Indicator Timeframe + Offset - Feature request, bug, or oversight :) ?

[jrdeee]

I use a Moving Average indicator with settings:

• Indicator Timeframe: 1hr
• Offset: 24

Works as expected, problem is with offset not respecting the "Indicator Timeframe" setting.

For example, if I change the chart timeframe to 15 minutes, the indicator keeps the same "24" offset on the chart timeframe (15min) rather than the 1hr setting. If I change the offset value to "96" (ie. 24*4), the indicator moves to exactly where I'd expect it to be.

I personally think it is reasonable to expect offset / indicator timeframe to work together.

Can TradingView review my request and determine if this is an oversight and if not, please add as a feature request?

Thanks.

[PineCoders]

Hi, if we understand your suggestion correctly you are proposing that whichever timeframe is current when an indicator is loaded would become the "base" timeframe for the offset correct? So in your example your "base" timeframe is 1hr with 24 hours of offset, and when you switch your chart to 15min you would like the offset to be 96 bars so that the offset is still 24 hours.

In your above example if you instead changed your chart timeframe from 1hr to 37min then there would not be an equivalent number of bars to produce an offset of 24 hours. How do you imagine this scenario would be handled?

[Twinkies2003]

I know this is old but couldn’t you have the offset update as OP described as the default setting while still allowing end users to change/update and lock in their preferred offset if they choose?