Ogee wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:29 pm
Just a note that the point zigzag in no repaint mode does backpaint the point signal 6 candles on the sim.
Thanks for testing it and reporting this — you're right, and it's worth clarifying.
What you're seeing isn't repainting in the harmful sense (a point that was already displayed moving or disappearing later). Once a point is drawn in No Repaint mode, it's permanent — it will never move or vanish again on subsequent ticks.
What you're describing is confirmation lag, which is inherent to any pivot/swing-confirmation indicator (this ZigZag, MetaQuotes' standard ZigZag, Fractals, etc. all share it). A high or low can't be confirmed the instant it happens — the indicator has to wait until price reverses far enough (ExtDeviation) and the opposite Aroon value reaches the Filter threshold before it can be sure that bar was actually the swing point. With the default settings (AroonPeriod=14, Filter=90, ExtBackstep=3), that confirmation typically takes several bars — around 6 on M1 in your test, which lines up with the math.
So the point is placed at the correct historical bar (where the actual high/low occurred), but it only becomes visible on the chart a handful of bars later, once the market has proven it. That's by design — it's the price you pay for a signal you can actually trust in real time, rather than one that repaints away on you.
If the delay is too long for your use case, you can shorten it by lowering Filter (e.g. 80) and/or ExtBackstep (e.g. 1–2) — at the cost of accepting slightly noisier, less "clean" pivots.
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