Backtester Index is out of range Error

[jch001]

Hi,

two questions. firstly I know I am probably missing something obvious here. I want to read in the current day candle at a set time in the morning, I have put the code in a strategy rather than the indicator as it was only a few lines. However, after about 3 months of back testing (this is the same even if I change the dates) suddenly I get an "out of range Error" when reading in the high.

1) am I missing something that is causing the error? its like the memory is being filled or something.

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    local daycandle = loadcandle(daycandle, selectedtime, "D1")   
    local i = core.findDate(daycandle, selectedtime, false);
    if i == -1 then             
          return
    end
    top = daycandle.high[i];
    bottom = daycandle.low[i];

-- fyi loadcandle from the proc
candles = host:execute("getHistory", 1, source:instrument(), "D1", math.floor(selectedtime), selectedtime, source:isBid());


2) finally when I run this in the Debugger the day candle returned is not the open day candle, for the time specified. but, the complete candle for the day. is there a better way of doing this to get the open candle at the time specified?

thanks

[Julia CJ]

Hi Jch001,

1)

am I missing something that is causing the error? its like the memory is being filled or something.

You have the notification “out of range Error”, because the bar at the check moment is not specified. Please explain for which event you check it.

2)

finally when I run this in the Debugger the day candle returned is not the open day candle, for the time specified. but, the complete candle for the day. is there a better way of doing this to get the open candle at the time specified?

Apparently, the base reason is in this stream:
candles = host:execute("getHistory", 1, source:instrument(), "D1", math.floor(selectedtime), selectedtime, source:isBid());
Timeframe is D1, i.e. D1 is the day bars. Therefore you have the bars of all day. Please select the needed timeframe as a result you will have the bars of other time interval.