is documented; the only control is recalculation on every tick or, with once_per_bar, once per bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Declarations/once-per-bar", "fragment": "forced to recalculate the last values only once per bar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "state.bar-flags", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No first, history, new-bar or confirmed flags among predefined variables; programs compare Time[0] with a saved time, and indicators read IndicatorCounted.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/predefined", "fragment": "Predefined Variables table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "state.bar-flags", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No bar-state flags: use prev_calculated (0 means full recalculation) and rates_total to find new or changed bars.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/event_handlers/oncalculate", "fragment": "prev_calculated; 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any non-zero number counts as true.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/operators/if", "fragment": "Conditional Operator if-else; else addresses the nearest if without else", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.if", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "if / else if / else", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/branching_commands.htm", "fragment": "The if Statement", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.if", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "if / else if / else", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine if returns a value (x = if c ...) and nests by indentation; Lipi's if is a statement with braces and returns nothing.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/language/conditional-structures/", "fragment": "if-structure", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.if", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "if / else (statement); if ... then ... else (expression)", "signature": "if [then] { } else { }", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Statement branches assign to plot or def variables rather than run imperative code; the expression form needs both branches and computes both.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/if", "fragment": "Syntax (if-statement); Syntax (if-expression)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.switch", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "switch (expr) { case const: ... break; default: }", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Control falls through to following cases until break; the expression must be an integer type and case labels constants.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/operators/switch", "fragment": "Switch Operator", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.switch", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "switch / case / default", "signature": "switch(expression) { case constant: operators; 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default is needed unless every enum value has a case.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/switch", "fragment": "switch ()", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.ternary", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "cond ? a : b", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Both branches must share a type (the wider type wins); there is no na branch, EMPTY_VALUE is the usual stand-in.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/operators/ternary", "fragment": "Ternary Operator ?:", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.ternary", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "?:", "signature": "expression1 ? expression2 : expression3", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/operators/ternary", "fragment": "Ternary Operator ?:", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.ternary", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "condition ? a : b", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/basic_syntax.htm", "fragment": "Operators: Conditional ?:", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.ternary", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "condition ? a : b", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/language/operators/", "fragment": "-ternary-operator", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.ternary", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "if then else ; 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The step keyword is by, not step.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Pine re-evaluates the end bound before every pass; Lipi evaluates start, end and step once." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/language/loops/", "fragment": "for-loops", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.for-count", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "fold", "signature": "fold = to [with [= ]] [while ] do ", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "fold is a reduction expression, not a statement loop: the end bound is excluded, the step is fixed at 1, one accumulated result.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/fold", "fragment": "Once the index value becomes equal to the end parameter, the loop is terminated without calculation", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.for-each", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No for-in or range loop; the operator list has for, while and do-while. Loop over indexes up to ArraySize instead.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/operators/for", "fragment": "Operators menu list", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.for-each", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "The operators section lists no foreach or range loop; index through the array with a for loop.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/operators", "fragment": "Operators list: compound, if-else, switch, while, for, do while, break, continue", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.for-each", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "foreach (type item in collection)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Keyword is foreach with an explicit element type; Lipi writes 'for item in collection'.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/looping_commands.htm", "fragment": "Foreach Loop", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.for-each", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "for item in collection; 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do while", "signature": "while(expression) operator;", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/operators/while", "fragment": "Loop Operator while", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "MQL5 construct includes do-while, which runs its body once before testing; Lipi has only while and rejects do/while, so rewrite with while and break." }, { "concept": "flow.while", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "while (condition) { }; do { } while (condition)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/looping_commands.htm", "fragment": "While Loop", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "C# do-while runs its body once before testing the condition; Lipi has no do-while (rejected), so rewrite with while true and break." }, { "concept": "flow.while", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "while", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/language/loops/", "fragment": "while-loops", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.while", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "while (inside fold)", "signature": "fold ... while do ", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "while only adds an early-exit test inside fold; it is not a standalone loop, and a failed test keeps the last accumulated value.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/while", "fragment": "defines a condition upon violation of which the loop is terminated when calculating the fold function", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.break-continue", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "break; continue;", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/operators/break", "fragment": "Break Operator", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "break also ends a switch case; Lipi's break works only inside a loop. continue goes to the next loop iteration in both." }, { "concept": "flow.break-continue", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "break; continue", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "break also ends a switch case; Lipi's break works only inside a loop. continue goes to the next loop iteration in both.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/operators/break", "fragment": "break terminates the nearest outward switch, while, do-while or for", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "flow.break-continue", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "break; 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Lipi 'def' extends a type.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/functions_and_methods_explaine.htm", "fragment": "Declaring a Method", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "func.method", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "method", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine uses the method keyword with an explicitly typed first parameter; Lipi uses def. Both call it as value.name(...).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "kw_method", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "func.method", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No methods on user types exist; only built-in plot methods such as SetDefaultColor() are available.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types", "fragment": "full list of available data types", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "op.arithmetic", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "+ - * / %", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Two integer operands divide as integers (1/2 gives 0) while Lipi / always returns a decimal; % keeps the sign of the dividend.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Integer division truncates; make an operand double to get a fraction." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/types/casting", "fragment": "int i=1/2 gives 0", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "op.arithmetic", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "+ - * / %", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Division by zero is a critical runtime error that stops the program, whereas Lipi returns na.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "The program is terminated on division by zero; 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Pine also takes an options list; Lipi has none.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_input.timeframe", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "input.timeframe", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "input = AggregationPeriod.DAY", "signature": "input =;", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A constant input holding an AggregationPeriod value, fed to the period argument of price functions; Lipi can only read the chart's own timeframe.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/input/constant", "fragment": "input secondaryPeriod = AggregationPeriod.DAY;", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "input.session", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No session input type; use two string or datetime inputs and parse them. 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positional order differs after textcolor; float series draw at that price, whereas Pine treats them as bool." }, { "concept": "plot.char", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddChartBubble", "signature": "AddChartBubble(boolean time condition, double price location, Any text, CustomColor color, boolean up)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Nearest form is a text bubble pointing at a price you choose; there is no single-character marker with location presets.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/AddChartBubble", "fragment": "AddChartBubble ( boolean time condition , double price location , Any text , CustomColor color , boolean up )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.arrow", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "DRAW_ARROW with up and down buffers", "relation": "composite", "note": "Arrow direction is not driven by value sign; use one buffer per direction with matching arrow codes, or arrow objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/customind/setindexarrow", "fragment": "predefined arrow constant", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.arrow", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "DRAW_COLOR_ARROW; OBJ_ARROW_UP; OBJ_ARROW_DOWN", "relation": "composite", "note": "Direction does not follow a value's sign: use two arrow plots, or one colour-indexed arrow plot, each fed by your own buffers.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/drawstyles", "fragment": "DRAW_ARROW and DRAW_COLOR_ARROW rows", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.arrow", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Draw.ArrowUp() / Draw.ArrowDown()", "signature": "Draw.ArrowUp(NinjaScriptBase owner, string tag, bool isAutoScale, int barsAgo, double y, Brush brush)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Choose ArrowUp or ArrowDown yourself from the sign of the value; each call needs a unique tag and a y price. Size follows bar width.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/draw_arrowup.htm", "fragment": "Draw.ArrowUp() Syntax and Tip", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.arrow", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "plotarrow()", "signature": "plotarrow(series, title, colorup, colordown, offset, minheight, maxheight, editable, show_last, display, format, precision, force_overlay) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_plotarrow", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi plotarrow omits editable, show_last and precision, and its positional order after maxheight differs from Pine." }, { "concept": "plot.arrow", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "PaintingStrategy.ARROW_UP / PaintingStrategy.ARROW_DOWN", "relation": "composite", "note": "Direction comes from the constant, not from the sign of a value: plot two series, one with ARROW_UP and one with ARROW_DOWN.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Constants/PaintingStrategy/PaintingStrategy-ARROW-UP", "fragment": "PaintingStrategy.ARROW_UP: Defines the arrow up painting strategy", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.candles", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No candle or bar draw style among the six; build wicks and bodies from histogram buffers or objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/indicatorconstants/drawstyles", "fragment": "Drawing Styles table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.candles", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "DRAW_CANDLES; DRAW_BARS; DRAW_COLOR_CANDLES", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Four buffers in fixed order open, high, low, close, plus a colour-index buffer for the colour variants.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/customind/indicators_examples/draw_color_candles", "fragment": "DRAW_COLOR_CANDLES: five buffers Open, High, Low, Close, color index", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.candles", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No custom-OHLC plot call. Draw per-bar Draw.Rectangle and Draw.Line, custom-render in OnRender, or build a custom bars type.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/alphabetical_reference.htm", "fragment": "Alphabetical list: Draw.* methods and BarBrush, no candle-plot entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.candles", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "plotcandle(), plotbar()", "signature": "plotcandle(open, high, low, close, title, color, wickcolor, editable, show_last, bordercolor, display, format, precision, force_overlay) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_plotcandle; fun_plotbar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi plotcandle and plotbar omit editable, show_last, format and precision; bordercolor sits earlier in Lipi's positional order." }, { "concept": "plot.candles", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No function draws computed open-high-low-close candles or bars; Look and Feel only recolours the chart's own bars (AssignPriceColor) or sets the chart type.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel", "fragment": "Look and Feel function list (26 entries: AddLabel, AddCloud, AssignPriceColor, SetChartType, ...; none draws candles)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.hline", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "#property indicator_levelN / SetLevelValue(level, value) / OBJ_HLINE", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Levels (0 to 31) show only in a separate-window indicator; on the main chart use an OBJ_HLINE object.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/customind/setlevelvalue", "fragment": "SetLevelValue level 0-31", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.hline", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "#property indicator_level1; indicator_levelcolor; OBJ_HLINE", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Levels apply only in a separate indicator window; on the price chart use an OBJ_HLINE object instead.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/preprosessor/compilation", "fragment": "indicator_levelN: horizontal level in a separate indicator window", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.hline", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddLine(Brush, double value, string name)", "signature": "AddLine(Brush brush, double value, string name)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "The level is fixed when the script is configured. For a level that moves per bar use Draw.HorizontalLine or a plot.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/addline.htm", "fragment": "AddLine() Syntax", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.hline", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "hline()", "signature": "hline(price, title, color, linestyle, linewidth, editable, display) → hline", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine takes linestyle (hline.style_*) before linewidth; Lipi orders linewidth first, names the argument style and uses hlineStyle.*.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_hline", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.hline", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "plot = ", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A horizontal level is a plot of a constant, for example plot ZeroLine = 0; there is no dedicated hline call.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/FPL", "fragment": "plot ZeroLine = 0;", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.fill", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No fill draw style between plots or levels; use DRAW_HISTOGRAM or rectangle objects as a stand-in.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/indicatorconstants/drawstyles", "fragment": "Drawing Styles table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.fill", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "DRAW_FILLING", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Needs two buffers; both colours are set together with #property indicator_color1 or PLOT_LINE_COLOR.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/customind/indicators_examples/draw_filling", "fragment": "DRAW_FILLING: colored area between two indicator buffers", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.fill", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Draw.Region()", "signature": "Draw.Region(NinjaScriptBase owner, string tag, int startBarsAgo, int endBarsAgo, ISeries series1, ISeries series2, Brush outlineBrush, Brush areaBrush, int areaOpacity, int displacement = 0)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One call fills over a bar range (CurrentBar down to 0) between two series, or a series and a price. Opacity is int 0-100.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/draw_region.htm", "fragment": "Draw.Region() Syntax and Example", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.fill", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "fill()", "signature": "fill(plot1, plot2, color, title, editable, show_last, fillgaps, display) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine's plot form takes color third; Lipi's plot form takes title third and color fourth. Name the arguments when converting.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_fill", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.fill", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddCloud", "signature": "AddCloud(IDataHolder data1, IDataHolder data2, CustomColor color1, CustomColor color2)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes two colours chosen by which series is higher, is translucent with no alpha argument, and its border is off unless showBorder is yes.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/AddCloud", "fragment": "Plots a translucent cloud bounded above and below by values data1 and data2", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.bgcolor", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No per-bar background colouring; closest are rectangle objects behind price.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/indicatorconstants/drawstyles", "fragment": "Drawing Styles table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.bgcolor", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No per-bar background colouring; the chart property CHART_COLOR_BACKGROUND recolours the whole chart only.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/chartconstants/enum_chart_property", "fragment": "CHART_COLOR_BACKGROUND: chart background color", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.bgcolor", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "BackBrush", "signature": "BackBrush = Brushes.PaleGreen;", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Assign BackBrush on each bar; null restores the default colour (Lipi uses na). It affects only the script's own panel; BackBrushAll covers all panels.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/backbrush.htm", "fragment": "BackBrush Definition and Note", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.bgcolor", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "bgcolor()", "signature": "bgcolor(color, offset, editable, show_last, title, display, force_overlay) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine orders offset before title; Lipi orders title before offset, so name these arguments when converting. Pine adds editable and show_last.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_bgcolor", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.bgcolor", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AssignBackgroundColor", "signature": "AssignBackgroundColor(CustomColor color)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes a colour value chosen per bar with an if-expression; no transparency argument; also colours custom-quote cells.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/AssignBackgroundColor", "fragment": "AssignBackgroundColor(if ADX > 20 then Color.DARK_ORANGE else Color.BLACK);", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.barcolor", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No draw style recolours existing price bars; overlay arrows, histograms or objects instead.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/indicatorconstants/drawstyles", "fragment": "Drawing Styles table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.barcolor", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "DRAW_COLOR_CANDLES; DRAW_COLOR_BARS", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Draws candles or bars from your own OHLC buffers plus a colour-index buffer, rather than recolouring the chart's own bars.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/customind/indicators_examples/draw_color_candles", "fragment": "DRAW_COLOR_CANDLES colour index buffer chooses each candle's colour", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.barcolor", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "BarBrush", "signature": "BarBrush = Brushes.Yellow;", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Assign BarBrush on each bar; null restores the chart's default bar colour. CandleOutlineBrush colours candle outlines separately.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/barbrush.htm", "fragment": "BarBrush Tip and Examples", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.barcolor", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "barcolor()", "signature": "barcolor(color, offset, editable, show_last, title, display) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine orders offset before title; Lipi orders title before offset, so name these arguments when converting. Pine adds editable and show_last.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_barcolor", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.barcolor", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AssignPriceColor", "signature": "AssignPriceColor(CustomColor color)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Color.CURRENT leaves a bar unchanged; only one study at a time can paint a given price bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/AssignPriceColor", "fragment": "you cannot paint the same price bar using multiple studies simultaneously", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.display", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "DRAW_NONE; SetIndexLabel(index, NULL)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "DRAW_NONE hides the line on the chart; a NULL label hides the value in the DataWindow. There is no price-scale-only switch.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/customind/setindexlabel", "fragment": "NULL means that index value is not shown in the DataWindow", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.display", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "PLOT_SHOW_DATA; DRAW_NONE; INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS buffers", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "DRAW_NONE draws nothing, PLOT_SHOW_DATA toggles the Data Window entry, calculation buffers are never drawn: separate switches.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/drawstyles", "fragment": "DRAW_NONE; PLOT_SHOW_DATA data window display", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.display", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "DisplayInDataBox, PaintPriceMarkers, IsOverlay, DrawOnPricePanel", "relation": "composite", "note": "No per-plot display flag: separate properties control the data box, price markers, panel, and the panel used by draw objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicator.htm", "fragment": "Methods and Properties: DisplayInDataBox, DrawOnPricePanel, PaintPriceMarkers", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.display", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "display argument; display.none, all, pane, data_window, price_scale, status_line", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine display constants combine with + and -; Lipi supports + only. display.pine_screener has no Lipi member.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "const_display.all", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "plot.display", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Hide(), SetHiding(), HideTitle(), HideBubble(), declare hide_on_intraday", "signature": "SetHiding(double condition)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Visibility only: Hide() sets hidden by default and SetHiding(cond) hides conditionally; the reference lists no data-window or scale targets.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/SetHiding", "fragment": "Controls visibility of a plot depending on a condition. If this condition is true, the plot is hidden", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.transparency", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ColorToARGB(clr, alpha)", "signature": "uint ColorToARGB(color clr, uchar alpha=255)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Alpha is a 0 to 255 byte (Lipi: 0 to 1); result is a uint for graphical resources; the color type has no alpha.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Alpha scale 0-255 versus Lipi 0-1; returns uint, not a color." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/convert/colortoargb", "fragment": "ColorToARGB alpha channel", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.transparency", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ColorToARGB(color, alpha)", "signature": "uint ColorToARGB(color clr, uchar alpha=255)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Alpha runs 0 to 255 (255 replaces the underlying pixel), not 0 to 1, and the result is a uint ARGB value, not a color.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "The color type itself has no alpha byte (0x00BBGGRR); opacity exists only in the ARGB uint." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/convert/colortoargb", "fragment": "ColorToARGB(color clr, uchar alpha=255): alpha 0 to 255", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.transparency", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(a, r, g, b)); areaOpacity argument", "signature": "Draw.Rectangle(..., Brush areaBrush, int areaOpacity)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Draw areaOpacity runs 0-100 (0 clear); custom brushes use FromArgb alpha. Lipi alpha is 0-1, so a literal 50 clamps to solid.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "areaOpacity is an int 0-100; Lipi alpha is a float 0-1. Custom brushes must also be frozen." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/working_with_brushes.htm", "fragment": "Creating a Transparent Solid Color Brush; Draw.Rectangle areaOpacity (0-100)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.transparency", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "color.new()", "signature": "color.new(color, transp) → series color", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "transp runs 0 (opaque) to 100 (invisible); Lipi's alpha runs 0 (invisible) to 1 (solid). Convert with alpha = 1 - transp / 100.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Pine takes transparency 0-100 with 0 solid; Lipi takes opacity 0-1 with 1 solid, so the same number means opposite things." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_color.new (transp argument)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.transparency", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "CreateColor takes only red, green and blue, and no colour function has an alpha argument; AddCloud is fixed translucent.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/CreateColor", "fragment": "CreateColor ( double red , double green , double blue )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.rgb", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "C'r,g,b' literal; 0x00BBGGRR integer", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "No rgb function: colours are compile-time literals or an integer in blue-green-red byte order, the reverse of the usual RGB order.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Byte order is BGR, so a hex value written as RGB gives wrong colour." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/types/integer/color", "fragment": "Literal representation; 0x00BBGGRR", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.rgb", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "C'R,G,B' literal", "signature": "color c = C'128,128,128';", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Documented as a constant literal, components 0 to 255. At run time, compute the 0x00BBGGRR integer yourself or parse 'R,G,B' text with StringToColor.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/types/integer/color", "fragment": "Color Type: C'R,G,B' literal, 0x00BBGGRR layout", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.rgb", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromRgb(r, g, b)); brush.Freeze()", "signature": "Color.FromRgb(byte r, byte g, byte b)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Color.FromRgb gives a Color; wrap it in a SolidColorBrush and freeze it. Prefer predefined Brushes.*; up to 65535 unique brushes are allowed.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/working_with_brushes.htm", "fragment": "Creating a Custom Solid Color Brush", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.rgb", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "color.rgb()", "signature": "color.rgb(red, green, blue, transp) → series color", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Fourth argument transp is transparency 0-100 with 0 opaque; Lipi's a is opacity 0-1 with 1 solid. Color components run 0-255 in both.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Pine transp 0 is opaque and 100 invisible; Lipi a 1 is opaque and 0 invisible." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_color.rgb (transp argument)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.rgb", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "CreateColor", "signature": "CreateColor(double red, double green, double blue)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Three components only, no alpha argument; the reference example uses 0 to 255 values.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/CreateColor", "fragment": "Price.SetDefaultColor(CreateColor(255, 220, 210));", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.gradient", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No gradient function; interpolate each channel by hand and build the colour from the parts.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/types/integer/color", "fragment": "Color Type (no blend function listed)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.gradient", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "The conversion functions include no gradient or colour-interpolation function; interpolate the R, G, B parts yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/convert", "fragment": "Conversion Functions list: ColorToARGB, ColorToPRGB, ColorToString, StringToColor", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "color.gradient", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No value-to-colour interpolation function is in the language reference index. 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There is no bar-index placement mode.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/objects/objectcreate", "fragment": "time1 time coordinate of the first anchor point", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.x-by-time", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ObjectCreate time anchors", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Anchors are always times; there is no bar-index mode, and pixel placement uses OBJ_LABEL distances instead.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/objects/objectcreate", "fragment": "objects positioned by time and price anchor points", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.x-by-time", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Draw.* overloads taking DateTime", "signature": "Draw.Line(NinjaScriptBase owner, string tag, bool isAutoScale, DateTime startTime, double startY, DateTime endTime, double endY, Brush brush, DashStyleHelper dashStyle, int width)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pick the DateTime overload instead of barsAgo. The time is a DateTime, whereas Lipi xloc.bar_time takes epoch milliseconds.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/draw_line.htm", "fragment": "Draw.Line() overloads with DateTime startTime", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.x-by-time", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "xloc.bar_time", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "const_xloc.bar_time", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.x-by-time", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "Chart marks are tied to the bar where their condition holds; no timestamp placement argument is documented.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/AddChartBubble", "fragment": "time condition: Defines condition upon which the bubble is displayed", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.future-bars", "language": "mql4", "source": "unresolved", "note": "ObjectCreate and the object-type pages do not say whether a time after the last bar is accepted or how it is placed.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/objects/objectcreate", "fragment": "time1 parameter", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "draw.future-bars", "language": "mql5", "source": "unresolved", "note": "The ObjectCreate page states no limit or rule for anchor times beyond the last bar, so future placement is not established from first-party docs.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/objects/objectcreate", "fragment": "ObjectCreate parameters and notes", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "draw.future-bars", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "unresolved", "note": "The first-party pages checked (drawing, draw_line, draw_text) do not say whether anchors may lie right of the last bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/drawing.htm", "fragment": "Draw Methods and Associated Return Types; numbered notes", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "draw.future-bars", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "xloc.bar_index with an index past bar_index", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine bar-index coordinates may run at most 500 bars past the current bar. Lipi's compiler accepts any future index or time; drawing is undocumented.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/writing/limitations/", "fragment": "maximum-bars-forward", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.future-bars", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "plot values on the right expansion (bars where IsNaN(close)); price[-n]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Bars to the right of the last one have NaN prices, so a script can plot there; negative-index plots shift forward but look ahead.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/IsNaN", "fragment": "draws the highest and the lowest close price on the right expansion of the subgraph", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.object-limits", "language": "mql4", "source": "unresolved", "note": "Object function pages state only a 63-character name limit; no maximum object count is documented.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/objects/objectcreate", "fragment": "Note: object name should not exceed 63 characters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "draw.object-limits", "language": "mql5", "source": "unresolved", "note": "The Object Functions index states no maximum number of graphical objects, so no limit can be quoted from first-party docs.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/objects", "fragment": "Object Functions index", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "draw.object-limits", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "unresolved", "note": "No page on the allowed hosts states a cap on script drawings; DrawObjects only warns that large collections affect performance.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/drawingtools_drawobjects.htm", "fragment": "DrawObjects Notes (iterating a large collection)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "draw.object-limits", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "max_lines_count, max_labels_count, max_boxes_count, max_polylines_count arguments", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same arguments, default 50, caps 500 (100 polylines). Pine deletes the oldest drawings past the limit; Lipi trims past limit plus 5.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Lipi never trims a line, label, box or linefill held directly in a static variable; Pine's docs describe plain oldest-first deletion." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/writing/limitations/", "fragment": "line-box-polyline-and-label-limits", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.object-limits", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No drawing objects exist, so no object-count limits are documented.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel", "fragment": "Look and Feel function list (26 entries; no object-creating drawing function)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.all-objects", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ObjectsTotal(), ObjectName(index), ObjectsDeleteAll(window, type or prefix)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Loop an index up to ObjectsTotal reading ObjectName; ObjectsDeleteAll removes by subwindow and type, with a prefix form that filters by name.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/objects/objectsdeleteall", "fragment": "prefix in object name", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.all-objects", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ObjectsTotal; ObjectName; ObjectsDeleteAll", "signature": "int ObjectsTotal(long chart_id, int sub_window=-1, int type=-1); string ObjectName(long chart_id, int pos, int sub_window=-1, int type=-1)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Count with ObjectsTotal and read each name with ObjectName, optionally by type; the list covers the whole chart, not just your script's objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/objects/objectstotal", "fragment": "ObjectsTotal: number of objects in the specified chart, subwindow and type", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.all-objects", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "DrawObjects (use DrawObjects.ToList())", "signature": "foreach (DrawingTool draw in DrawObjects.ToList())", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "The collection holds every object on the chart, including user-drawn ones; filter by type and IsUserDrawn, and iterate a ToList() snapshot.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/drawingtools_drawobjects.htm", "fragment": "Looping through the collection to find specific draw objects", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.all-objects", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "line.all, label.all, box.all", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_line.all; var_label.all; var_box.all", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.all-objects", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No object registry exists because drawings are not objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel", "fragment": "Look and Feel function list (26 entries; no object-creating drawing function)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No table object; arrange OBJ_LABEL or OBJ_RECTANGLE_LABEL objects at pixel offsets from a corner.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/objectconstants/enum_object", "fragment": "Object Types table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No table object exists; build a grid from OBJ_LABEL, OBJ_EDIT or OBJ_RECTANGLE_LABEL objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/objectconstants/enum_object", "fragment": "ENUM_OBJECT list: OBJ_LABEL, OBJ_EDIT, OBJ_RECTANGLE_LABEL (no table)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No table object. Draw.TextFixed places text in one of five fixed chart positions; a grid needs custom OnRender drawing.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/drawing.htm", "fragment": "Draw Methods and Associated Return Types (no table; Draw.TextFixed)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "table.new(), table.cell()", "signature": "table.cell(table_id, column, row, text, width, height, text_color, text_halign, text_valign, text_size, bgcolor, tooltip, text_font_family, text_formatting) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine's cell text arguments are text_color, text_halign, text_valign, text_size; Lipi names them textcolor, texthalign, textvalign, size and warns on the Pine names.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_table.cell", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No grid object: AddLabel adds single text rows in a chart corner; several labels stack, optionally with row ownership.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/AddLabel", "fragment": "AddLabel ( boolean visible , Any text , CustomColor color , int location , int size , boolean row ownership )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table-update", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No cell object; change each stand-in label or rectangle label through its own OBJPROP_TEXT or OBJPROP_BGCOLOR.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/objectconstants/enum_object_property", "fragment": "OBJPROP_BGCOLOR; OBJPROP_XSIZE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table-update", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "Without a table type, each cell is a separate object changed through ObjectSetString and ObjectSetInteger.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/objectconstants/enum_object", "fragment": "ENUM_OBJECT list: no table object", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table-update", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "Without tables there are no cells to change; redraw Draw.TextFixed under the same tag to update fixed text.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/drawing.htm", "fragment": "Draw Methods and Associated Return Types (no table; Draw.TextFixed)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.table-update", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "table.cell_set_text(), table.cell_set_bgcolor(), table.merge_cells()", "signature": "table.merge_cells(table_id, start_column, start_row, end_column, end_row) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_table.merge_cells", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine raises an error when a merged cell is merged again; Lipi completes the second merge without an error." }, { "concept": "draw.table-update", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No table cells to edit; each AddLabel call is its own text line driven by a condition.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/AddLabel", "fragment": "Other labels will be pushed to adjacent rows", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.text-align", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OBJPROP_ANCHOR, OBJPROP_FONTSIZE, OBJPROP_ALIGN, TextSetFont", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Anchor point picks one of nine positions for text and label objects; font size is an integer; OBJPROP_ALIGN applies only to edit objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/objectconstants/enum_object_property", "fragment": "OBJPROP_ANCHOR; OBJPROP_FONTSIZE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.text-align", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "OBJPROP_ANCHOR; OBJPROP_ALIGN; OBJPROP_FONTSIZE", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Anchor point and font size are separate properties; horizontal alignment (OBJPROP_ALIGN) exists only for edit objects, not as one alignment keyword.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/objectconstants/enum_object_property", "fragment": "OBJPROP_ANCHOR, OBJPROP_ALIGN, OBJPROP_FONTSIZE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.text-align", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "TextAlignment, SimpleFont, TextPosition", "signature": "Draw.Text(owner, tag, isAutoScale, text, barsAgo, y, yPixelOffset, textBrush, SimpleFont font, TextAlignment alignment, outlineBrush, areaBrush, areaOpacity)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Draw.Text takes TextAlignment (Left, Center, Right, Justify) and a SimpleFont; fixed-position text uses Draw.TextFixed with five preset slots.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/draw_text.htm", "fragment": "alignment and font parameters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.text-align", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "text_halign, text_valign, text_size arguments; text.align_* and size.* constants", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine text_size takes size.* or a positive integer; the argument names are text_halign and text_valign where Lipi uses texthalign, textvalign and size.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "const_text.align_center; const_size.huge", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "draw.text-align", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddLabel(..., location = Location.*, size = FontSize.*)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Only label font size (FontSize constants SMALL to X_LARGE) and corner Location; no alignment control and no text inside boxes or cells.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Constants/FontSize", "fragment": "Font Size constants are used with the AddLabel() function to define the font size of the label text", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.entry", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderSend(symbol, OP_BUY or OP_SELL, volume, price, slippage, stoploss, takeprofit, ...)", "signature": "int OrderSend(string symbol, int cmd, double volume, double price, int slippage, double stoploss, double takeprofit, string comment=NULL, int magic=0, datetime expiration=0, color arrow_color=clrNONE)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Each call returns one ticket for one order; the caller supplies the Bid or Ask price, slippage, stop loss and take profit.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Each market order is separately ticketed; closing an opposite order is its own call (OrderClose or OrderCloseBy)." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/trading/ordersend", "fragment": "OrderSend signature", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.entry", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderSend with TRADE_ACTION_DEAL", "signature": "bool OrderSend(MqlTradeRequest &request, MqlTradeResult &result)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "A real trade request: true means only basic acceptance, so check result.retcode; netting accounts hold one position per symbol.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Orders hit the live account, and OrderSend is barred in indicators." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/trading/ordersend", "fragment": "OrderSend return value; check retcode of MqlTradeResult", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.entry", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "EnterLong() / EnterShort()", "signature": "EnterLong(int quantity, string signalName)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Direction is in the method name and signalName replaces the id. The opposite entry reverses the position, as in Lipi.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Managed orders not resubmitted are cancelled at the end of the bar; quantity 0 becomes 1." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/managed_approach.htm", "fragment": "Entry() methods will reverse the position automatically", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.entry", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.entry()", "signature": "strategy.entry(id, direction, qty, limit, stop, oca_name, oca_type, comment, alert_message, disable_alert) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine adds alert_message and disable_alert for per-order alerts; Lipi's strategy.entry lacks both.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_strategy.entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.entry", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_AUTO / SELL_AUTO, condition)", "signature": "AddOrder(int type, IDataHolder condition, IDataHolder price, IDataHolder tradeSize, CustomColor tickColor, CustomColor arrowColor, String name)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "BUY_AUTO and SELL_AUTO open or close; the order lands on the next bar at open[-1] by default; no order id, limit or stop arguments.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/AddOrder", "fragment": "Adds an order of specified side and position effect for the next bar when the condition is true", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.order", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderSend with OP_BUYLIMIT, OP_SELLLIMIT, OP_BUYSTOP, OP_SELLSTOP", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pending orders are limit or stop types only; price must keep the MODE_STOPLEVEL distance from market, and an expiration time is optional.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/trading/ordersend", "fragment": "MODE_STOPLEVEL", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.order", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderSend with TRADE_ACTION_PENDING", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pending orders use TRADE_ACTION_PENDING with an ENUM_ORDER_TYPE and a price; stoplimit sets the trigger for stop-limit orders.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/structures/mqltraderequest", "fragment": "MqlTradeRequest: action, type, price, stoplimit", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.order", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "SubmitOrderUnmanaged()", "signature": "SubmitOrderUnmanaged(int selectedBarsInProgress, OrderAction orderAction, OrderType orderType, int quantity, double limitPrice, double stopPrice, string oco, string signalName)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Direction and type are OrderAction and OrderType arguments. Managed Enter* calls reverse positions, so they are not strategy.order.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/submitorderunmanaged.htm", "fragment": "SubmitOrderUnmanaged() Syntax and Parameters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.order", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.order()", "signature": "strategy.order(id, direction, qty, limit, stop, oca_name, oca_type, comment, alert_message, disable_alert) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine adds alert_message and disable_alert for per-order alerts; Lipi's strategy.order lacks both.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_strategy.order", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.order", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN / SELL_TO_OPEN, condition)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "TO_OPEN and TO_CLOSE types only open or only close, the nearest thing to a non-reversing order; there is no separate order function.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/tutorials/Basic/Chapter-7---Creating-Strategies", "fragment": "BUY_TO_CLOSE, BUY_TO_OPEN, SELL_TO_CLOSE, and SELL_TO_OPEN ... only opens or closes a position", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.exit", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "stoploss and takeprofit arguments; OrderModify", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Stop and target are stored on the order, set at send or by OrderModify; no trailing option is documented, so trail by modifying each tick.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/trading/ordersend", "fragment": "stoploss, takeprofit parameters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.exit", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MqlTradeRequest sl and tp fields; TRADE_ACTION_SLTP", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Stop and target are absolute prices on the request, set at entry or later by TRADE_ACTION_SLTP; the structure has no trailing-stop field.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/structures/mqltraderequest", "fragment": "MqlTradeRequest sl: Stop Loss price; tp: Take Profit price", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.exit", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "SetStopLoss(), SetProfitTarget(), SetTrailStop(), or ExitLongStopMarket() / ExitLongLimit()", "signature": "SetStopLoss(CalculationMode mode, double value)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Set* methods attach stop and target to an entry's fills (call before entering; modes Ticks, Price, Percent and others); Exit* methods submit explicit orders.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/setstoploss.htm", "fragment": "SetStopLoss() Notes and CalculationMode", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.exit", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.exit()", "signature": "strategy.exit(id, from_entry, qty, qty_percent, profit, limit, loss, stop, trail_price, trail_points, trail_offset, oca_name, comment, comment_profit, comment_loss, comment_trailing, alert_message, alert_profit, alert_loss, alert_trailing, disable_alert) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine adds qty_percent, trail_price, trail_points, trail_offset and alert arguments that Lipi lacks. profit and loss are tick distances, limit and stop are prices, in both.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_strategy.exit", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.exit", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE, close > EntryPrice() + t or close < EntryPrice() - s)", "relation": "composite", "note": "No stop or target arguments: write the exit condition against EntryPrice() and send a TO_CLOSE order; it is a close-based condition.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/EntryPrice", "fragment": "AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE, close > EntryPrice() + 3 or close < EntryPrice() - 9);", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.close", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderClose(ticket, lots, price, slippage, arrow_color)", "signature": "bool OrderClose(int ticket, double lots, double price, int slippage, color arrow_color)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Closes one order by ticket, in whole or by lots; closing everything means looping OrdersTotal with OrderSelect and OrderClose.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/trading/orderclose", "fragment": "OrderClose signature", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.close", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "TRADE_ACTION_DEAL with the position ticket; TRADE_ACTION_CLOSE_BY", "relation": "composite", "note": "Closing sends an opposite-direction deal naming the position ticket, or TRADE_ACTION_CLOSE_BY against an opposite position.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/structures/mqltraderequest", "fragment": "MqlTradeRequest position and position_by fields", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.close", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "ExitLong() / ExitShort()", "signature": "ExitLong(string signalName, string fromEntrySignal)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Market exits, ignored when no such position exists. For close_all call both. Avoid CloseStrategy(), which also disables the strategy.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/exitlong.htm", "fragment": "Tips: This method is ignored if a long position does not exist", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.close", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.close(), strategy.close_all()", "signature": "strategy.close(id, comment, qty, qty_percent, alert_message, immediately, disable_alert) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine orders the arguments close(id, comment, qty, ...); Lipi orders close(id, qty, comment). Pine adds qty_percent and immediately.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_strategy.close", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.close", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE / BUY_TO_CLOSE, condition)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Closes an open position on the next bar by default; no entry-id argument exists to choose which entry to close.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/tutorials/Basic/Chapter-7---Creating-Strategies", "fragment": "BUY_TO_CLOSE, BUY_TO_OPEN, SELL_TO_CLOSE, and SELL_TO_OPEN", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.cancel", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderDelete(ticket)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Deletes one pending order by ticket; cancelling all means looping over orders.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/trading", "fragment": "OrderDelete: Deletes previously opened pending order", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.cancel", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "TRADE_ACTION_REMOVE", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Each pending order is removed by its own ticket in a request; the action list has no cancel-all.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/tradingconstants/enum_trade_request_actions", "fragment": "TRADE_ACTION_REMOVE: delete the pending order placed previously", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.cancel", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "CancelOrder(Order order)", "signature": "CancelOrder(Order order)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes the Order object returned by the entry call, not a string id. The managed page documents no strategy-wide cancel-all method.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Resubmitting an order each bar keeps it alive; stopping resubmission cancels it." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/managed_cancelorder.htm", "fragment": "CancelOrder() Syntax and Parameters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.cancel", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.cancel(), strategy.cancel_all()", "signature": "strategy.cancel(id) → void", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_strategy.cancel; fun_strategy.cancel_all", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.cancel", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No pending-order concept is documented: each order is added for the next bar by its condition, with nothing to cancel.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/AddOrder", "fragment": "Adds an order ... for the next bar when the condition is true", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.position", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OrdersTotal, OrderSelect, OrderLots, OrderOpenPrice, OrderType", "relation": "composite", "note": "There is no single net position; loop open orders by symbol and magic number, sum signed OrderLots and weight OrderOpenPrice for the average.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/trading/orderselect", "fragment": "OrderSelect SELECT_BY_POS", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.position", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "PositionSelect; PositionGetDouble(POSITION_VOLUME, POSITION_PRICE_OPEN)", "signature": "double PositionGetDouble(ENUM_POSITION_PROPERTY_DOUBLE property_id)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Volume is separate from direction (POSITION_TYPE buy or sell), and a position must be selected before its properties are read.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Under netting only one open position per symbol exists." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/tradingconstants/positionproperties", "fragment": "POSITION_TYPE, POSITION_VOLUME, POSITION_PRICE_OPEN; one open position per symbol", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.position", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Position.Quantity, Position.AveragePrice, Position.MarketPosition", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Size and direction are separate: Quantity is an int and direction comes from MarketPosition (Flat, Long, Short); Lipi position_size is one signed number.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/position.htm", "fragment": "Position Methods and Properties", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.position", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.position_size, strategy.position_avg_price", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_strategy.position_size; var_strategy.position_avg_price", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "With a flat position strategy.position_avg_price is 0 in Lipi but na (NaN) in Pine." }, { "concept": "strat.position", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "EntryPrice()", "signature": "EntryPrice()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Only the average entry price of the held position is available; no simulated position-size function is documented.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/EntryPrice", "fragment": "For several entry orders in the same direction ... the function returns the average price for all of them", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.results", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "AccountEquity(), AccountBalance(), AccountProfit(), TesterStatistics(id)", "signature": "double TesterStatistics(ENUM_STATISTICS statistic_id)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Equity, balance and open profit are account functions; net profit, drawdown and trade counts come from TesterStatistics, only inside OnTester or OnDeinit in the tester.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/common/testerstatistics", "fragment": "TesterStatistics called inside OnTester or OnDeinit", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.results", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "AccountInfoDouble(ACCOUNT_EQUITY, ACCOUNT_BALANCE, ACCOUNT_PROFIT); TesterStatistics", "signature": "double TesterStatistics(ENUM_STATISTICS statistic_id)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Live equity comes from account properties; tester totals (profit, trade counts) come from TesterStatistics, callable only in OnTester or OnDeinit during testing.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/common/testerstatistics", "fragment": "can be called inside OnTester() or OnDeinit() in the tester", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.results", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "SystemPerformance.AllTrades.TradesPerformance.Currency.CumProfit and related", "relation": "composite", "note": "Totals sit in nested performance objects (CumProfit, Drawdown, trade counts via Count) and need IncludeTradeHistoryInBacktest; no equity variable is listed.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/tradesperformancevalues.htm", "fragment": "TradesPerformanceValues Methods and Properties; CumProfit example", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.results", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.equity, netprofit, max_drawdown, closedtrades, wintrades", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_strategy.equity; var_strategy.netprofit; var_strategy.max_drawdown", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi netprofit falls by the entry commission when a trade opens; Pine netprofit counts only completed trades. Equity totals still match." }, { "concept": "strat.results", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "FPL()", "signature": "FPL()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Only FPL() floating profit/loss is documented as a scriptable strategy result; no equity, drawdown or trade-count function is listed.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/FPL", "fragment": "Returns floating Profit/Loss value based on strategy signals", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.trade-history", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY), OrderProfit(), OrderOpenPrice(), OrderClosePrice(), OrderLots()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Select an order first, then call accessors that read the selected one; OrderSelect returns false for a bad index. History holds closed and deleted orders.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Hidden selected-order context: accessors read whichever order was selected last." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/trading/orderselect", "fragment": "MODE_HISTORY pool", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.trade-history", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "HistorySelect; HistoryDealsTotal; HistoryDealGetTicket; HistoryDealGetDouble(DEAL_PROFIT, DEAL_PRICE)", "signature": "double HistoryDealGetDouble(ulong ticket_number, ENUM_DEAL_PROPERTY_DOUBLE property_id)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Select a history range, then read each deal by ticket and property; Lipi-style indexed trade accessors do not exist.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/trading/historydealgetdouble", "fragment": "See also: HistorySelect, HistoryDealsTotal, HistoryDealGetTicket; ENUM_DEAL_PROPERTY_DOUBLE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.trade-history", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "SystemPerformance.AllTrades[i] (Trade.Entry, Trade.Exit, Quantity, ProfitCurrency)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Zero-based, oldest first, as in Lipi. A Trade holds Entry and Exit Execution objects plus profit properties, and covers completed trades.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/trade.htm", "fragment": "Trade Methods and Properties", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.trade-history", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy.closedtrades.profit(), .entry_price(), strategy.opentrades.profit()", "signature": "strategy.closedtrades.profit(trade_num) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine uses dotted names (strategy.closedtrades.profit(i)); Lipi uses strategy.closedtrades_profit(i). Lipi's closed-trade exit bar index and run-up and drawdown always read 0.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_strategy.closedtrades.profit", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.trade-history", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No per-trade accessors are documented; trade details appear only in the strategy report window.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/tutorials/Basic/Chapter-7---Creating-Strategies", "fragment": "view the performance report upon clicking each signal on chart", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.settings", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No in-code setting for capital, order size, commission or pyramiding; the #property list has none, and orders carry explicit volume.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/basis/preprosessor/compilation", "fragment": "property table (no tester options)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.settings", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No #property or call sets capital, commission or pyramiding; order volume is the volume field of each trade request.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/basis/preprosessor/compilation", "fragment": "complete #property table: no deposit, commission or pyramiding entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.settings", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "EntriesPerDirection, EntryHandling, DefaultQuantity, Slippage, IncludeCommission, OrderFillResolution", "relation": "composite", "note": "Spread across separate strategy properties; a starting-capital property is not in the strategy property list.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/strategy.htm", "fragment": "In this section: property list", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.settings", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "strategy() arguments: initial_capital, default_qty_type, default_qty_value, commission_type, commission_value, pyramiding, process_orders_on_close", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Defaults differ: Pine uses 100 percent of equity, 100000 capital, pyramiding 0; Lipi uses 1 unit, 1000000, pyramiding 1. Constant names are dotted (strategy.oca.cancel).", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "A strategy without explicit settings trades much larger positions in Pine (percent of equity) than in Lipi (one unit)." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_strategy", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "strat.settings", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "Order size and similar settings live in the Strategy Global Settings window; AddOrder's tradeSize only overrides size per call.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/AddOrder", "fragment": "overrides the trade size specified in Strategy Global Settings", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.call", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "Alert(...), SendNotification(text), SendMail, PlaySound", "signature": "void Alert(argument, ...)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Alert takes up to 64 comma-separated values and opens a message window; arrays cannot be passed, so output elements one by one.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/common/alert", "fragment": "The number of parameters can not exceed 64", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.call", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "Alert; SendNotification; SendMail; PlaySound", "signature": "void Alert(argument, ...)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Alert shows a dialog; SendNotification pushes to mobile (maximum 255 characters, rate-limited); neither works in the Strategy Tester.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/network/sendnotification", "fragment": "SendNotification: 255 characters, 2 calls per second, 10 per minute, not in tester", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.call", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Alert()", "signature": "Alert(string id, Priority priority, string message, string soundLocation, int rearmSeconds, Brush backBrush, Brush foreBrush)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Needs an id and a rearmSeconds window instead of Lipi's once-per-bar limit. Works only in State.Realtime and writes to the Alerts Log.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/alert.htm", "fragment": "Alert() Notes and Syntax", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.call", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "alert(message, freq)", "signature": "alert(message, freq) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine alert has a freq argument (alert.freq_once_per_bar, once_per_bar_close, all); Lipi's takes only the message. A Pine strategy fires alerts at bar close unless calc_on_every_tick.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Pine strategies without calc_on_every_tick fire alert() only at bar close, whatever freq says; the default frequency is once per bar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/concepts/alerts/", "fragment": "alert-function-events", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.call", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Alert", "signature": "Alert(IDataHolder condition, String text, int alert type, String sound)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes the condition itself plus ONCE/BAR/TICK frequency and a sound; Lipi's alert has only a message and fires at most once per bar.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "ONCE fires once after adding the study and TICK on every tick; Lipi fires at most once per bar, in realtime only." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/Alert", "fragment": "Alert ( IDataHolder condition , String text , int alert type , String sound )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.condition", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No declaration of user-pickable alert conditions; common functions are call style only (Alert, SendMail, SendNotification, PlaySound).", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/common", "fragment": "Common Functions list", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.condition", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No declare-a-condition function exists; raise alerts from your own code with Alert or SendNotification.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/common/alert", "fragment": "Alert: displays a message in a separate window", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.condition", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No script-level alert-condition declaration is in the language reference index; alerts are built in the Alerts window from conditions on chart objects.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/alphabetical_reference.htm", "fragment": "Alphabetical Reference: Alert() and RearmAlert() only; no alert condition entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.condition", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "alertcondition()", "signature": "alertcondition(condition, title, message) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine's alertcondition works only in indicators, must start at column zero, and its const message may hold {{placeholders}} such as {{close}} for dynamic values.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/concepts/alerts/", "fragment": "alertcondition-events", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.condition", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No declare-a-condition form for users to pick: alerts are scripted with Alert() and described as local alerts.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/tutorials/Appendices/Appendix-A---Creating-Local-Alerts", "fragment": "In thinkScript, you have the ability to create local alerts", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.webhook", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "WebRequest(method, url, headers, timeout, data[], result[], result_headers)", "signature": "int WebRequest(const string method, const string url, const string headers, int timeout, const char &data[], char &result[], string &result_headers)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "WebRequest posts HTTP from code to an allow-listed URL and fails in indicators. In Lipi, alert() builds the message; delivery is set outside the script.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/common/webrequest", "fragment": "WebRequest note on allowed URLs", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.webhook", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "WebRequest", "signature": "int WebRequest(const string method, const string url, const string headers, int timeout, const char &data[], char &result[], string &result_headers)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "WebRequest posts HTTP from code to an allow-listed URL, blocks until the reply, and fails in indicators. In Lipi, alert() builds the message only.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/network/webrequest", "fragment": "WebRequest: list of allowed URLs; not allowed in indicators; synchronous", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.webhook", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "Alert actions are Play Sound, Share, Pop Up Dialog and Submit Order; no webhook action is documented. Share sends to configured share services.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/configuring_alerts.htm", "fragment": "Understanding the action properties", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.webhook", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "Webhook URL option in the Create Alert dialog; message text from alert() or alert_message", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "The script supplies only the message; the URL is set when the alert is created. A JSON-valid message is sent with a JSON content type.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/support/solutions/43000529348-how-to-configure-webhook-alerts/", "fragment": "How to configure webhook alerts", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "alert.webhook", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "Alerts are local (message text and sound); the reference documents no outbound delivery to an address.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/tutorials/Appendices/Appendix-A---Creating-Local-Alerts", "fragment": "The sound parameter plays a sound when the alert is triggered", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.ohlcv", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "Open[], High[], Low[], Close[], Volume[]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Series arrays with shift 0 as current bar; Volume is tick volume, a count of price changes, not traded contracts.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/predefined", "fragment": "Predefined Variables table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.ohlcv", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "open[], high[], low[], close[], tick_volume[], volume[] (OnCalculate); iOpen, iHigh, iLow, iClose, iVolume", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Prices arrive as arrays whose direction you set; volume is split into tick_volume[] and real volume[], so choose which one Lipi's volume maps to.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Array direction follows ArraySetAsSeries; iClose(shift) always counts 0 as the current bar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/event_handlers/oncalculate", "fragment": "OnCalculate time, open, high, low, close, tick_volume, volume, spread arrays", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.ohlcv", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Open[0], High[0], Low[0], Close[0], Volume[0]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Series objects read with [barsAgo]; bare Close is the series. With Calculate.OnBarClose, [0] is the bar that just closed.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "In OnBarClose mode the script never sees a forming bar; Lipi runs on every live update by default." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/priceseries.htm", "fragment": "Single ISeries: Close, High, Low, Open", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.ohlcv", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "open, high, low, close, volume", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_open; var_close; var_volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.ohlcv", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "open, high, low, close, volume", "signature": "close(Symbol symbol, Any period, String priceType)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Fundamentals/close", "fragment": "close ( Symbol symbol , Any period , String priceType )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "close(), high() and the rest also take a symbol, aggregation period and price type; Lipi's variables read the chart's own symbol and timeframe only." }, { "concept": "data.derived-price", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "PRICE_MEDIAN, PRICE_TYPICAL, PRICE_WEIGHTED", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Constants that select hl2, hlc3 and (H+L+C+C)/4 for indicator functions, not variables; no ohlc4 constant, so compute values yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/indicatorconstants/prices", "fragment": "ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.derived-price", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "PRICE_MEDIAN; PRICE_TYPICAL; PRICE_WEIGHTED (ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Median is hl2, typical is hlc3, weighted is hlcc4; there is no OHLC/4 constant, so compute it from the arrays.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/prices", "fragment": "PRICE_MEDIAN (high+low)/2, PRICE_TYPICAL (high+low+close)/3, PRICE_WEIGHTED (high+low+close+close)/4", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.derived-price", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Median[0], Typical[0], Weighted[0]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Median = hl2, Typical = hlc3, Weighted = (H+L+C+C)/4 = hlcc4. There is no built-in ohlc4 series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/priceseries.htm", "fragment": "Median, Typical, Weighted", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.derived-price", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "hl2, hlc3, ohlc4, hlcc4", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_hl2; var_hlcc4", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.derived-price", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "hl2, hlc3, ohlc4", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "hlcc4 is not documented; compute (high + low + 2 * close) / 4 yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Fundamentals/ohlc4", "fragment": "Returns the (Open + High + Low + Close)/4 value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.open-interest", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No open-interest value; symbol properties and series expose only tick volume.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/environment_state/marketinfoconstants", "fragment": "Symbol Properties table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.open-interest", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "SYMBOL_SESSION_INTEREST", "signature": "double SymbolInfoDouble(string name, ENUM_SYMBOL_INFO_DOUBLE prop_id)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "A symbol property for the trading session, not a value stored per bar; MqlTick has no open-interest field.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "No per-bar history of it: only the current value is read." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/marketinformation/symbolinfodouble", "fragment": "SymbolInfoDouble: SYMBOL_SESSION_INTEREST", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.open-interest", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "MarketDataType.OpenInterest in OnMarketData()", "signature": "protected override void OnMarketData(MarketDataEventArgs marketDataUpdate)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Arrives as a live market-data event (supported by some providers), not a per-bar series; Lipi oi is a bar series that reads 0 when missing.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "No bar history of open interest is exposed; store your own values per bar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/marketdataeventargs.htm", "fragment": "MarketDataType.OpenInterest (supported by IQFeed, Kinetick)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.open-interest", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "open-interest ticker \"_OI\", requested as another symbol (for example with request.security)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine has no built-in open-interest variable; OI comes from a ticker with _OI appended. Lipi's oi is 0, not na, when absent.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/script/Rpmobpw5-Request/", "fragment": "Open Interest (OI)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.open-interest", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "open_interest()", "signature": "open_interest(String symbol, Any period, String priceType)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A function with optional symbol, period and price-type arguments; the value reported where no open interest exists is not stated.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Fundamentals/open-interest", "fragment": "open_interest ( String symbol , Any period , String priceType )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.orderflow", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "Only tick volume per bar (Volume, iVolume); no buy/sell split, delta or trade count.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/series", "fragment": "iVolume: Returns Tick Volume value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.orderflow", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "CopyTicks; MqlTick flags TICK_FLAG_BUY and TICK_FLAG_SELL; volume_real", "relation": "composite", "note": "No per-bar buy/sell volume or delta: copy ticks, split them by TICK_FLAG_BUY and TICK_FLAG_SELL, and sum per bar yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/structures/mqltick", "fragment": "MqlTick: volume_real, flags; TICK_FLAG_BUY, TICK_FLAG_SELL", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.orderflow", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "VolumetricBarsType.Volumes[CurrentBar] (BarDelta, TotalBuyingVolume, TotalSellingVolume, Trades, CumulativeDelta)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Needs a Volumetric bars series. Index with the absolute CurrentBar, not barsAgo. CumulativeDelta resets at the session break.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Volumes[i] takes an absolute bar index, the reverse of Close[barsAgo]." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/order_flow_volumetric_bars2.htm", "fragment": "Methods and Properties the VolumetricBarsType exposes", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.orderflow", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "request.footprint(), footprint.buy_volume(), footprint.sell_volume(), footprint.delta(), footprint.total_volume()", "signature": "request.footprint(ticks_per_row, va_percent, imbalance_percent) → footprint", "relation": "composite", "note": "Call request.footprint(ticks_per_row), then footprint.buy_volume(), sell_volume(), delta(), total_volume(). No trade-count series or cvd function exists; accumulate delta with ta.cum.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/concepts/other-timeframes-and-data/", "fragment": "requestfootprint", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.orderflow", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "tick_count", "signature": "tick_count(String symbol, Any period, String priceType)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Only the trade count of an intraday bar exists; buy/sell volume, delta and cumulative delta have no documented function.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Fundamentals/tick-count", "fragment": "Returns the number of trades corresponding to an intraday bar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.instrument", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "Symbol(), MarketInfo(symbol, MODE_TICKSIZE / MODE_DIGITS / MODE_POINT), SymbolInfoString, AccountCurrency()", "relation": "composite", "note": "Name from Symbol, tick size and digits from MarketInfo, base and profit currency from SymbolInfoString; no exchange or asset-type property is listed.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/environment_state/marketinfoconstants", "fragment": "MODE_TICKSIZE; SYMBOL_CURRENCY_BASE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.instrument", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "SymbolInfoString(SYMBOL_EXCHANGE, SYMBOL_CURRENCY_PROFIT); SymbolInfoDouble(SYMBOL_TRADE_TICK_SIZE); SYMBOL_TRADE_CALC_MODE", "relation": "composite", "note": "Each field is a property read by identifier: exchange and currencies as strings, tick size as double, instrument kind via the calc-mode enum.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/environment_state/marketinfoconstants", "fragment": "SYMBOL_EXCHANGE, SYMBOL_CURRENCY_PROFIT, SYMBOL_TRADE_TICK_SIZE, SYMBOL_TRADE_CALC_MODE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.instrument", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Instrument.MasterInstrument.Name, Instrument.Exchange, MasterInstrument.Currency, MasterInstrument.TickSize, MasterInstrument.InstrumentType", "relation": "composite", "note": "Fields sit on Instrument and MasterInstrument and are readable only from State.DataLoaded; InstrumentType is NinjaTrader's own enum.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/masterinstrument.htm", "fragment": "MasterInstrument Methods and Properties", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.instrument", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "syminfo.ticker, syminfo.prefix, syminfo.currency, syminfo.mintick, syminfo.type", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Pine mintick is the price tick, Lipi's is minmove/pricescale. Pine ticker omits the exchange. Exchange maps to syminfo.prefix, asset_type to syminfo.type.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Pine syminfo.mintick equals the smallest price step; in Lipi the step is syminfo.minmove and mintick is minmove divided by pricescale." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_syminfo.mintick; var_syminfo.ticker", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.instrument", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "GetSymbol(), TickSize(), TickValue(), GetSymbolPart()", "signature": "GetSymbol()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Symbol, tick size and dollar tick value only; futures symbols come back with an exchange namespace such as /ES:XCME; no currency, exchange or type accessors.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/GetSymbol", "fragment": "GetSymbol() returns the corresponding futures symbol with a namespace appended", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.timeframe", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "Period(), PeriodSeconds(), PERIOD_* constants", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Period() returns minutes as an int (PERIOD_H1 is 60); there are no isintraday or isdaily flags, so compare against the constants.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/chartconstants/enum_timeframes", "fragment": "ENUM_TIMEFRAMES values", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.timeframe", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "Period(); _Period; ENUM_TIMEFRAMES", "signature": "ENUM_TIMEFRAMES Period()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns an ENUM_TIMEFRAMES constant such as PERIOD_M5, not text; tests like intraday or daily are your own comparisons.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/check/period", "fragment": "Period: returns the contents of the _Period variable", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.timeframe", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "BarsPeriod.BarsPeriodType, BarsPeriod.Value", "relation": "composite", "note": "Period type (Tick, Minute, Day, Renko and others) plus Value; no isintraday or isdaily flags, so derive them. Read only from State.DataLoaded.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/barsperiod.htm", "fragment": "BarsPeriod.BarsPeriodType and BarsPeriod.Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.timeframe", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "timeframe.period, timeframe.isintraday, timeframe.isdaily, timeframe.multiplier, timeframe.in_seconds()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "The namespace is timeframe, not interval. timeframe.period is a Pine-format string (bare minutes, S, D, W, M suffixes), unlike Lipi's unit-suffixed strings.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_timeframe.period; fun_timeframe.in_seconds", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.timeframe", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "GetAggregationPeriod()", "signature": "GetAggregationPeriod()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One number whose unit depends on chart type; compare it with AggregationPeriod constants instead of isintraday-style flags.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Unit is milliseconds, ticks or price range by chart type, and 1 Day compares equal to 24 hours." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/GetAggregationPeriod", "fragment": "returns the current aggregation period in milliseconds for time charts, in ticks for tick charts, and in dollars for range charts", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.other-symbol", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iClose(symbol, timeframe, shift), iOpen, iHigh, iLow, iVolume, iTime, iCustom, CopyRates", "relation": "no_lipi_equivalent", "note": "Series functions take a symbol and timeframe plus a shift counted in that series' own bars; Lipi reads only the chart's symbol and timeframe.", "differences": [ { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Shift counts bars of the requested timeframe; shift 0 is that series' current, still-forming bar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/series", "fragment": "iClose, iBarShift, CopyRates", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.other-symbol", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iClose(symbol, timeframe, shift); CopyRates; CopyBuffer", "signature": "double iClose(const string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, int shift)", "relation": "no_lipi_equivalent", "note": "Any symbol and timeframe can be read directly; Lipi sees only the chart's own series.", "differences": [ { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "shift counts bars of the requested timeframe, not chart bars; align them yourself with iTime or iBarShift." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/iclose", "fragment": "iClose(symbol, timeframe, shift)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.other-symbol", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "AddDataSeries() with Closes[i][0]", "signature": "AddDataSeries(string instrumentName, BarsPeriodType periodType, int period)", "relation": "no_lipi_equivalent", "note": "Add extra Bars in State.Configure with hard-coded arguments, read Closes[i][0], and filter OnBarUpdate by BarsInProgress. Lipi reads only the chart series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/adddataseries.htm", "fragment": "AddDataSeries() Syntax and example", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.other-symbol", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "request.security(), request.security_lower_tf()", "signature": "request.security(symbol, timeframe, expression, gaps, lookahead, ignore_invalid_symbol, currency, calc_bars_count) → series ", "relation": "no_lipi_equivalent", "note": "Lipi reads only the chart's own symbol and timeframe; nothing replaces request.security.", "differences": [ { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "request.security takes gaps and lookahead (both off by default) and shows developing higher-timeframe values on realtime bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/concepts/other-timeframes-and-data/", "fragment": "requestsecurity", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.other-symbol", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "close(\"IBM\", period = AggregationPeriod.WEEK)", "signature": "close(Symbol symbol, Any period, String priceType)", "relation": "no_lipi_equivalent", "note": "Every price function takes symbol and period arguments; Lipi reads only the chart's own symbol and timeframe, so such scripts cannot be converted.", "differences": [ { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "A secondary period cannot be shorter than the chart's, and one variable cannot mix two different secondary periods." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/tutorials/Advanced/Chapter-11---Referencing-Secondary-Aggregation", "fragment": "plot weeklyClose = close(\"IBM\", period = AggregationPeriod.WEEK);", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.chart-type", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ChartGetInteger(0, CHART_MODE)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Reports candlesticks, bars or line display mode only; Heikin Ashi and Renko are not values of this property.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/constants/chartconstants/enum_chart_property", "fragment": "CHART_MODE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.chart-type", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ChartGetInteger with CHART_MODE", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "CHART_MODE reports bars, candles or line only; the docs list no Heikin Ashi or Renko mode.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/chartconstants/enum_chart_property", "fragment": "CHART_MODE: ENUM_CHART_MODE chart type (candlesticks, bars or line)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.chart-type", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "BarsPeriod.BarsPeriodType == BarsPeriodType.HeikenAshi / Renko", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "No is_standard flag; compare BarsPeriodType (for example HeikenAshi 9, Renko 11) yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/barsperiod.htm", "fragment": "BarsPeriod.BarsPeriodType possible values", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.chart-type", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "chart.is_standard, chart.is_heikinashi, chart.is_renko", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_chart.is_standard; var_chart.is_renko", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "data.chart-type", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "SetChartType only sets the chart type; no function tests which type the chart currently shows.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Look---Feel/SetChartType", "fragment": "Sets a desirable non-Monkey chart type directly from the script", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.bar-time", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "Time[shift], iTime(symbol, timeframe, shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Gives bar open time in seconds since 1970 (Lipi uses milliseconds); close time is open plus PeriodSeconds().", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Seconds, not milliseconds." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/predefined", "fragment": "Time: open time of each bar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.bar-time", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "time[] (OnCalculate); iTime(symbol, timeframe, shift)", "signature": "datetime iTime(const string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, int shift)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Gives only the bar's open time, as datetime in seconds since 1970; no close-time function is documented, and Lipi time is milliseconds.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Seconds in MQL5, milliseconds in Lipi: scale by 1000." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/itime", "fragment": "iTime: opening time of the bar indicated by shift", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.bar-time", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Time[0]", "signature": "Time[int barsAgo] (DateTime)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Time[0] is the bar's closing time stamp, so it matches Lipi time_close, not time (open). It returns a DateTime, not epoch milliseconds.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "A minute bar stamped 9:31:00 holds data from 9:30:00 to 9:30:59; Lipi time would read 9:30." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/how_bars_are_built.htm", "fragment": "Bar Time Stamp", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.bar-time", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "time, time_close", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_time; var_time_close", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi time_close is always open plus one interval; Pine yields na on the open realtime bar of tick and price-based charts." }, { "concept": "time.bar-time", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "GetTime()", "signature": "GetTime()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns epoch milliseconds but the reference does not say whether that is the bar's open or close; there is no separate close-time value.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Date---Time/GetTime", "fragment": "Returns the number of milliseconds since the epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.now", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "TimeCurrent(), TimeLocal(), TimeGMT()", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "TimeCurrent is the server time of the last quote, TimeLocal the computer clock; all in seconds, and equal to each other in the tester.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Server time of last tick, not wall-clock now; frozen between ticks." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime/timelocal", "fragment": "TimeLocal() is always equal to TimeCurrent()", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.now", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "TimeCurrent(); TimeLocal()", "signature": "datetime TimeCurrent()", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "TimeCurrent is the last quote's server time, not the machine clock; TimeLocal is the computer's clock and equals TimeCurrent in the tester.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/dateandtime/timecurrent", "fragment": "TimeCurrent: last known server time, time of the last quote receipt", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.now", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "DateTime.Now", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns a local-time DateTime, not epoch milliseconds; it is evaluated on each call, not per bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/c_method_functions_reference.htm", "fragment": "System.DateTime: Now property example", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.now", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "timenow", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_timenow", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.now", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "The Date and Time list has no function for the present wall-clock time.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Date---Time", "fragment": "Date and Time function list (GetTime, GetDay, GetDayOfWeek, GetMonth, GetYear, GetYYYYMMDD, SecondsFromTime, ...)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.parts", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "TimeYear(t), TimeMonth(t), TimeDay(t), TimeDayOfWeek(t), TimeHour(t), TimeMinute(t), TimeSeconds(t)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Bare Hour() and DayOfWeek() read the last server time, not the bar; use TimeHour(Time[i]). Weekday is zero-based, Sunday 0 (Lipi 1 to 7).", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Weekday 0 to 6 from Sunday, versus Lipi 1 to 7." }, { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "No-argument forms follow server time, not the bar being calculated." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime", "fragment": "DayOfWeek: zero-based; Hour: last known server time", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.parts", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "TimeToStruct; MqlDateTime fields year, mon, day, hour, min, sec, day_of_week, day_of_year", "signature": "bool TimeToStruct(datetime dt, MqlDateTime &dt_struct)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Weekday 0 is Sunday and day_of_year starts at 0, unlike Lipi's Sunday 1; all parts come from one filled struct.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/structures/mqldatetime", "fragment": "MqlDateTime: day_of_week 0-Sunday ... 6-Saturday; day_of_year zero for January 1", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.parts", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Time[0].Year, .Month, .Day, .DayOfWeek, .Hour, .Minute, .Second", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Properties of the bar's DateTime. DayOfWeek is a .NET enum, not Lipi's 1 to 7 number.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime", "fragment": "Properties: Year, Month, Day, DayOfWeek, Hour, Minute, Second", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.parts", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "year, month, dayofmonth, dayofweek, hour, minute, second", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine's variables use the exchange time zone, and the matching functions take an optional timezone argument. Check which zone Lipi's variables read.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/concepts/time/", "fragment": "calendar-based-variables", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.parts", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "GetYear(), GetMonth(), GetDay(), GetDayOfMonth(yyyymmdd), GetDayOfWeek(yyyymmdd)", "signature": "GetDayOfWeek(int yyyyMmDd)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Weekday is Monday=1 to Sunday=7 (Lipi Sunday=1); GetDay is day of year; year and month use CST; no hour, minute or second.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Date---Time/GetDayOfWeek", "fragment": "The return value ranges from 1 (Monday) to 7 (Sunday)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.make-timestamp", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "StructToTime(MqlDateTime), StringToTime(string)", "signature": "datetime StructToTime(MqlDateTime &dt_struct)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Fill an MqlDateTime struct or parse a date string; results are seconds since 1970 and no timezone argument exists.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Seconds, not milliseconds." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/dateandtime/structtotime", "fragment": "StructToTime signature", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.make-timestamp", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "StructToTime; StringToTime; D'yyyy.mm.dd hh:mi:ss' literal", "signature": "datetime StructToTime(MqlDateTime &dt_struct)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Fill an MqlDateTime and call StructToTime, or use a D'...' literal; the result counts seconds since 1970, not milliseconds.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/dateandtime/structtotime", "fragment": "StructToTime: converts MqlDateTime to datetime", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.make-timestamp", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "new DateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)", "signature": "new DateTime(2018, 5, 25)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "The constructor returns a DateTime, not an epoch-millisecond int; Lipi timestamp reads the parts in exchange time.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime", "fragment": "Constructors: DateTime(Int32, Int32, Int32, Int32, Int32, Int32)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.make-timestamp", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "timestamp()", "signature": "timestamp(year, month, day, hour, minute, second) → series int", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_timestamp", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine timestamp(dateString) is const and valid as an input.time default; Lipi's is na at compile, so Add to chart rejects it." }, { "concept": "time.make-timestamp", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No builder from date parts: dates are plain YYYYMMDD integers and times of day HHMM integers.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Date---Time", "fragment": "Date and Time function list (no function that builds a timestamp from year, month, day)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.format", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "TimeToString(value, mode)", "signature": "string TimeToString(datetime value, int mode=TIME_DATE|TIME_MINUTES)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Only flag modes giving yyyy.mm.dd, hh:mi and hh:mi:ss; there is no custom pattern or timezone argument.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/convert/timetostring", "fragment": "TIME_DATE, TIME_MINUTES, TIME_SECONDS", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.format", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "TimeToString", "signature": "string TimeToString(datetime value, int mode=TIME_DATE|TIME_MINUTES)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Output has a fixed yyyy.mm.dd hh:mi:ss layout chosen by flags; there is no free-form pattern, and the input is in seconds.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/convert/timetostring", "fragment": "TimeToString: TIME_DATE, TIME_MINUTES, TIME_SECONDS flags", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.format", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "DateTime.ToString()", "signature": "Time[0].ToString()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "ToString() with an optional .NET format string; Lipi str.format_time uses a reference-date layout and reads seconds.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/iseries_time.htm", "fragment": "Print(Time[0].ToString())", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.format", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "str.format_time()", "signature": "str.format_time(time, format, timezone) → series string", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Pine takes the time in milliseconds and a pattern of tokens such as yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm; Lipi takes seconds and a Go-style reference-date layout.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Pine time argument is milliseconds; Lipi's is seconds, so divide by 1000 when converting." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_str.format_time", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.format", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "AsText formats numbers only; the Date and Time list has no function that turns a time into text.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/AsText", "fragment": "Converts a number into string with specified properties", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.session", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "SymbolInfoSessionTrade(symbol, day_of_week, session_index, from, to)", "signature": "bool SymbolInfoSessionTrade(string name, ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK day_of_week, uint session_index, datetime &from, datetime &to)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Returns a session's start and end as seconds from midnight for a weekday and index; testing a bar against sessions is manual.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/marketinformation/symbolinfosessiontrade", "fragment": "SymbolInfoSessionTrade signature", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.session", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "SymbolInfoSessionTrade", "relation": "composite", "note": "Returns session start and end for a symbol, weekday and session index; first-bar-of-session tests must be built from those times.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/marketinformation/symbolinfosessiontrade", "fragment": "SymbolInfoSessionTrade: start and end time of trading sessions for a symbol and day of week", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.session", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Bars.IsFirstBarOfSession, SessionIterator", "relation": "composite", "note": "session.isfirst ~ Bars.IsFirstBarOfSession; session date and day start come from a SessionIterator built in State.DataLoaded.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/sessioniterator.htm", "fragment": "SessionIterator Methods and Properties; GetTradingDay, ActualTradingDayExchange", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.session", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "session.isfirstbar, time(timeframe, session), time_tradingday", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "session.isfirst is session.isfirstbar, time_sessionday is time_tradingday, and time(tf, session) returns na outside the session. Pine has no session.date.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/concepts/time/", "fragment": "testing-for-sessions; #time_tradingday", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "time.session", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "SecondsFromTime(HHMM), SecondsTillTime(HHMM), RegularTradingStart(yyyymmdd), GetYYYYMMDD()", "signature": "SecondsFromTime(int fromTime)", "relation": "composite", "note": "Session tests are seconds from or to an EST clock time, always zero on daily charts; GetYYYYMMDD gives the session date; no first-of-session flag.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Clock times are fixed to EST rather than the exchange zone, and the functions return zero when the chart period is a day or more." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Date---Time/SecondsFromTime", "fragment": "always returns zero when chart's aggregation period is greater than or equal to 1 day", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.abs", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "MathAbs", "signature": "double MathAbs(double value)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/math/mathabs", "fragment": "MathAbs", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.abs", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathAbs", "signature": "double MathAbs(double value)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/math/mathabs", "fragment": "MathAbs - Return Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.abs", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Math.Abs", "signature": "Math.Abs(double value)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/basic_syntax.htm", "fragment": "System.Math section: Math.Abs(5-6) example", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.abs", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.abs", "signature": "math.abs(number) → int or float, same qualifier as the argument", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.abs", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.abs", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "AbsValue", "signature": "AbsValue(double value)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/AbsValue", "fragment": "AbsValue ( double value )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.rounding", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "MathRound, MathCeil, MathFloor", "signature": "double MathRound(double value); double MathCeil(double val); double MathFloor(double val)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "All three return double, not int, and take no precision argument; cast to int when a count is needed.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "result type is double, where Lipi rounding returns int." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/math/mathround", "fragment": "MathRound; MathCeil; MathFloor (all declared double)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.rounding", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathRound, MathCeil, MathFloor", "signature": "double MathRound(double value)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "All three return double, not int, and MathRound has no decimals argument. Cast to int, or use NormalizeDouble for decimal places.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Results are double; Lipi's one-argument round, ceil and floor return int." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/math/mathround", "fragment": "MathRound signature: double MathRound(double value)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.rounding", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Math.Round, Math.Ceiling, Math.Floor", "signature": "Math.Round(double value); Math.Ceiling(double value); Math.Floor(double value)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "All three return double, not int. Math.Round on a midpoint defaults to round-half-to-even (2.5 gives 2); cast to int for a whole number.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Return type is double; Lipi's one-argument forms return int." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.math", "fragment": "Methods: Round(Double) rounds midpoint values to the nearest even number; Ceiling(Double); Floor(Double)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.rounding", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.round, math.ceil, math.floor", "signature": "math.round(number, precision) → int, or float when precision is given; math.ceil(number) → int; math.floor(number) → int", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.round (also #fun_math.ceil, #fun_math.floor)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine rounds ties up (toward positive infinity); Lipi rounds ties away from zero, so -2.5 gives -3 in Lipi and -2 in Pine." }, { "concept": "math.rounding", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Round, RoundUp, RoundDown, Ceil, Floor", "signature": "Round(double number, int numberOfDigits = 2); RoundUp(double number, int numberOfDigits = 2); RoundDown(double number, int numberOfDigits = 2); Ceil(double value); Floor(double value)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Round() keeps 2 decimals by default, while Lipi math.round with no precision gives a whole int; RoundDown truncates toward zero, unlike floor.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "thinkScript results stay doubles; Lipi ceil, floor and one-argument round return int." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Round", "fragment": "Round ( double number , int numberOfDigits ); default numberOfDigits: 2", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.round-to-tick", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "NormalizeDouble", "signature": "double NormalizeDouble(double value, int digits)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Rounds to a decimal count (0-8), usually Digits(), not to a tick multiple; differs when the tick is not a power of ten.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/convert/normalizedouble", "fragment": "NormalizeDouble", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.round-to-tick", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No tick-size rounding function. NormalizeDouble rounds to a count of decimal digits (0 to 8), not to a multiple of the tick size.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/convert/normalizedouble", "fragment": "NormalizeDouble parameter digits: number of digits after point (0-8)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.round-to-tick", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Instrument.MasterInstrument.RoundToTickSize", "signature": "Instrument.MasterInstrument.RoundToTickSize(double price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Called on the instrument object; page says it rounds up to a tick multiple, where Lipi rounds to nearest. A separate RoundDownToTickSize exists.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/roundtoticksize.htm", "fragment": "RoundToTickSize() definition and syntax", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.round-to-tick", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.round_to_mintick", "signature": "math.round_to_mintick(number) → float", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.round_to_mintick", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.round-to-tick", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Round, TickSize", "signature": "TickSize(String symbol = getSymbol())", "relation": "composite", "note": "No single function: divide by TickSize(), Round to 0 digits, multiply back by TickSize(). Lipi math.round_to_mintick does this in one call.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Round", "fragment": "Example: 12 period SMA rounded to the nearest tick size value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.min-max", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "MathMin, MathMax", "signature": "double MathMax(double value1, double value2); double MathMin(double value1, double value2)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Exactly two arguments; nest calls to compare more values, where Lipi accepts any number.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/math/mathmax", "fragment": "MathMax; MathMin", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.min-max", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathMin, MathMax", "signature": "double MathMin(double value1, double value2)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Exactly two arguments; nest calls for more values. Integer arguments keep an integer result type.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Mixed argument types are cast to the larger type, and the result has that type." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/math/mathmin", "fragment": "MathMin parameters value1, value2 and Note on types", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.min-max", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Math.Min, Math.Max", "signature": "Math.Min(double a, double b); Math.Max(double a, double b)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Exactly two arguments; Lipi accepts any number of values. Nest the calls to compare more.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.math", "fragment": "Methods: Min(Double, Double), Max(Double, Double)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.min-max", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.min, math.max", "signature": "math.min(number0, number1, ...) → int or float; math.max(number0, number1, ...) → int or float", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.min (also #fun_math.max)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.min-max", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Min, Max", "signature": "Min(double value1, double value2); Max(double value1, double value2)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Exactly two arguments; Lipi math.min and math.max take any number. Neither looks back over bars (Lowest and Highest do).", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Max", "fragment": "Max ( double value1 , double value2 )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.power", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "MathPow, MathSqrt", "signature": "double MathPow(double base, double exponent); double MathSqrt(double value)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/math/mathpow", "fragment": "MathPow; MathSqrt", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.power", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathPow, MathSqrt", "signature": "double MathPow(double base, double exponent)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/math/mathpow", "fragment": "MathPow base, exponent", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.power", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Math.Pow, Math.Sqrt", "signature": "Math.Pow(double x, double y); 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Sqr (square) has no Lipi function, use math.pow(x, 2).", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Power", "fragment": "Power ( double number , double power )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.exp-log", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "MathExp, MathLog, MathLog10", "signature": "double MathExp(double value); double MathLog(double val); double MathLog10(double val)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Invalid input gives NaN, and MathLog(0) gives INF, where Lipi's log10 gives na.", "differences": [ { "axis": "warmup_and_na", "note": "out-of-domain input yields NaN or INF, not na." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/math/mathlog", "fragment": "MathLog Return Value; MathExp; MathLog10", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.exp-log", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathExp, MathLog, MathLog10", "signature": "double MathLog(double val)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/math/mathlog", "fragment": "MathLog Return Value (natural logarithm)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "MathLog(0) returns infinity and negatives give NaN; 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MathIsValidNumber)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.sign", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No sign function in the math index; use a comparison expression instead.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/math", "fragment": "Math Functions index (no MathSign entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.sign", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Math.Sign", "signature": "Math.Sign(double value)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns an int (-1, 0 or 1), while Lipi returns a float; it throws on NaN.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "int result instead of float." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.math.sign", "fragment": "Math.Sign Exceptions: ArithmeticException, value is equal to NaN", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.sign", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.sign", "signature": "math.sign(number) → float", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.sign", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.sign", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Sign", "signature": "Sign(double number)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns 1, 0 or -1, so zero gives 0; Lipi's reference states only -1 and 1, so check how it treats zero.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Sign", "fragment": "Sign ( double number ): 1 positive, 0 zero, -1 negative", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.random", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "MathRand, MathSrand", "signature": "int MathRand(); void MathSrand(int seed)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Returns an integer 0 to 32767, not a float in a range you choose; scale it yourself. Call MathSrand first to set the seed.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "generator state is seeded with MathSrand; a fixed seed repeats the sequence." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/math/mathrand", "fragment": "MathRand; MathSrand", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.random", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathRand, MathSrand", "signature": "int MathRand()", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Returns an integer from 0 to 32767, not a float between two bounds. Seed with MathSrand before the first call and scale the result yourself.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Integer result 0 to 32767 instead of a float within min and max." }, { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "The generator must be seeded with MathSrand first; Lipi has no seed argument." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/math/mathrand", "fragment": "MathRand Return Value 0 to 32767 and note on MathSrand", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.random", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Random.NextDouble()", "signature": "double NextDouble()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "An instance method on a Random object; returns 0.0 up to but excluding 1.0. Scale to min and max by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.random.nextdouble", "fragment": "Random.NextDouble: greater than or equal to 0.0, and less than 1.0", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.random", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.random", "signature": "math.random(min, max, seed) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine takes an optional seed for repeatable sequences; Lipi has none. Pine's reference excludes the lower bound, Lipi's docs include it.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.random", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.random", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Random", "signature": "Random()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes no arguments and returns a value from 0.0 up to, not including, 1.0; scale it yourself to match math.random(min, max).", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Random", "fragment": "Random ()", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.avg-sum", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No average or multi-value sum in the math group; MathMax and MathMin take two values only.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/math", "fragment": "Mathematical Functions table (MathAbs ... 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There is no per-bar windowed sum; vector::Sum totals a whole vector you fill first.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standardlibrary/mathematics/stat/array_stat/mathmean", "fragment": "MathMean signature and Return Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.avg-sum", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Enumerable.Average() and Enumerable.Sum() (System.Linq)", "signature": "double Average(this IEnumerable source); double Sum(this IEnumerable source)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Apply to an array or list, not to separate arguments; needs using System.Linq. Average and Sum are separate calls.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.linq.enumerable", "fragment": "Methods: Average(IEnumerable), Sum(IEnumerable)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "math.avg-sum", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.avg, math.sum", "signature": "math.avg(number0, number1, ...) → float; math.sum(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.avg (also #fun_math.sum)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine math.sum ignores na values; Lipi returns na on bars where the current source is na and skips na inside the window." }, { "concept": "math.avg-sum", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Average, Sum", "signature": "Average(IDataHolder data, int length = 12); Sum(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Average is a moving window like ta.sma, not Lipi math.avg (mean of its arguments). Sum is a window sum and matches math.sum.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Average looks back over length bars; Lipi math.avg averages only its own arguments on the current bar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Average", "fragment": "Average ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 12", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.tostring", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "DoubleToString, IntegerToString", "signature": "string DoubleToString(double value, int digits=8); string IntegerToString(long number, int str_len=0, ushort fill_symbol=' ')", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One function per type; DoubleToString defaults to 8 decimals where Lipi trims to 4. No na or bool rendering is documented.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "decimals are set by the digits argument (0-16); negative values give scientific format." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/convert/doubletostring", "fragment": "DoubleToString digits parameter; IntegerToString", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.tostring", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "DoubleToString, IntegerToString", "signature": "string DoubleToString(double value, int digits=8)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Fixed decimal places (default 8; negative digits give scientific form). Separate IntegerToString for integers; no bool or na handling.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "Digits 0 to 16 are kept as fixed places; Lipi rounds to 4 places and trims trailing zeros." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/convert/doubletostring", "fragment": "DoubleToString digits parameter", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.tostring", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "ToString()", "signature": "double.ToString()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "No default four-decimal rounding: full precision prints. Bool prints True or False. 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Behaviour on unparsable text is not documented.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "StringToInteger returns long, not float." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/convert/stringtodouble", "fragment": "StringToDouble; StringToInteger", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.tonumber", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "StringToDouble, StringToInteger", "signature": "double StringToDouble(string value)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Two functions by result type (double or long); Lipi always returns a float. The page does not state behaviour on invalid text.", "differences": [ { "axis": "numeric_types", "note": "StringToInteger returns long; Lipi returns float for every input." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/convert/stringtodouble", "fragment": "StringToDouble signature and Return Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.tonumber", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "double.TryParse / double.Parse", "signature": "bool double.TryParse(string s, out double result)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "TryParse reports success through a bool return and an out parameter instead of giving na on bad text.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.double.tryparse", "fragment": "Double.TryParse: a return value indicates whether the conversion succeeded", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.tonumber", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "str.tonumber", "signature": "str.tonumber(string) → float", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_str.tonumber", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.tonumber", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No text-to-number function: the conversion table shows String accepting only Symbol, and no function in the reference parses text.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/Data-Conversion", "fragment": "table row: String accepts Symbol", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.length", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "StringLen", "signature": "int StringLen(string string_value)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Counts symbols of a Unicode string; Lipi counts UTF-8 bytes, so non-ASCII text gives different numbers.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/strings/stringlen", "fragment": "StringLen Return Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.length", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "StringLen", "signature": "int StringLen(string string_value)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Counts symbols without the terminating zero. Lipi counts UTF-8 bytes, so non-ASCII text can give different results.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/strings/stringlen", "fragment": "StringLen Return Value: number of symbols without the ending zero", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.length", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "string.Length", "signature": "string.Length (property)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A property, not a call; it counts Char objects (UTF-16 units) where Lipi counts UTF-8 bytes, so non-ASCII text can differ.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.length", "fragment": "String.Length: number of Char objects in this instance, not the number of Unicode characters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.length", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "str.length", "signature": "str.length(string) → int", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine's reference counts characters; Lipi counts UTF-8 bytes, so text outside ASCII gives a larger Lipi length.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_str.length", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.length", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No string length function; the String type page describes only text constants in double quotes.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/String", "fragment": "String: text constants in double quotes", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.case", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "StringToUpper, StringToLower", "signature": "bool StringToUpper(string& string_var); bool StringToLower(string& string_var)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Changes the variable in place and returns a success bool, not the converted text; do not use the result as the string.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "the string argument is [in][out] and is modified by the call." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/strings/stringtoupper", "fragment": "StringToUpper; StringToLower", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.case", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "StringToUpper, StringToLower", "signature": "bool StringToUpper(string& string_var)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Changes the variable in place and returns a success flag, not the new string. Code like s = StringToUpper(s) is wrong here.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Mutates its argument by reference; Lipi returns a new string and leaves the source unchanged." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/strings/stringtoupper", "fragment": "StringToUpper string_var [in][out], Return Value bool", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.case", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "ToUpper(), ToLower()", "signature": "string.ToUpper(); string.ToLower()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string", "fragment": "Methods: ToUpper() returns a copy converted to uppercase; ToLower()", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "ToUpper() and ToLower() use the current culture's casing rules; Lipi's str.upper and str.lower do not depend on culture." }, { "concept": "str.case", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "str.upper, str.lower", "signature": "str.upper(source) → string; str.lower(source) → string", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_str.upper (also #fun_str.lower)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.case", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No upper or lower case functions in the reference; text tools are limited to +, Concat and AsText.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others", "fragment": "Others function list (no case conversion entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.search", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "StringFind", "signature": "int StringFind(string string_value, string match_substring, int start_pos=0)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns the start position or -1, like str.pos. Contains is a test for >= 0; starts-with and ends-with have no function.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/strings/stringfind", "fragment": "StringFind", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.search", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "StringFind", "signature": "int StringFind(string string_value, string match_substring, int start_pos=0)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One function returns a 0-based start position or -1. Contains, startswith and endswith are tests on that result or on StringSubstr.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/strings/stringfind", "fragment": "StringFind Return Value: position or -1", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.search", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Contains, IndexOf, StartsWith, EndsWith", "signature": "string.Contains(string); string.IndexOf(string); string.StartsWith(string); string.EndsWith(string)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "IndexOf returns a character index where Lipi counts bytes. StartsWith and EndsWith with a string argument are culture-sensitive by default.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/best-practices-strings", "fragment": "String.StartsWith and String.EndsWith: overloads that accept a string parameter perform a culture-sensitive comparison", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.search", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "str.contains, str.pos, str.startswith, str.endswith", "signature": "str.contains(source, str) → bool; str.pos(source, str) → int; str.startswith(source, str) → bool; str.endswith(source, str) → bool", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "str.pos returns na when absent, Lipi returns -1 (byte offsets). Pine names the second parameter str in startswith and endswith; Lipi uses prefix and suffix.", "differences": [ { "axis": "warmup_and_na", "note": "Not-found is na in Pine and -1 in Lipi, so a na() test on the result never fires in Lipi." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_str.pos (also #fun_str.contains, #fun_str.startswith, #fun_str.endswith)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.search", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No contains, position, starts-with or ends-with function; the docs only show whole-string == comparison.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others/GetSymbolPart", "fragment": "string comparison with == on GetSymbolPart result", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.substring", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "StringSubstr", "signature": "string StringSubstr(string string_value, int start_pos, int length=0)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Third argument is a length, not an end index; a length of 0 or less runs to the end of the string.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/strings/stringsubstr", "fragment": "StringSubstr length parameter", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.substring", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "StringSubstr", "signature": "string StringSubstr(string string_value, int start_pos, int length=-1)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "The third argument is a length, not an end index; -1 or omitted runs to the end. Lipi's second bound is an exclusive end position.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/strings/stringsubstr", "fragment": "StringSubstr parameter length (-1 means to end of string)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.substring", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Substring", "signature": "string.Substring(int startIndex, int length)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Second argument is a length, not an exclusive end index as in Lipi. .NET counts UTF-16 code units; Lipi counts whole characters.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string", "fragment": "Methods: Substring(Int32, Int32) starts at a specified character position and has a specified length", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.substring", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "str.substring", "signature": "str.substring(source, begin_pos, end_pos) → string", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same 0-based, start-inclusive, end-exclusive cut with optional end. Pine's parameters are begin_pos and end_pos; Lipi's are start and end.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_str.substring", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.substring", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No substring or slicing function; strings can only be built (Concat, +) and compared.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Others", "fragment": "Others function list (no substring entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.replace", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "StringReplace", "signature": "int StringReplace(string& str, const string find, const string replacement)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Edits the string in place, replaces every match, and returns the replacement count (-1 on error), not the new text.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "the str argument is [in][out] and is modified." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/strings/stringreplace", "fragment": "StringReplace", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "str.replace", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "StringReplace", "signature": "int StringReplace(string& str, const string find, const string replacement)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Edits the variable in place, replaces every match and returns the replacement count (-1 on error). 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To pop, read the last element, then shrink the array.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "A reserve_size argument avoids repeated reallocation; static arrays and indicator buffers cannot be resized." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arrayresize", "fragment": "ArrayResize new_size, reserve_size and notes", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.push-pop", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "List.Add() with RemoveAt(Count - 1)", "signature": "void Add(T item); void RemoveAt(int index)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Add appends like push. List has no Pop: read the last element, then call RemoveAt(Count - 1).", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Methods: Add(T); RemoveAt(Int32) removes the element at the specified index", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.push-pop", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.push, array.pop", "signature": "array.push(id, value) → void; array.pop(id) → element", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.push (also #fun_array.pop)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pushing past 10000 elements stops a Lipi script; Pine allows 100000." }, { "concept": "array.push-pop", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No append or remove operations; a series cannot be grown or shrunk by script.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.shift-unshift", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No front insert or removal; ArrayCopy moves ranges, but copying an array onto itself is documented as undefined.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array/arraycopy", "fragment": "ArrayCopy Note: if an array is copied to itself, the result is undefined", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.shift-unshift", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayRemove, ArrayInsert", "signature": "bool ArrayRemove(void& array[], uint start, uint count=WHOLE_ARRAY)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Remove index 0 with a count of 1; it returns a bool, not the element. ArrayInsert takes elements from a source array, not one value.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arrayremove", "fragment": "ArrayRemove start, count, Return Value bool", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.shift-unshift", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "List.Insert(0, value) and RemoveAt(0)", "signature": "void Insert(int index, T item)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Insert(0, value) matches unshift. List has no Shift: read item 0, then RemoveAt(0). Both move every later element.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Methods: Insert(Int32, T) inserts an element into the List at the specified index", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.shift-unshift", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.unshift, array.shift", "signature": "array.unshift(id, value) → void; array.shift(id) → element", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.unshift (also #fun_array.shift)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Unshifting past 10000 elements stops a Lipi script; Pine allows 100000." }, { "concept": "array.shift-unshift", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No insert or remove at the start of a collection.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.insert-remove", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No insert or remove at a position; rebuild with ArrayCopy into a second array and ArrayResize.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array", "fragment": "Array Functions table (ArrayBsearch ... 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Both return bool.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "On a fixed-size receiving array, the array's own size does not change." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arrayinsert", "fragment": "ArrayInsert parameters and Note on fixed-size arrays", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.insert-remove", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "List.Insert() and RemoveAt()", "signature": "void Insert(int index, T item); void RemoveAt(int index)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same effect as inserting and removing at an index; both are methods on the list. RemoveAt returns nothing, as array.remove does.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Methods: Insert(Int32, T); RemoveAt(Int32)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.insert-remove", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.insert, array.remove", "signature": "array.insert(id, index, value) → void; array.remove(id, index) → element", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine's array.remove returns the removed value; Lipi's returns nothing. Pine accepts negative indexes for both; Lipi errors outside 0 to length-1.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "A negative index counts from the end in Pine and stops the script in Lipi." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.remove (also #fun_array.insert)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.insert-remove", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No positional insert or remove on any collection.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.clear-fill", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayFree, ArrayInitialize, ArrayFill", "signature": "void ArrayFree(void& array[]); void ArrayFill(void& array[], int start, int count, void value)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "ArrayFree empties dynamic arrays only; ArrayFill takes a start and a count, not an end index; ArrayInitialize sets every element.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "ArrayFill always runs left to right and ignores the series-direction flag." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array/arrayfill", "fragment": "ArrayFill; ArrayFree; ArrayInitialize", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.clear-fill", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayFree, ArrayFill, ArrayInitialize", "signature": "void ArrayFill(void& array[], int start, int count, void value)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "ArrayFree empties a dynamic array. ArrayFill takes a start and a count, not an end index, and ignores the as-series direction.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arrayfill", "fragment": "ArrayFill start, count and note on indexing direction", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.clear-fill", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "List.Clear()", "signature": "void Clear()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Clear() empties the list. List has no fill method; assign each index in a loop.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Methods: Clear() removes all elements from the List", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.clear-fill", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.clear, array.fill", "signature": "array.clear(id) → void; array.fill(id, value, index_from, index_to) → void", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.clear (also #fun_array.fill)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.clear-fill", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No clear or fill; a number passed as IDataHolder is read as a series of that constant.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/Data-Conversion", "fragment": "table row: IDataHolder accepts number as array of equal elements", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.first-last", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No first or last helper; read array[0] and array[ArraySize(array)-1].", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array", "fragment": "Array Functions table (ArrayBsearch ... 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LINQ First() and Last() also exist.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Properties: Item[Int32]; Count", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.first-last", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.first, array.last", "signature": "array.first(id) → element; array.last(id) → element", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.first (also #fun_array.last)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.first-last", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No first or last element accessor on user arrays; there are none.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.search", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayBsearch", "signature": "int ArrayBsearch(const double& array[], double value, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0, int direction=MODE_ASCEND)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Needs a sorted numeric array and, when the value is missing, returns the index of the nearest element, not -1 or false.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array/arraybsearch", "fragment": "ArrayBsearch Return Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.search", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayBsearch", "signature": "int ArrayBsearch(const double& array[], double value)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Needs a sorted array and returns the nearest element's index when the value is absent, not -1. No includes or indexof function exists.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arraybsearch", "fragment": "ArrayBsearch Return Value: index of nearest element if not found", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.search", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "List.Contains(), IndexOf(), LastIndexOf(), BinarySearch()", "signature": "bool Contains(T item); int IndexOf(T item); int LastIndexOf(T item); int BinarySearch(T item)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same job with close names. BinarySearch needs a sorted list.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Methods: Contains(T); IndexOf(T); LastIndexOf(T); BinarySearch(T) searches the entire sorted List", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.search", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.includes, array.indexof, array.lastindexof, array.binary_search", "signature": "array.includes(id, value) → bool; array.indexof(id, value) → int; array.lastindexof(id, value) → int; array.binary_search(id, val) → int", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same results, -1 when missing. Pine's binary_search target is named val (Lipi value) and has an extra sort_field overload for arrays of user types.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.includes (also #fun_array.indexof, #fun_array.lastindexof, #fun_array.binary_search)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.search", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No element search on collections. Highest, Lowest and GetMaxValueOffset locate extremes in a bar window only.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.copy-slice", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayCopy", "signature": "int ArrayCopy(void& dst_array[], const void& src_array[], int dst_start=0, int src_start=0, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Copies into an existing destination (grown as needed) and returns the copied count; slice by src_start and count, concat by dst_start.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "copying runs left to right; series arrays have their start position adjusted for that." }, { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "writes into the destination array; does not return a new array." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array/arraycopy", "fragment": "ArrayCopy", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.copy-slice", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayCopy", "signature": "int ArrayCopy(void& dst_array[], const void& src_array[], int dst_start=0, int src_start=0, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Copies a range into an existing destination and returns the count copied. A slice is a partial copy; concat copies at a destination offset.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arraycopy", "fragment": "ArrayCopy parameters dst_start, src_start, count", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.copy-slice", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "List.GetRange() and AddRange()", "signature": "List GetRange(int index, int count); void AddRange(IEnumerable collection)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "GetRange(index, count) copies a range given a start and a count; AddRange appends another collection.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Methods: GetRange(Int32, Int32) creates a shallow copy of a range of elements; AddRange(IEnumerable)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.copy-slice", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.copy, array.slice, array.concat", "signature": "array.copy(id) → array; array.slice(id, index_from, index_to) → array; array.concat(id1, id2) → array", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Both slices are live views of the original. Pine says insertions and removals in a slice change the original; Lipi says adding may detach storage.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Growing a slice keeps writing through to the original in Pine; in Lipi it may separate from the original." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.slice (also #fun_array.copy, #fun_array.concat)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.copy-slice", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No copy, slice or concatenate operations on collections.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.sort", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ArraySort", "signature": "bool ArraySort(void& array[], int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0, int direction=MODE_ASCEND)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Numeric arrays only, sorted in place, returning a bool. No sort_indices or reverse function.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "the series-direction flag is taken into account when sorting." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array/arraysort", "fragment": "ArraySort", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.sort", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ArraySort, ArrayReverse", "signature": "bool ArraySort(void& array[])", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Ascending only, in place, ignoring the as-series flag. Sort descending with ArraySort then ArrayReverse. No index-sorting function.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arraysort", "fragment": "ArraySort: always ascending irrespective of AS_SERIES", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.sort", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "List.Sort() and Reverse()", "signature": "void Sort(); void Reverse()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Sort() and Reverse() work in place, as array.sort and array.reverse do. There is no equivalent of sort_indices.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1", "fragment": "Methods: Sort() sorts the elements in the entire List using the default comparer; Reverse()", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.sort", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.sort, array.sort_indices, array.reverse", "signature": "array.sort(id, order) → void; array.sort_indices(id, order) → array; array.reverse(id) → void", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.sort (also #fun_array.sort_indices, #fun_array.reverse)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine array.sort and sort_indices have a sort_field overload for arrays of objects; Lipi takes only id and order." }, { "concept": "array.sort", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No sort or reverse function; Median sorts internally over a window but exposes only the middle value.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Median", "fragment": "Median ( IDataHolder data , int length )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.stats", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayMaximum, ArrayMinimum", "signature": "int ArrayMaximum(const void& array[], int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Return the index of the extreme element, not its value. Sum, average, median, deviation and variance have no array functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array/arraymaximum", "fragment": "ArrayMaximum Return Value; ArrayMinimum", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.stats", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "ArrayMaximum, ArrayMinimum, MathMean, MathMedian, MathStandardDeviation, MathVariance", "signature": "int ArrayMaximum(const void& array[], int start=0, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "ArrayMaximum and ArrayMinimum return an index, not the value. Mean, median, deviation and variance are separate Math functions; there is no array sum.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "The returned index honours the as-series flag of the array." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array/arraymaximum", "fragment": "ArrayMaximum Return value: index of a found element", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.stats", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Enumerable.Sum(), Average(), Min(), Max() (System.Linq)", "signature": "double Sum(this IEnumerable source)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "LINQ covers sum, average, min and max. Median, standard deviation and variance are not in LINQ; compute them by hand. Needs using System.Linq.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.linq.enumerable", "fragment": "Methods: Sum(IEnumerable), Average(IEnumerable), Min(IEnumerable), Max(IEnumerable)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.stats", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.sum, array.avg, array.min, array.max, array.median, array.stdev, array.variance", "signature": "array.sum(id); array.avg(id); array.min(id, nth); array.max(id, nth); array.median(id); array.stdev(id, biased); array.variance(id, biased)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.sum (also #fun_array.avg, #fun_array.min, #fun_array.max, #fun_array.median, #fun_array.stdev, #fun_array.variance)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "For int arrays Pine's avg, median, stdev and variance return int; Lipi's return float." }, { "concept": "array.stats", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No statistics on user arrays. Rolling statistics over bars come from Sum, Average, Highest, Lowest, Median and StDev.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.join", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No array-to-text function; loop over the elements and append with StringConcatenate or +.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array", "fragment": "Array Functions table (ArrayBsearch ... ArrayDimension)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.join", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No join function; build the text in a loop with StringConcatenate or StringAdd.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no Join entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.join", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "string.Join(separator, list)", "signature": "string Join(string separator, IEnumerable values)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A static string method: separator first, then the collection of elements to join.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.join", "fragment": "String.Join: concatenates the elements of a specified array or the members of a collection, using the specified separator", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.join", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.join", "signature": "array.join(id, separator) → string", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.join", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.join", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No array-to-text function; there are no user arrays.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Data-Types/IDataHolder", "fragment": "IDataHolder: an array of data such as close or volume", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.every-some", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No all-or-any test over elements; loop and test each one.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/array", "fragment": "Array Functions table (ArrayBsearch ... ArrayDimension)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.every-some", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No all-true or any-true function in the array list; loop over the elements.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/array", "fragment": "Array Functions index (ArrayBsearch ... ArrayFromFP8)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.every-some", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Enumerable.All() and Any() (System.Linq)", "signature": "bool All(this IEnumerable source, Func predicate)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "LINQ All and Any take a condition function, so pass x => x for a list of bools. Needs using System.Linq.", "evidence": { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.linq.enumerable", "fragment": "Methods: All determines whether all elements of a sequence satisfy a condition; Any", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.every-some", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "array.every, array.some", "signature": "array.every(id) → bool; array.some(id) → bool", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_array.every (also #fun_array.some)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "array.every-some", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No all/any test on collections. A fold loop with a while condition can scan a bar window.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/fold", "fragment": "fold syntax: with ... while do", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.alma", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Arnaud Legoux average among the indicator functions; code the weights by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.alma", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No ALMA among the built-in indicators; a custom indicator loaded through iCustom would have to supply it.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.alma", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No ALMA in NinjaTrader's system indicator list; weights must be coded by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no ALMA entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.alma", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.alma", "signature": "ta.alma(series, length, offset, sigma, floor) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine adds an optional floor flag (default false) that floors the offset calculation; Lipi's ta.alma has no floor argument.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.alma", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.alma", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No ALMA function or study in the functions list or the study library.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library", "fragment": "study library index (no ALMA entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.atr", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iATR", "signature": "double iATR(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Called with symbol, timeframe, period and shift; returns the value at that shift, not the current bar's.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/iatr", "fragment": "iATR", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.atr", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iATR", "signature": "int iATR(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns a handle, one buffer. Symbol and timeframe are arguments; the smoothing method is not stated on the page.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/iatr", "fragment": "iATR signature and Return Value (handle)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.atr", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "ATR", "signature": "ATR(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/average_true_range_atr.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: ATR(int period); Wilder smoothing k = 1/period", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.atr", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.atr", "signature": "ta.atr(length) → series float", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.atr", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.atr", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "ATR", "signature": "ATR(length, average type)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Defaults to a 14-bar Wilder average of true range; thinkScript also takes an average type (simple, exponential, weighted, Wilder, Hull) that Lipi ta.atr lacks.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/A-B/ATR", "fragment": "Input Parameters: length, average type", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.barssince", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; walk back through the series in a loop until the condition holds.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.barssince", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No bars-since function in the reference; keep a counter variable updated on each bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no BarsSince entry; only Bars and BarsCalculated)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.barssince", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "MRO", "signature": "MRO(Func condition, int instance, int lookBackPeriod)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Condition is a lambda, with an occurrence number (1 = latest) and a required look-back limit. Returns -1 if none; unsupported in multi-series scripts.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/most_recent_occurence_mro.htm", "fragment": "Most Recent Occurrence (MRO): syntax, return value -1", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.barssince", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.barssince", "signature": "ta.barssince(condition) → series int", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "While the condition has never been true Pine returns na; Lipi returns -1. So barssince < 5 is false in Pine, true in Lipi.", "differences": [ { "axis": "warmup_and_na", "note": "Never-true gives na in Pine and -1 in Lipi, so comparisons and nz() guards behave differently." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.barssince (Remarks: returns na if never met)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.barssince", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No bars-since function. Build it with a recursive def variable that references its own earlier value, seeded with CompoundValue.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/rec", "fragment": "rec / recursion description", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bb", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iBands", "signature": "double iBands(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, double deviation, int bands_shift, int applied_price, int mode, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One call returns one line by mode (0 main, 1 upper, 2 lower); Lipi returns a tuple. Source is an applied-price constant, not any series.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ibands", "fragment": "iBands mode parameter", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bb", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iBands", "signature": "int iBands(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int bands_period, int bands_shift, double deviation, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Buffers are 0 base, 1 upper, 2 lower, the same order as Lipi's tuple. Adds a shift argument; price is an applied-price constant.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; each band is read with its own CopyBuffer call on buffer 0, 1 or 2." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/ibands", "fragment": "Note: buffer numbers 0 - BASE_LINE, 1 - UPPER_BAND, 2 - LOWER_BAND", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bb", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Bollinger", "signature": "Bollinger(ISeries input, double numStdDev, int period).Upper[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Order is multiplier then period (input first if given). Bands come back as .Upper and .Lower series, not a tuple.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/bollinger_bands.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: Bollinger(double numStdDev, int period).Upper / .Lower", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bb", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.bb", "signature": "ta.bb(series, length, mult) → [series float, series float, series float]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.bb (example destructures [middle, upper, lower])", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.bb returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.bb", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "BollingerBands", "signature": "BollingerBands(price, displace, length, num dev dn, num dev up, average type)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Separate lower and upper deviation counts, a displace shift and a selectable average type; plots are MidLine, LowerBand, UpperBand versus Lipi's [middle, upper, lower].", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/A-B/BollingerBands", "fragment": "Input Parameters and Plots tables", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bbw", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No band-width function; compute it from the main, upper and lower iBands lines.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bbw", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No band-width indicator; derive it from the iBands base, upper and lower buffers.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (no band width entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bbw", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No band-width indicator; derive it from the Bollinger Upper and Lower series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no Bollinger width entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.bbw", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.bbw", "signature": "ta.bbw(series, length, mult) → series float", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.bbw", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi returns upper minus lower in price units; Pine divides that width by the middle band (a fraction, or x100 in its own example)." }, { "concept": "ta.bbw", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "BollingerBandwidth", "signature": "BollingerBandwidth(average type, price, displace, length, num dev dn, num dev up, bulge length, squeeze length)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "BollingerBandwidth gives band distance as a percent of the middle band, plus Bulge and Squeeze plots. Lipi's ta.bbw is top minus bottom, in price units.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/A-B/BollingerBandwidth", "fragment": "Description and Plots: Bandwidth, Bulge, Squeeze", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cci", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iCCI", "signature": "double iCCI(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Source is an applied-price constant, not any series. iCCIOnArray takes array data instead.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/icci", "fragment": "iCCI", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cci", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iCCI", "signature": "int iCCI(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Price is an applied-price constant or another indicator's handle, not an arbitrary series. One buffer.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/icci", "fragment": "iCCI signature (applied_price: type of price or handle)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cci", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "CCI", "signature": "CCI(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/entering_calculation_logic6.htm", "fragment": "core calculation logic from the @CCI indicator", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "NinjaTrader's CCI has values from the first bar (0, then partial windows); Lipi's ta.cci is na until bar length-1." }, { "concept": "ta.cci", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.cci", "signature": "ta.cci(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.cci", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.cci returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.cci", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "CCI", "signature": "CCI(length, over sold, over bought, show breakout signals)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Study page lists no price input, only length and level settings; Lipi ta.cci takes an explicit source series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/C-D/CCI", "fragment": "Input Parameters table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.change", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; subtract timeseries elements yourself, such as Close[0] - Close[n].", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.change", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No change function in the reference; subtract the value at the older bar offset yourself. iMomentum is a handle-based price-change indicator.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no Change entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.change", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Momentum", "signature": "Momentum(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Page gives no formula for Momentum; plain subtraction of Input[0] and Input[n] is the safe equivalent.", "differences": [ { "axis": "warmup_and_na", "note": "Reading a bar before the first one throws an index-out-of-range exception; guard with CurrentBar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/momentum.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: Momentum(int period); see also make_sure_you_have_enough_bars.htm", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.change", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.change", "signature": "ta.change(source, length) → series int, float or bool; length defaults to 1", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.change", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's result is na on the na bar and length bars later; Lipi's ta.change is na only on the na bar." }, { "concept": "ta.change", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No change function. Subtract the indexed value, price minus price[n]; positive indexes reach into the past.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Operators/Indexing", "fragment": "Indexing operator []: positive shift is the past", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cmo", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Chande Momentum Oscillator among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cmo", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Chande Momentum Oscillator among the built-in indicators.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cmo", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "CMO", "signature": "CMO(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/chande_momentum_oscillator_cmo.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: CMO(int period)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cmo", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.cmo", "signature": "ta.cmo(series, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.cmo", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.cmo returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.cmo", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "ChandeMomentumOscillator", "signature": "ChandeMomentumOscillator(length)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Study page lists only length (no source input) and adds fixed +50/-50 level plots; scale is -100 to 100.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/C-D/ChandeMomentumOscillator", "fragment": "Input Parameters and Plots tables", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cog", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No centre-of-gravity function among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cog", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No centre-of-gravity indicator among the built-in indicators.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cog", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No centre-of-gravity indicator in the system list; code the weighted sum by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no centre of gravity entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cog", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.cog", "signature": "ta.cog(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.cog", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.cog returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.cog", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No centre-of-gravity function or study in the functions list or the study library.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library", "fragment": "study library index (no COG entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.correlation", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No correlation function among the indicator functions or math group.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.correlation", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "vector::CorrCoef", "signature": "scalar vector::CorrCoef(const vector& b)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A method on two vectors you fill first; it returns the Pearson coefficient. The bar window is whatever you copy into the vectors.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_products/matrix_corrcoef", "fragment": "CorrCoef: Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.correlation", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Correlation", "signature": "Correlation(ISeries input, int period, string correlationSeries)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Correlates the chart series with another instrument given by name, not any two series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/correlation.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: Correlation(int period, string correlationSeries)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.correlation", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.correlation", "signature": "ta.correlation(source1, source2, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.correlation", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.correlation returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.correlation", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Correlation", "signature": "Correlation(IDataHolder data1, IDataHolder data2, int length = 10)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Length defaults to 10. thinkScript can feed another symbol's close as data2; Lipi reads only the chart symbol.", "differences": [ { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "data2 may come from a secondary symbol, which Lipi cannot read." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Statistical/Correlation", "fragment": "Correlation ( IDataHolder data1 , IDataHolder data2 , int length ); length: 10", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cross", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; compare the two values at shift 0 and shift 1 yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cross", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No cross function; compare the current and previous values of both series yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no Cross entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cross", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No single both-direction cross method; combine CrossAbove and CrossBelow with OR.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/market_data.htm", "fragment": "Analytical index: CrossAbove(), CrossBelow() only", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cross", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.cross", "signature": "ta.cross(source1, source2) → series bool", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.cross", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cross", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Crosses", "signature": "Crosses(IDataHolder data1, IDataHolder data2, double direction = CrossingDirection.ANY)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Crosses", "fragment": "Crosses ( ... direction: CrossingDirection.ANY )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossover", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; test below-or-equal at shift 1 and above at shift 0 yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossover", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No crossover function; test previous below-or-equal and current above, using two bar values.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no Cross entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossover", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "CrossAbove", "signature": "CrossAbove(ISeries series1, ISeries series2, int lookBackPeriod) / CrossAbove(ISeries series1, double value, int lookBackPeriod)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Extra required lookBackPeriod (1 = current bar only). NinjaTrader excludes a cross that starts from equal values; Lipi's ta.crossover counts it.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/crossabove.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: CrossAbove(series1, series2, lookBackPeriod)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossover", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.crossover", "signature": "ta.crossover(source1, source2) → series bool", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.crossover", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossover", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Crosses", "signature": "Crosses(IDataHolder data1, IDataHolder data2, double direction = CrossingDirection.ANY)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pass CrossingDirection.ABOVE: the default is ANY, so a bare Crosses call is ta.cross, not crossover.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Crosses", "fragment": "direction parameter: CrossingDirection.ABOVE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossunder", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; test above-or-equal at shift 1 and below at shift 0 yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossunder", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No crossunder function; test previous above-or-equal and current below, using two bar values.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no Cross entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossunder", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "CrossBelow", "signature": "CrossBelow(ISeries series1, ISeries series2, int lookBackPeriod) / CrossBelow(ISeries series1, double value, int lookBackPeriod)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Extra required lookBackPeriod (1 = current bar only). NinjaTrader excludes a cross that starts from equal values; Lipi's ta.crossunder counts it.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/crossbelow.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: CrossBelow(series1, series2, lookBackPeriod)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossunder", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.crossunder", "signature": "ta.crossunder(source1, source2) → series bool", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.crossunder", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.crossunder", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Crosses", "signature": "Crosses(IDataHolder data1, IDataHolder data2, double direction = CrossingDirection.ANY)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pass CrossingDirection.BELOW: the default is ANY, so a bare Crosses call is ta.cross, not crossunder.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Crosses", "fragment": "direction parameter: CrossingDirection.BELOW", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cum", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No running-total function; keep a variable or array updated per bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cum", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "vector::CumSum", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Cumulative sum over a whole vector at once, not a running total carried from bar to bar.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "No state kept between calls; an incremental total needs a variable you maintain." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics", "fragment": "CumSum: cumulative sum of matrix/vector elements", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cum", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No running-total indicator (SUM is a rolling window); keep a Series or field and add each bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: only Summation (SUM), a windowed sum", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cum", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.cum", "signature": "ta.cum(source) → series float", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.cum", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.cum", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "TotalSum", "signature": "TotalSum(IDataHolder data)", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/TotalSum", "fragment": "TotalSum ( IDataHolder data ): sum from the first bar to the current", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dc", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Donchian channel; combine iHighest and iLowest with iHigh and iLow.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dc", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Donchian channel indicator; build it from iHighest and iLowest over the window.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (no Donchian entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dc", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "DonchianChannel", "signature": "DonchianChannel(ISeries input, int period).Upper[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Read as .Upper and .Lower series plus the default series, not a tuple; the plain call needs only a period.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/donchian_channel.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: DonchianChannel(int period).Upper / .Lower", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dc", "language": "pine", "source": "absent", "note": "The ta namespace lists no Donchian function. A script must compose it from ta.highest and ta.lowest (our inference, not stated in the reference).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "ta.* function list: no ta.dc entry (ta.cum is followed by ta.dev)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dc", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "PriceChannel", "signature": "PriceChannel(displace, length)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Plots only LowerBand and UpperBand, no midline; Highest and Lowest give the same bands (the docs shift them by [1] to skip the current bar).", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/O-Q/PriceChannel", "fragment": "Input Parameters and Plots tables", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dcw", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Donchian width function; derive it from iHighest/iHigh and iLowest/iLow.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dcw", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Donchian width indicator; derive it from the highest and lowest values yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (no Donchian entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dcw", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No width indicator; subtract DonchianChannel Lower from Upper.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no Donchian width entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dcw", "language": "pine", "source": "absent", "note": "No Donchian width function in the ta namespace. Compose it from ta.highest and ta.lowest (our inference, not stated in the reference).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "ta.* function list: no ta.dcw entry (ta.cum is followed by ta.dev)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dcw", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No channel-width study; subtract the PriceChannel LowerBand from its UpperBand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/O-Q/PriceChannel", "fragment": "Plots: LowerBand, UpperBand", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dev", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No mean-deviation function among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dev", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathAverageDeviation", "signature": "double MathAverageDeviation(const double& array[])", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Average absolute deviation of an array you fill with the window. Lipi's reference does not define its dev measure, so confirm they match.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standardlibrary/mathematics/stat/array_stat/mathaveragedeviation", "fragment": "MathAverageDeviation: average absolute deviation of array elements", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dev", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No mean-absolute-deviation indicator in the system list; compute it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: only StdDev and StdError", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dev", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.dev", "signature": "ta.dev(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.dev", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.dev returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.dev", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "LinDev", "signature": "LinDev(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "LinDev's length defaults to 12, Lipi's dev requires it, so a converter must insert 12 when omitted; the deviation formula matches.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Statistical/LinDev", "fragment": "LinDev: linear deviation, average absolute difference from the mean", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dmi", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iADX", "signature": "double iADX(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int applied_price, int mode, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One call returns one line by mode (0 ADX, 1 +DI, 2 -DI) from a single period; Lipi takes two lengths and returns a tuple.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/iadx", "fragment": "iADX mode parameter", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dmi", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iADX", "signature": "int iADX(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int adx_period)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "One period argument, not two. Buffers are 0 ADX, 1 plus DI, 2 minus DI, while Lipi returns plus DI, minus DI, then ADX.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/iadx", "fragment": "Note: buffer numbers 0 - MAIN_LINE, 1 - PLUSDI_LINE, 2 - MINUSDI_LINE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dmi", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "DM", "signature": "DM(ISeries input, int period).DiPlus[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One period only, with no separate ADX smoothing length. Default series is ADX; read .DiPlus and .DiMinus as properties, not a tuple.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/directional_movement_dm.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: DM(int period).DiPlus / .DiMinus; same as ADX plus +DI and -DI", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.dmi", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.dmi", "signature": "ta.dmi(diLength, adxSmoothing) → [series float, series float, series float]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.dmi (returns +DI, -DI, ADX)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "The reference does not state Pine's smoothing. Lipi smooths true range and movement with alpha 2/(length+1) and ADX with RMA; compare values." }, { "concept": "ta.dmi", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "DMI", "signature": "DMI(length, average type)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One length drives DI+, DI- and ADX, with Wilder smoothing by default; Lipi ta.dmi takes separate diLength and adxSmoothing.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/C-D/DMI", "fragment": "Input Parameters and Plots: DI+, DI-, ADX", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.ema", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_EMA", "signature": "double iMA(string symbol, int timeframe, int ma_period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One iMA covers four averages via ma_method (MODE_EMA = 1). ma_shift offsets the line, which Lipi lacks. Source is an applied-price constant, not any series.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ima", "fragment": "iMA ma_method; ENUM_MA_METHOD MODE_EMA", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.ema", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_EMA", "signature": "int iMA(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, int ma_shift, ENUM_MA_METHOD ma_method, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same iMA as the simple average with ma_method set to MODE_EMA. An extra ma_shift shifts the line; price is an applied-price constant.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/enum_ma_method", "fragment": "ENUM_MA_METHOD: MODE_EMA Exponential averaging", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.ema", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "EMA", "signature": "EMA(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/moving_average_-_exponential_e.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: EMA(int period)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.ema", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.ema", "signature": "ta.ema(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.ema", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.ema returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.ema", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "ExpAverage", "signature": "ExpAverage(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same alpha, 2/(length+1), and both seed from the first value. thinkScript's length defaults to 12, so pass it explicitly.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/ExpAverage", "fragment": "ExpAverage ( IDataHolder data , int length ); EMA1 = price1", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.falling", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; compare successive series values in a loop.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.falling", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No falling-test function; compare the bar values in a loop or a chain of comparisons.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no Falling entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.falling", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "IsFalling", "signature": "IsFalling(ISeries series)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "No length argument: it only tests that the current value is below the previous bar's value.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/falling.htm", "fragment": "IsFalling(): true when current value is less than the value of 1 bar ago", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.falling", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.falling", "signature": "ta.falling(source, length) → series bool", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.falling", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine compares the current value with earlier values in the window; Lipi's ta.falling needs a fall on every bar. Compare each earlier bar explicitly." }, { "concept": "ta.falling", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "IsDescending", "signature": "IsDescending(IDataHolder value, int length = 3)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Tests the average slope of trendlines from the mid-body value of past bars to the current value, not bar-by-bar declines like ta.falling.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/IsDescending", "fragment": "IsDescending: average slope of trendlines starting at MidBodyVal", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highest", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iHighest", "signature": "int iHighest(string symbol, int timeframe, int type, int count, int start)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Returns the bar offset of the maximum, not its value; read the searched MODE_* series at that offset, e.g. iHigh for MODE_HIGH.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "result is a shift counted back from the current bar, reusable as the shift in iHigh." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/series/ihighest", "fragment": "iHighest Returned value (shift of the maximum)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highest", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iHighest", "signature": "int iHighest(const string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, ENUM_SERIESMODE type, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Returns the bar shift of the highest value, not the value; read the price at that shift. The series comes from a mode enum.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Shift 0 is the current bar and counts toward older bars; -1 signals an error." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/ihighest", "fragment": "iHighest Return Value: index of the highest value (shift) or -1", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highest", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "MAX", "signature": "MAX(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/maximum_max.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: MAX(int period); returns the highest value over the specified period", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "At this build Lipi's ta.highest can be wrong on its first valid bars and is na until bar length-1; values match after warm-up." }, { "concept": "ta.highest", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.highest", "signature": "ta.highest(source, length) → series float; ta.highest(length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine also has a one-argument form that reads high; Lipi always needs the source, so expand ta.highest(n) to ta.highest(high, n).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.highest (Remarks: one arg version uses high)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highest", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Highest", "signature": "Highest(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Highest", "fragment": "Highest ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 12", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Highest's length defaults to 12, Lipi requires it; Lipi's first valid bars can also be wrong, and it is na until bar length-1." }, { "concept": "ta.highestbars", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iHighest", "signature": "int iHighest(string symbol, int timeframe, int type, int count, int start)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same offset-style result. Source is a MODE_* series id, with count and start arguments; returns -1 on error.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/series/ihighest", "fragment": "iHighest Returned value (shift of the maximum)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highestbars", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iHighest", "signature": "int iHighest(const string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, ENUM_SERIESMODE type, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns the shift of the highest bar, 0 at the current bar, as Lipi's ta.highestbars does; -1 on error. Series come from the mode enum.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Shift 0 is the current bar and counts toward older bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/ihighest", "fragment": "iHighest Return Value: shift relative to the current bar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highestbars", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "HighestBar", "signature": "HighestBar(ISeries series, int period)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns an int count of bars ago (0 = current bar); the page documents no value for a not-found case.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/highestbar.htm", "fragment": "HighestBar(): number of bars ago the highest value occurred", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highestbars", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.highestbars", "signature": "ta.highestbars(source, length) → series int; ta.highestbars(length) → series int", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine returns 0 or a negative offset (-3 is three bars back). Lipi's docs do not state the sign. Pine's one-argument form reads high.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Pine offsets are zero or negative; confirm the sign Lipi returns before comparing with positive values." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/visuals/text-and-shapes/", "fragment": "highestBarOffset = - ta.highestbars(LOOKBACK) (comment: change its sign so it is positive); reference #fun_ta.highestbars", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.highestbars", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "GetMaxValueOffset", "signature": "GetMaxValueOffset(IDataHolder data, int length = 25)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Counts bars back with 0 at the current bar, as Lipi's ta.highestbars does. The length defaults to 25.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/GetMaxValueOffset", "fragment": "GetMaxValueOffset ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 25", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.hma", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Hull average among the indicator functions; build it from LWMA iMA calls.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.hma", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Hull moving average among the built-in indicators; compose weighted averages with iMA or use iCustom.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.hma", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "HMA", "signature": "HMA(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/moving_average_-_hull_hma.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: HMA(int period)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi's ta.hma is built on its ta.wma, which does not follow standard weights at this build, so values differ." }, { "concept": "ta.hma", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.hma", "signature": "ta.hma(source, length) → series float", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.hma", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi's ta.hma uses its ta.wma, which does not follow standard weights at this build, so values differ. Its half length rounds up." }, { "concept": "ta.hma", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "HullMovingAvg", "signature": "HullMovingAvg(price, length, displace)", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/G-L/HullMovingAvg", "fragment": "Input Parameters: price, length, displace", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi's ta.hma uses its ta.wma, which does not follow standard weights at this build, so values differ. The study also has a displace input." }, { "concept": "ta.kc", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Keltner channel; iEnvelopes is a fixed-percent envelope around an average, not ATR-based.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.kc", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Keltner channel among the built-in indicators; combine a moving average with iATR.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.kc", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "KeltnerChannel", "signature": "KeltnerChannel(ISeries input, double offsetMultiplier, int period).Upper[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Multiplier comes before period, with no true-range switch. Bands are .Upper and .Lower series; the page does not state how the width is built.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/keltner_channel.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: KeltnerChannel(double offsetMultiplier, int period).Upper / .Lower", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.kc", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.kc", "signature": "ta.kc(series, length, mult, useTrueRange) → [series float, series float, series float]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.kc (example destructures [middle, upper, lower])", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Bands match the page formula after the first bars; Lipi seeds the range EMA on bar 0 from high-low, the page's ta.tr is na there." }, { "concept": "ta.kc", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "KeltnerChannels", "signature": "KeltnerChannels(displace, factor, length, price, average type, true range average type)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Width is always ATR times factor (default 2), with separate average types for the centre line and ATR; plots Avg, Upper_Band, Lower_Band.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/G-L/KeltnerChannels", "fragment": "Input Parameters and Plots tables", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.kcw", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Keltner width; no Keltner channel is built in.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.kcw", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Keltner width indicator; derive it from your own channel bands.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.kcw", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No width indicator; derive it from KeltnerChannel Upper and Lower.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no Keltner width entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.kcw", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.kcw", "signature": "ta.kcw(series, length, mult, useTrueRange) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.kcw", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Width fraction matches the page formula after the first bars; Lipi seeds the range EMA on bar 0, the page's ta.tr is na there." }, { "concept": "ta.kcw", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No Keltner width study; derive it from the Upper_Band, Lower_Band and Avg plots.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/G-L/KeltnerChannels", "fragment": "Plots: Avg, Upper_Band, Lower_Band", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.linreg", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No linear-regression function among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.linreg", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "vector::LinearRegression", "signature": "vector vector::LinearRegression()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns the whole fitted line for a vector; pick the element you need. No offset argument; fill the vector with the window first.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics/matrix_linearregression", "fragment": "LinearRegression: vector of calculated linear regression values", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.linreg", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "LinReg", "signature": "LinReg(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "No offset argument; the call gives the least-squares line value. Page states no formula or which point of the fit is returned.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/linear_regression.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: LinReg(int period); least squares method", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.linreg", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.linreg", "signature": "ta.linreg(source, length, offset) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.linreg", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Matches the page's fit at offset 0; at other offsets Lipi's values do not follow the fit at this build, and Lipi resumes after na." }, { "concept": "ta.linreg", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Inertia", "signature": "Inertia(IDataHolder data, int length)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Least-squares regression value at the current bar; no offset argument and no default length, unlike Lipi ta.linreg's offset.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Statistical/Inertia", "fragment": "Inertia ( IDataHolder data , int length )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowest", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iLowest", "signature": "int iLowest(string symbol, int timeframe, int type, int count, int start)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Returns the bar offset of the minimum, not its value; read the value with iLow at that offset. Source is a MODE_* series id.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "result is a shift counted back from the current bar, reusable as the shift in iLow." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/series/ilowest", "fragment": "iLowest Returned value (shift of the lowest)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowest", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iLowest", "signature": "int iLowest(const string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, ENUM_SERIESMODE type, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Returns the bar shift of the lowest value, not the value; read the price at that shift. The series comes from a mode enum.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Shift 0 is the current bar and counts toward older bars; -1 signals an error." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/ilowest", "fragment": "iLowest Return Value: index of the lowest value (shift) or -1", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowest", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "MIN", "signature": "MIN(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/minimum_min.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: MIN(int period); returns the lowest value over the specified period", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "At this build Lipi's ta.lowest returns 0 on its first length valid bars and is na before that; values match after warm-up." }, { "concept": "ta.lowest", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.lowest", "signature": "ta.lowest(source, length) → series float; ta.lowest(length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine also has a one-argument form that reads low; Lipi always needs the source, so expand ta.lowest(n) to ta.lowest(low, n).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.lowest (Remarks: one arg version uses low)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowest", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Lowest", "signature": "Lowest(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Lowest", "fragment": "Lowest ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 12", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lowest's length defaults to 12, Lipi requires it; Lipi also returns 0 for its first length valid bars and is na before that." }, { "concept": "ta.lowestbars", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iLowest", "signature": "int iLowest(string symbol, int timeframe, int type, int count, int start)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same offset-style result. Source is a MODE_* series id, with count and start arguments; returns -1 on error.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/series/ilowest", "fragment": "iLowest Returned value (shift of the lowest)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowestbars", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iLowest", "signature": "int iLowest(const string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, ENUM_SERIESMODE type, int count=WHOLE_ARRAY, int start=0)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns the shift of the lowest bar, 0 at the current bar, as Lipi's ta.lowestbars does; -1 on error. Series come from the mode enum.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Shift 0 is the current bar and counts toward older bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/ilowest", "fragment": "iLowest Return Value: shift relative to the current bar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowestbars", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "LowestBar", "signature": "LowestBar(ISeries series, int period)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Returns an int count of bars ago (0 = current bar); the page documents no value for a not-found case.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/lowestbar.htm", "fragment": "LowestBar(): number of bars ago the lowest value occurred", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowestbars", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.lowestbars", "signature": "ta.lowestbars(source, length) → series int; ta.lowestbars(length) → series int", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Reference states no sign for the offset; the docs' highestbars example negates it, implying zero or negative values. Lipi's sign is undocumented.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "Pine offsets are probably zero or negative; confirm the sign Lipi returns before comparing with positive values." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.lowestbars (offset sign by analogy with ta.highestbars in pine-script-docs/visuals/text-and-shapes/)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.lowestbars", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "GetMinValueOffset", "signature": "GetMinValueOffset(IDataHolder data, int length = 25)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Counts bars back with 0 at the current bar, as Lipi's ta.lowestbars does, which returns -1 during warm-up. The length defaults to 25.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/GetMinValueOffset", "fragment": "GetMinValueOffset ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 25", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.macd", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMACD", "signature": "double iMACD(string symbol, int timeframe, int fast_ema_period, int slow_ema_period, int signal_period, int applied_price, int mode, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One call returns the main or signal line by mode; no histogram mode (use iOsMA or subtract). Source is an applied-price constant, not any series.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/imacd", "fragment": "iMACD mode parameter (MODE_MAIN, MODE_SIGNAL)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.macd", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iMACD", "signature": "int iMACD(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int fast_ema_period, int slow_ema_period, int signal_period, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Buffers are 0 main and 1 signal only; there is no histogram buffer (iOsMA provides it). Lipi returns three values.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/imacd", "fragment": "buffer numbers: 0 - MAIN_LINE, 1 - SIGNAL_LINE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.macd", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "MACD", "signature": "MACD(ISeries input, int fast, int slow, int smooth).Avg[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Line, signal and histogram come back as the default series, .Avg and .Diff properties, not a tuple. Arguments are fast, slow, smooth.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/moving_average_convergence-divergence_macd.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: MACD(int fast, int slow, int smooth).Avg / .Diff", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.macd", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.macd", "signature": "ta.macd(source, fastlen, slowlen, siglen) → [series float, series float, series float]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.macd (returns MACD line, signal line, histogram)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.macd returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.macd", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "MACD", "signature": "MACD(fast length, slow length, macd length, average type)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Adds a selectable average type for all averages; plots Value, Avg, Diff in that order, matching Lipi's [macd, signal, histogram] order.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/M-N/MACD", "fragment": "Input Parameters and Plots: Value, Avg, Diff", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.median", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No median function; copy to an array, ArraySort it and read the middle element.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.median", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "MathMedian, vector::Median", "signature": "double MathMedian(const double& array[])", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes an array you fill with the window first; it returns NaN on error. A Median method also exists on vectors.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standardlibrary/mathematics/stat/array_stat/mathmedian", "fragment": "MathMedian signature and Return Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.median", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "GetMedian", "signature": "GetMedian(ISeries series, int lookBackPeriod)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A plain method returning one double, not an indicator series. For an even look-back it averages the two middle values.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/getmedian.htm", "fragment": "GetMedian(): statistical median; even look-back averages two middle values", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.median", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.median", "signature": "ta.median(source, length) → series int or float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.median", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.median returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.median", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Median", "signature": "Median(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Median", "fragment": "Median ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 12", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Median's length defaults to 12, Lipi requires it; the middle-or-average-of-two rule matches." }, { "concept": "ta.mfi", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMFI", "signature": "double iMFI(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "No source argument. Not iBWMFI, which is the Bill Williams Market Facilitation Index.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/imfi", "fragment": "iMFI", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.mfi", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iMFI", "signature": "int iMFI(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, ENUM_APPLIED_VOLUME applied_volume)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Volume type is chosen with applied_volume; the price input is not an argument. Lipi takes a source series instead.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/imfi", "fragment": "iMFI signature (applied_volume: ENUM_APPLIED_VOLUME)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.mfi", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "MFI", "signature": "MFI(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/money_flow_index_mfi.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: MFI(int period)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.mfi", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.mfi", "signature": "ta.mfi(series, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.mfi", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.mfi returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.mfi", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "MoneyFlowIndex", "signature": "MoneyFlowIndex(over sold, over bought, length, moving avg length)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Built on typical price and volume, with no source input, and an extra moving-average length setting; Lipi ta.mfi takes a source.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/M-N/MoneyFlowIndex", "fragment": "Input Parameters table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.mode", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No mode function; sort a copy and count runs in a loop.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.mode", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No mode function among the array statistics (mean, variance, skewness, kurtosis, median, deviation).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standardlibrary/mathematics/stat/array_stat", "fragment": "Statistical Characteristics function table", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.mode", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No statistical-mode indicator or method in the system list; compute it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no mode entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.mode", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.mode", "signature": "ta.mode(source, length) → series int or float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.mode", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine ignores na source values; Lipi's ta.mode returns na on a bar whose source is na, and float even for int sources." }, { "concept": "ta.mode", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No mode function; Median is the nearest windowed statistic offered.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis", "fragment": "Technical Analysis function list (no mode entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.nvi", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No negative volume index among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.nvi", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No negative volume index among the built-in indicators.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.nvi", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No negative volume index in the system list; code it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no NVI entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.nvi", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.nvi", "signature": "ta.nvi → series float (a variable)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "In Pine ta.nvi is a variable written without parentheses; Lipi exposes it as the function ta.nvi().", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_ta.nvi", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.nvi", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "NegativeVolumeIndex", "signature": "NegativeVolumeIndex()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "thinkScript starts the index at 100; Lipi's ta.nvi starts at 1.0, so the levels differ.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/M-N/NegativeVolumeIndex", "fragment": "The initial value of NVI is 100", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.obv", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iOBV", "signature": "double iOBV(string symbol, int timeframe, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes an applied-price constant that Lipi's argument-free obv lacks.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/iobv", "fragment": "iOBV", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.obv", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iOBV", "signature": "int iOBV(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, ENUM_APPLIED_VOLUME applied_volume)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes an applied_volume argument to choose the volume type; Lipi's call has no arguments. One buffer.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/iobv", "fragment": "iOBV signature and Return Value (handle)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.obv", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "OBV", "signature": "OBV(ISeries input)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/on_balance_volume_obv.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: OBV()", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.obv", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.obv", "signature": "ta.obv → series float (a variable)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "In Pine ta.obv is a variable written without parentheses; Lipi exposes it as the function ta.obv().", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_ta.obv", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.obv", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "OnBalanceVolume", "signature": "OnBalanceVolume()", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/O-Q/OnBalanceVolume", "fragment": "Plots: OBV", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_linear_interpolation", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No percentile function; sort a copy with ArraySort and interpolate by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_linear_interpolation", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "vector::Percentile", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "A vector method; percent runs 0 to 100 and a linear algorithm is used. The page asks for sorted input. Fill the vector first.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics/matrix_percentile", "fragment": "Percentile: percent in [0, 100], linear algorithm", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_linear_interpolation", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No percentile method in the system indicator or Analytical lists; compute it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/market_data.htm", "fragment": "Analytical index: no percentile entry (GetMedian only)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_linear_interpolation", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.percentile_linear_interpolation", "signature": "ta.percentile_linear_interpolation(source, length, percentage) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same calculation; the third parameter is named percentage in Pine and percentile in Lipi, which matters for named arguments.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.percentile_linear_interpolation", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_linear_interpolation", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No percentile function in the functions list or study library.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis", "fragment": "Technical Analysis function list (no percentile entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_nearest_rank", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No percentile function; sort a copy with ArraySort and pick the rank by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_nearest_rank", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "The documented Percentile method uses a linear algorithm only; no nearest-rank variant is described.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics/matrix_percentile", "fragment": "A linear algorithm is used to calculate percentiles", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_nearest_rank", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No percentile method in the system indicator or Analytical lists; compute it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/market_data.htm", "fragment": "Analytical index: no percentile entry (GetMedian only)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_nearest_rank", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.percentile_nearest_rank", "signature": "ta.percentile_nearest_rank(source, length, percentage) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same calculation; the third parameter is named percentage in Pine and percentile in Lipi, which matters for named arguments.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.percentile_nearest_rank", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentile_nearest_rank", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No percentile function in the functions list or study library.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis", "fragment": "Technical Analysis function list (no percentile entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentrank", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No percent-rank function among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentrank", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No percent-rank method in the matrix and vector statistics list; count the values below the current one yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics", "fragment": "Statistics method list (ArgMax ... LinearRegression)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentrank", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No percent-rank method in the system indicator or Analytical lists; compute it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/market_data.htm", "fragment": "Analytical index: no percent rank entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.percentrank", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.percentrank", "signature": "ta.percentrank(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.percentrank", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Same ranking on clean data; Pine yields na when an na is in the window, Lipi keeps computing after the na bar." }, { "concept": "ta.percentrank", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No percent-rank function in the functions list or study library.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis", "fragment": "Technical Analysis function list (no percent-rank entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivothigh", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iFractals", "signature": "double iFractals(string symbol, int timeframe, int mode, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Closest built-in: no leftBars or rightBars arguments, mode picks upper or lower, value read at a shift.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ifractals", "fragment": "iFractals", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivothigh", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iFractals", "signature": "int iFractals(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Buffers are 0 upper and 1 lower. The page shows no left or right bar-count arguments and gives no window definition.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/ifractals", "fragment": "Note: buffer numbers 0 - UPPER_LINE, 1 - LOWER_LINE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivothigh", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Swing", "signature": "Swing(ISeries input, int strength).SwingHigh[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One strength covers both sides. SwingHigh gives 0, not na, when no swing exists; SwingHighBar returns bars ago, or -1.", "differences": [ { "axis": "warmup_and_na", "note": "Zero is returned until the bar count exceeds strength or a pivot is found." }, { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "A swing is only definite after strength further bars, so earlier values are updated later." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/swing.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: Swing(int strength).SwingHigh[barsAgo] / SwingHighBar(barsAgo, instance, lookBackPeriod)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivothigh", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.pivothigh", "signature": "ta.pivothigh(source, leftbars, rightbars) → series float; ta.pivothigh(leftbars, rightbars) → series float", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Pine returns the price of the pivot bar itself, or na. Lipi returns the current bar's source when the window high sits leftBars back.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Pine reports the pivot bar's own price; Lipi's value is the current bar's source, not the pivot bar's." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.pivothigh", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivothigh", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No left/right-bar pivot function; the ZigZagHighLow study marks swing points filtered by a reversal threshold, and PivotPoints gives previous-period levels.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/V-Z/ZigZagHighLow", "fragment": "A high swing point is a bar with a selected price", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivotlow", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iFractals", "signature": "double iFractals(string symbol, int timeframe, int mode, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Closest built-in: no leftBars or rightBars arguments, mode picks upper or lower, value read at a shift.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ifractals", "fragment": "iFractals", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivotlow", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iFractals", "signature": "int iFractals(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Lower buffer (1) holds the low fractals. The page shows no left or right bar-count arguments and gives no window definition.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/ifractals", "fragment": "Note: buffer numbers 0 - UPPER_LINE, 1 - LOWER_LINE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivotlow", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Swing", "signature": "Swing(ISeries input, int strength).SwingLow[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One strength covers both sides. SwingLow gives 0, not na, when no swing exists; SwingLowBar returns bars ago, or -1.", "differences": [ { "axis": "warmup_and_na", "note": "Zero is returned until the bar count exceeds strength or a pivot is found." }, { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "A swing is only definite after strength further bars, so earlier values are updated later." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/swing.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: Swing(int strength).SwingLow[barsAgo] / SwingLowBar(barsAgo, instance, lookBackPeriod)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivotlow", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.pivotlow", "signature": "ta.pivotlow(source, leftbars, rightbars) → series float; ta.pivotlow(leftbars, rightbars) → series float", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Pine returns the price of the pivot bar itself, or na. Lipi returns the current bar's source when the window low sits leftBars back.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Pine reports the pivot bar's own price; Lipi's value is the current bar's source, not the pivot bar's." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.pivotlow", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pivotlow", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No left/right-bar pivot function; the ZigZagHighLow study marks swing points filtered by a reversal threshold, and PivotPoints gives previous-period levels.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/V-Z/ZigZagHighLow", "fragment": "A low swing point is a bar with a selected price", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.psar", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iSAR", "signature": "double iSAR(string symbol, int timeframe, double step, double maximum, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Two parameters (step, maximum) where Lipi has start, step and max_step; no source argument.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/isar", "fragment": "iSAR step, maximum parameters", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.psar", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iSAR", "signature": "int iSAR(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, double step, double maximum)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes step and maximum only; Lipi also has a start value. Usual values per the page are 0.02 and 0.2. One buffer.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/isar", "fragment": "iSAR parameters step and maximum", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.psar", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "ParabolicSAR", "signature": "ParabolicSAR(ISeries input, double acceleration, double accelerationMax, double accelerationStep)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Order is acceleration, max, step, whereas Lipi is start, step, max_step. The page's own syntax lines disagree on the last two.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/parabolic_sar.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: ParabolicSAR(double acceleration, double accelerationMax, double accelerationStep)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.psar", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.sar", "signature": "ta.sar(start, inc, max) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine's function is ta.sar; there is no ta.psar. Positional arguments start, inc, max line up with Lipi's start, step, max_step.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.sar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.psar", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "ParabolicSAR", "signature": "ParabolicSAR(acceleration factor, acceleration limit)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Two inputs: initial acceleration factor and its limit. Lipi ta.psar has three (start, step, max_step), so the step is not separately set.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/O-Q/ParabolicSAR", "fragment": "Input Parameters: acceleration factor, acceleration limit", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvi", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No positive volume index among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvi", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No positive volume index among the built-in indicators.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvi", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No positive volume index in the system list; code it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no PVI entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvi", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.pvi", "signature": "ta.pvi → series float (a variable)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "In Pine ta.pvi is a variable written without parentheses; Lipi exposes it as the function ta.pvi().", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_ta.pvi", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvi", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "PositiveVolumeIndex", "signature": "PositiveVolumeIndex()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "thinkScript starts the index at 100; Lipi's ta.pvi starts at 1.0, so the levels differ.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/O-Q/PositiveVolumeIndex", "fragment": "The initial value of PVI is 100", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvt", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No price-volume trend among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvt", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No price-volume trend among the built-in indicators.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvt", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No price-volume trend in the system list; code it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no PVT entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvt", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.pvt", "signature": "ta.pvt → series float (a variable)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "In Pine ta.pvt is a variable written without parentheses; Lipi exposes it as the function ta.pvt().", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_ta.pvt", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.pvt", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "PriceAndVolumeTrend", "signature": "PriceAndVolumeTrend()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "thinkScript multiplies volume by the percent change of close; Lipi's ta.pvt uses the fractional change, so its values are 100 times smaller.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/O-Q/PriceAndVolumeTrend", "fragment": "PVT: cumulative sum of volume times percent change of Close", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.range", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No range function; use iHigh/iHighest and iLow/iLowest over the window.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.range", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "vector::Ptp", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Range of values of a whole vector; fill it with the window first. Lipi's range is a per-bar windowed figure.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics", "fragment": "Ptp: range of values of a matrix/vector", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.range", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "Range", "signature": "Range()[int barsAgo] / Range(ISeries input)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Range() is the current bar's own range with no window length; Lipi's takes a source and length. Use MAX minus MIN for a window.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/range.htm", "fragment": "Range: returns the range of a bar; syntax Range()", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.range", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.range", "signature": "ta.range(source, length) → series int or float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.range", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Equal after warm-up; Lipi's first length valid bars are wrong because its lowest returns 0 there, so the range is overstated." }, { "concept": "ta.range", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No range function; subtract Lowest from Highest over the same length.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Highest", "fragment": "Highest and Lowest over length bars", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rising", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; compare successive series values in a loop.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rising", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No rising-test function; compare the bar values in a loop or a chain of comparisons.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no Rising entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rising", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "IsRising", "signature": "IsRising(ISeries series)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "No length argument: it only tests that the current value is above the previous bar's value.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/rising.htm", "fragment": "IsRising(): true when current value is greater than the value of 1 bar ago", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rising", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.rising", "signature": "ta.rising(source, length) → series bool", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.rising", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine compares the current value with earlier values in the window; Lipi's ta.rising needs a rise on every bar. Compare each earlier bar explicitly." }, { "concept": "ta.rising", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "IsAscending", "signature": "IsAscending(IDataHolder value, int length = 3)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Tests the average slope of trendlines from the mid-body value of past bars to the current value, not bar-by-bar rises like ta.rising.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/IsAscending", "fragment": "IsAscending: average slope of trendlines starting at MidBodyVal", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rma", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_SMMA", "signature": "double iMA(string symbol, int timeframe, int ma_period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "MODE_SMMA is the smoothed average; the page gives no formula. Lipi's ta.rma uses alpha 1/length, seeded with the SMA of the first length bars.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ima", "fragment": "ENUM_MA_METHOD MODE_SMMA (smoothed averaging)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rma", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_SMMA", "signature": "int iMA(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, int ma_shift, ENUM_MA_METHOD ma_method, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "MODE_SMMA is the smoothed average; the page gives no formula. Lipi's ta.rma uses alpha 1/length, seeded with the SMA of the first length bars.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/enum_ma_method", "fragment": "ENUM_MA_METHOD: MODE_SMMA Smoothed averaging", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rma", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No RMA indicator; Wilder smoothing is used inside RSI and ATR but not exposed on its own.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no RMA entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rma", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.rma", "signature": "ta.rma(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.rma", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.rma returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.rma", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "WildersAverage", "signature": "WildersAverage(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/WildersAverage", "fragment": "WildersAverage ( IDataHolder data , int length ); alpha 1/length, SMA seed", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Length defaults to 12 and seeding uses prefetched bars; Lipi needs the length and seeds with the SMA of the first length bars." }, { "concept": "ta.roc", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMomentum", "signature": "double iMomentum(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Nearest built-in; the docs give no formula or scale, so confirm it matches a percentage rate of change before use.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/imomentum", "fragment": "iMomentum", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.roc", "language": "mql5", "source": "unresolved", "note": "Nearest built-in is iMomentum, but its page does not say whether it is a ratio, percent or difference, so the mapping is unconfirmed.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/imomentum", "fragment": "iMomentum mom_period: bars count for the calculation of the price change", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "unresolved" }, { "concept": "ta.roc", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "ROC", "signature": "ROC(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Percent change against the value period bars ago, the same percent scale as Lipi's ta.roc.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/rate_of_change_roc.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: ROC(int period); percent change in price", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.roc", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.roc", "signature": "ta.roc(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.roc", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Same percent change on clean data; Pine gives na when the source or its lagged value is na, Lipi resumes right after." }, { "concept": "ta.roc", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "RateOfChange", "signature": "RateOfChange(length, color norm length, price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Percent change against the price length bars back, the same scale as Lipi's ta.roc. The study also takes a price input.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/R-S/RateOfChange", "fragment": "ROC: percentage change relative to price a specified number of periods before", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rsi", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iRSI", "signature": "double iRSI(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Source is an applied-price constant, not any series. iRSIOnArray takes array data instead.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/irsi", "fragment": "iRSI", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rsi", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iRSI", "signature": "int iRSI(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Price is an applied-price constant or another indicator's handle, not an arbitrary series. One buffer.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/irsi", "fragment": "iRSI signature (ma_period, applied_price)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rsi", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "RSI", "signature": "RSI(ISeries input, int period, int smooth)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Extra required smooth argument; the .Avg series is the smoothed line. Wilder smoothing is stated on the page.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/relative_strength_index_rsi.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: RSI(int period, int smooth).Avg", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.rsi", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.rsi", "signature": "ta.rsi(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.rsi", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.rsi returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.rsi", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "RSI", "signature": "RSI(length, over bought, over sold, price, average type, show breakout signals)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Wilder smoothing by default but the average type is selectable; also takes a price input and level settings. Lipi ta.rsi takes only source and length.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/R-S/RSI", "fragment": "Input Parameters table: length, price, average type", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sma", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_SMA", "signature": "double iMA(string symbol, int timeframe, int ma_period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One iMA covers four averages via ma_method (MODE_SMA = 0). ma_shift offsets the line. Source is an applied-price constant, not any series. iMAOnArray takes arrays.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ima", "fragment": "iMA ma_method; ENUM_MA_METHOD MODE_SMA", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sma", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_SMA", "signature": "int iMA(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, int ma_shift, ENUM_MA_METHOD ma_method, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One iMA covers every average type via ma_method; MODE_SMA is simple averaging. An extra ma_shift shifts the line on the chart.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/ima", "fragment": "iMA signature with ma_method (ENUM_MA_METHOD) and applied_price", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sma", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "SMA", "signature": "SMA(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/moving_average_-_simple_sma.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: SMA(int period)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sma", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.sma", "signature": "ta.sma(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.sma", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Same average on clean data; at an na source bar Lipi returns na, TradingView returns the average of the last length non-na values." }, { "concept": "ta.sma", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Average", "signature": "Average(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Average", "fragment": "Average ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 12", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Average's length defaults to 12, Lipi requires it, so a converter must insert 12 when omitted." }, { "concept": "ta.stdev", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iStdDev", "signature": "double iStdDev(string symbol, int timeframe, int ma_period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes a moving-average method and shift; the docs do not say population or sample division. Source is an applied-price constant, not any series.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/istddev", "fragment": "iStdDev ma_method parameter", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.stdev", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iStdDev", "signature": "int iStdDev(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, int ma_shift, ENUM_MA_METHOD ma_method, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Also takes ma_method and ma_shift, so the mean it measures around is selectable; use MODE_SMA. The divisor is not stated on the page.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/istddev", "fragment": "iStdDev signature (ma_method, applied_price)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.stdev", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "StdDev", "signature": "StdDev(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Lipi divides by length (population). The page does not state NinjaTrader's divisor; dividing by length minus one gives larger values.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/standard_deviation_stddev.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: StdDev(int period); no formula given", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.stdev", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.stdev", "signature": "ta.stdev(source, length, biased) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine adds a biased flag (default true, the population form Lipi always uses). biased=false has no Lipi counterpart; use ta.variance with biased and math.sqrt.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.stdev", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.stdev", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "StDev", "signature": "StDev(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Statistical/StDev", "fragment": "StDev: square root of variance, the average of squared deviations", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "StDev's length defaults to 12, Lipi requires it; both are population deviations (divide by length)." }, { "concept": "ta.stoch", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iStochastic", "signature": "double iStochastic(string symbol, int timeframe, int Kperiod, int Dperiod, int slowing, int method, int price_field, int mode, int shift)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Built-in has slowing, a %D line and a price_field (0 Low/High, 1 Close/Close), with no source, high or low series; not Lipi's raw form.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/istochastic", "fragment": "iStochastic", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.stoch", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iStochastic", "signature": "int iStochastic(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int Kperiod, int Dperiod, int slowing, ENUM_MA_METHOD ma_method, ENUM_STO_PRICE price_field)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Returns smoothed lines (K, D, slowing) from the bar's own prices; Lipi gives one raw reading on supplied series. Buffers: 0 main, 1 signal.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/istochastic", "fragment": "iStochastic signature and buffer numbers 0 - MAIN_LINE, 1 - SIGNAL_LINE", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.stoch", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "StochasticsFast", "signature": "StochasticsFast(ISeries input, int periodD, int periodK).K[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Closest is StochasticsFast with .K and .D, taking periods only, with no high and low series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/stochastics_fast.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: StochasticsFast(int periodD, int periodK).K / .D", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.stoch", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.stoch", "signature": "ta.stoch(source, high, low, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.stoch", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi's ta.stoch returns values from bar 0 over a partial window, and na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.stoch", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "FastKCustom", "signature": "FastKCustom(IDataHolder data, int length = 14)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Scales one series between its own highest and lowest over length bars (0 on a flat range); Lipi ta.stoch takes separate high and low series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/FastKCustom", "fragment": "FastKCustom ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 14", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sum", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No windowed-sum function in the math or array groups; add the values in a loop.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sum", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "vector::Sum", "signature": "double vector::Sum()", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Totals a whole vector; a moving window means copying the last n values into a vector first.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics/matrix_sum", "fragment": "vector::Sum signature and Return Value", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sum", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "SUM", "signature": "SUM(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/summation_sum.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: SUM(int period); sum of values over a specified period", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sum", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "math.sum", "signature": "math.sum(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine v6 has no ta.sum; the moving-window sum is math.sum(source, length). Lipi accepts either name.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_math.sum", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.sum", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "Sum", "signature": "Sum(IDataHolder data, int length = 12)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Sum", "fragment": "Sum ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 12", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Sum's length defaults to 12, Lipi requires it, so a converter must insert 12 when omitted." }, { "concept": "ta.supertrend", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Supertrend among the indicator functions; build it from iATR and price.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.supertrend", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Supertrend among the built-in indicators; it would come from a custom indicator via iCustom or your own code on iATR.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.supertrend", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No Supertrend in NinjaTrader's system indicator list; build it from ATR by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no Supertrend entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.supertrend", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.supertrend", "signature": "ta.supertrend(factor, atrPeriod) → [series float, series float]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Same signs: -1 up-trend, 1 down-trend. Lipi takes multiplier, then ATR length; its direction is -1 on all but at most one early bar.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.supertrend (Returns: 1 down direction, -1 up direction)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.supertrend", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No Supertrend study or function in the functions list or the study library.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library", "fragment": "study library index (no Supertrend entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.swma", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No symmetric weighted average; use iMA with MODE_LWMA or weight four bars by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.swma", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No symmetrically weighted average among the built-in indicators; weight four bar values yourself.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.swma", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No symmetrically weighted average in the system list; code the 1-2-2-1 weights by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no SWMA entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.swma", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.swma", "signature": "ta.swma(source) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.swma", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Same weights on clean data; Pine yields na for four bars after an na source value, Lipi keeps computing." }, { "concept": "ta.swma", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No symmetrically weighted average; WMA weights linearly over a length you choose.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/WMA", "fragment": "WMA ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 9", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tr", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No true-range function; derive it from High, Low and the previous Close, or use iATR.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tr", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No true-range indicator; only the averaged iATR exists. Compute true range from high, low and previous close.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iATR present, no true range entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tr", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No standalone true-range indicator; true range appears only inside the ATR page's description. Compute it from High, Low and the prior Close.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: ATR listed, no true range entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tr", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.tr", "signature": "ta.tr(handle_na) → series float; ta.tr (variable) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine has both a variable ta.tr (same as ta.tr(false)) and the function; Lipi has only the function, so write the bare variable as ta.tr().", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.tr and #var_ta.tr", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tr", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "TrueRange", "signature": "TrueRange(IDataHolder high, IDataHolder close, IDataHolder low)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes high, close and low series as explicit arguments and uses the previous close; Lipi ta.tr reads chart bars and has a handle_na option.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/TrueRange", "fragment": "TrueRange ( IDataHolder high , IDataHolder close , IDataHolder low )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tsi", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No True Strength Index among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tsi", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No True Strength Index among the built-in indicators.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tsi", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "TSI", "signature": "TSI(ISeries input, int fast, int slow)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Arguments are fast then slow; the page does not map them onto Lipi's r and s, so check the pairing.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/true_strength_index_tsi.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: TSI(int fast, int slow)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tsi", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.tsi", "signature": "ta.tsi(source, short_length, long_length) → series float", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Pine returns -1 to 1; Lipi multiplies by 100. Pine takes short then long length; Lipi takes r (long) then s (short).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.tsi", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.tsi", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "TrueStrengthIndex", "signature": "TrueStrengthIndex(long length, short length, signal length, average type)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Study also yields a Signal average and takes an average type; the long length comes first, so map it to Lipi's r and s carefully.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/T-U/TrueStrengthIndex", "fragment": "Input Parameters: long length, short length, signal length, average type", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.valuewhen", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No built-in; loop back through the series and read the value where the condition held.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.valuewhen", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No value-when function; store the value in a variable each time the condition is true.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices", "fragment": "List of MQL5 Functions (no ValueWhen entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.valuewhen", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No single method; read MRO's bars-ago result back into the series, for example Close[barsAgo], after a -1 check.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/market_data.htm", "fragment": "Analytical index: Most Recent Occurrence (MRO) returns bars ago; no value-when entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.valuewhen", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.valuewhen", "signature": "ta.valuewhen(condition, source, occurrence) → series color, int, float or bool", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.valuewhen", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Lipi's ta.valuewhen takes number sources only; Pine also accepts bool and color sources." }, { "concept": "ta.valuewhen", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No value-when function. Build it with a recursive def variable that keeps its prior value until the condition is true.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Reserved-Words/rec", "fragment": "rec / recursion description", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.variance", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No variance function; square iStdDev or compute it in a loop.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.variance", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "vector::Var, MathVariance", "signature": "double vector::Var(int ddof=0)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Divisor is N minus ddof: ddof 0 is the biased form, ddof 1 the unbiased. Fill the vector with the window first.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/matrix/matrix_statistics/matrix_var", "fragment": "Var ddof: divisor N - ddof, default zero", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.variance", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No variance indicator; only StdDev and StdError exist, so square StdDev or compute by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: StdDev, StdError, no variance entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.variance", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.variance", "signature": "ta.variance(source, length, biased) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.variance", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine skips na values in the window; Lipi's ta.variance returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.variance", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No variance function; square StDev with Sqr. StDev divides by length, so the result is the biased (population) variance.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Math---Trig/Sqr", "fragment": "Example: variance as square of StDev", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwap", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No volume-weighted average price among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwap", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No VWAP among the built-in indicators.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwap", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "OrderFlowVWAP", "signature": "OrderFlowVWAP(ISeries input, VWAPResolution resolution, TradingHours tradingHoursInstance, VWAPStandardDeviations numStandardDeviations, double sD1Multiplier, double sD2Multiplier, double sD3Multiplier).VWAP[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Needs a resolution, a trading-hours template that sets the reset point, and deviation settings; deviation bands are separate series.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/order_flow_vwap2.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: OrderFlowVWAP(resolution, tradingHoursInstance, numStandardDeviations, sD1Multiplier, ...).VWAP", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwap", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.vwap", "signature": "ta.vwap(source, anchor) → series float; ta.vwap(source, anchor, stdev_mult) → [series float, series float, series float]; ta.vwap (variable, hlc3)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine resets on an anchor condition (default daily) and has a bare hlc3 variable and band overload; Lipi's takes only source with no anchor argument.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Pine's accumulation restarts on the anchor; Lipi offers no anchor control and its reset rule is undocumented." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.vwap and #var_ta.vwap", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwap", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "vwap", "signature": "vwap(String symbol = getSymbol(), Any period, String priceType)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Takes an aggregation period (day, week, month) that sets the reset window, plus symbol and price type; Lipi ta.vwap has only a source.", "differences": [ { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "The period argument can read another aggregation or symbol; Lipi cannot." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Fundamentals/vwap", "fragment": "vwap ( String symbol , Any period , String priceType )", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwma", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No volume-weighted moving average among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwma", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No volume-weighted moving average among the built-in indicators; iMA has no volume weighting.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/enum_ma_method", "fragment": "ENUM_MA_METHOD: MODE_SMA, MODE_EMA, MODE_SMMA, MODE_LWMA only", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwma", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "VWMA", "signature": "VWMA(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "exact", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/moving_average_-_volume_weight.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: VWMA(int period)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.vwma", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.vwma", "signature": "ta.vwma(source, length) → series float", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.vwma", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "Pine's reference says na source values are ignored; Lipi's ta.vwma returns na on a bar whose source is na." }, { "concept": "ta.vwma", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No volume-weighted moving average; build it as Sum(price*volume, n) divided by Sum(volume, n).", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library", "fragment": "study library index (no VWMA entry; only VolumeWeightedMACD)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wma", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_LWMA", "signature": "double iMA(string symbol, int timeframe, int ma_period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One iMA covers four averages via ma_method (MODE_LWMA = 3). ma_shift offsets the line. Source is an applied-price constant, not any series.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "symbol and timeframe arguments read another symbol or period directly; Lipi ta calls use the chart's own bars." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/ima", "fragment": "ENUM_MA_METHOD MODE_LWMA (linear-weighted averaging)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wma", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iMA with MODE_LWMA", "signature": "int iMA(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int ma_period, int ma_shift, ENUM_MA_METHOD ma_method, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "MODE_LWMA is linear-weighted averaging, set through ma_method on iMA. An extra ma_shift shifts the line on the chart.", "differences": [ { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "CopyBuffer start_pos 0 is the current bar and counts toward the past; copied data lands oldest-first." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/enum_ma_method", "fragment": "ENUM_MA_METHOD: MODE_LWMA Linear-weighted averaging", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wma", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "WMA", "signature": "WMA(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/moving_average_-_weighted_wma.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: WMA(int period)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "At this build Lipi's ta.wma does not follow standard weights: a step from 0 to 1 settles at 1/length. Compare values before porting." }, { "concept": "ta.wma", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.wma", "signature": "ta.wma(source, length) → series float", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.wma", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "At this build Lipi's ta.wma does not follow standard weights: a step from 0 to 1 settles at 1/length. Compare values before porting." }, { "concept": "ta.wma", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "WMA", "signature": "WMA(IDataHolder data, int length = 9)", "relation": "different_semantics", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/WMA", "fragment": "WMA ( IDataHolder data , int length ); length: 9", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented", "note": "WMA's length defaults to 9. At this build Lipi's ta.wma does not follow standard weights: a step from 0 to 1 settles at 1/length." }, { "concept": "ta.wpr", "language": "mql4", "source": "present", "construct": "iWPR", "signature": "double iWPR(string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int shift)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Value is read at the shift you pass. Lipi's wpr reads the previous bar, so compare with a shift of 1.", "differences": [ { "axis": "history_indexing", "note": "shift counts bars back from the current bar; shift 0 is the still-forming bar, and any shift can be read in one call." }, { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Lipi's wpr lags the chart by one bar; iWPR has no stated lag." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators/iwpr", "fragment": "iWPR", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wpr", "language": "mql5", "source": "present", "construct": "iWPR", "signature": "int iWPR(string symbol, ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period, int calc_period)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "One buffer, period is calc_period. Lipi's reference says its wpr lags one bar; CopyBuffer position 0 is the current bar's reading.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Lipi's wpr reads the previous bar's values; here position 0 is the current bar." }, { "axis": "state_and_side_effects", "note": "Returns a handle; values are read later with CopyBuffer and are not ready right after creation." }, { "axis": "htf_access", "note": "Symbol and timeframe are explicit arguments, so another symbol or timeframe is requested directly." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators/iwpr", "fragment": "iWPR signature (calc_period) and Return Value (handle)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wpr", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "present", "construct": "WilliamsR", "signature": "WilliamsR(ISeries input, int period)[int barsAgo]", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Scale runs 0 to -100. Lipi's build reads the previous bar, so its value lags one bar; NinjaTrader documents no such lag.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Lipi's value is the previous bar's reading." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/williams_r.htm", "fragment": "Syntax: WilliamsR(int period); scale 0 to -100", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wpr", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.wpr", "signature": "ta.wpr(length) → series float", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "Pine reads the current bar's high, low and close. Lipi's build reads the previous bar's, so its value lags Pine's by one bar.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "Lipi shows %R as of the prior bar; Pine shows it for the current bar." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "fun_ta.wpr", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wpr", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "present", "construct": "WilliamsPercentR", "signature": "WilliamsPercentR(length, over bought, over sold)", "relation": "different_semantics", "note": "The thinkScript formula uses highest and lowest including the current bar; Lipi ta.wpr is lagged one bar. Scale is 0 to -100 in both.", "differences": [ { "axis": "bar_timing", "note": "thinkScript reads the current bar's high, low and close; Lipi reads the previous bar's values." } ], "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Tech-Analysis/Lowest", "fragment": "Example: Williams %R built from Highest and Lowest including the current bar", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wvad", "language": "mql4", "source": "absent", "note": "No Williams variable accumulation/distribution among the indicator functions.", "evidence": { "url": "https://docs.mql4.com/indicators", "fragment": "Technical Indicator Functions table (iAC ... iWPR)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wvad", "language": "mql5", "source": "absent", "note": "No Williams variable accumulation/distribution among the built-in indicators (iAD and iBWMFI are different indicators).", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/indicators", "fragment": "table of technical indicator functions (iAC ... iVolumes)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wvad", "language": "ninjascript", "source": "absent", "note": "No Williams variable accumulation/distribution in the system list; code it by hand.", "evidence": { "url": "https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/indicators.htm", "fragment": "System Indicator Methods index: no WVAD entry", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wvad", "language": "pine", "source": "present", "construct": "ta.wvad", "signature": "ta.wvad → series float (a variable)", "relation": "equivalent_with_caveat", "note": "Pine ta.wvad is a variable with no arguments; Lipi calls ta.wvad(length) and ignores length. Both give the per-bar (close-open)/(high-low)*volume.", "evidence": { "url": "https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v6/", "fragment": "var_ta.wvad (example gives the same as (close - open) / (high - low) * volume)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" }, { "concept": "ta.wvad", "language": "thinkscript", "source": "absent", "note": "No Williams variable accumulation/distribution; WilliamsAD is the different Williams Accumulation/Distribution study.", "evidence": { "url": "https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library", "fragment": "study library index (WilliamsAD only, no variable AD entry)", "accessed": "2026-11-01" }, "verified": "documented" } ] }