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Hi
I still have a problem with shift. In my strategy I need only one bar to put an order. The condition is: buy if the closed bar is bullish and sell if the closed bar is bearish. Close long if the next bar is bearish and close short if the next bar is bullish.
Is this logic below correct?
buy: close shift1 < close 0
sell: close shift 1> close 0
close long: close 0 < close shift 1
close short: close > close shift 1

or another way:
buy: close o > open 0
sell: close 0 < open 0
close long: close 0 < open 0
close short: close 0 > open 0

regards

if you work with renko bars you need to make sure your set up is correct and that you are getting the right indicator info. Technically we do not support renko or offline charts because they are not designed for trading but people still use it - and also because you need to do a good setup or you will get wrong signals. You can use renko but you need to know how to use it. Having said that, you are better off not using shift 0 because the bar is still forming. You need to use shift 1. If you post your renko (mq4), your strategy file .mol, and a description on how you run the ea and renko script I can take a look.