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Rectangle drawing offset by one candle on H4 and higher timeframes

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Description: When I draw a rectangle on the chart, there’s a consistent one-candle horizontal offset to the left of the pointer. This issue only occurs on the H4 timeframe and above — lower timeframes behave as expected.

  • Drawing from left to right: The left vertex (top-left or bottom-left) appears one candle to the left of where I click.

  • Drawing from right to left: The right vertex (top-right or bottom-right) also appears one candle to the left of the pointer position.

Expected behavior: The first vertex of the rectangle (wherever I place the pointer) should align exactly with the candle under the pointer, without any horizontal offset.

Posted by User ·
5 comments

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  • Noah

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    May 2

    Just saw this thread. This is the exact problem that i have aswell.

    Here’s my project link:

    https://app.forextester.com/chart?projectId=69f62edc2c18910d93be0ce9

    Is there any other way to fix it, that doesn’t involve changing the time format? Thanks!

    • Diana Zhoshko

      Team•

      May 4

      Hi @Noah,

      Could you please clarify your email?

      I’ve reminded our developers about this issue so they can review it again.

      In the meantime, please try creating a new project using the old bars’ time format (UTC instead of New York).

      This may help avoid the problem you’re experiencing.

  • Andriy Cherniyenko

    Team•

    Jul 4, 2025

    Hello @User . Our developers know about this issue, it should be resolved in one of the next program builds. For now, if possible, please create a new project with old bars time format (UTC instead of New York), this can help to fix this issue.

    • User

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      Jul 5, 2025

      Hi Andriy Cherniyenko,

      Thanks for the update and for acknowledging the issue. I appreciate the suggested workaround using the old bars time format (UTC), but unfortunately, I can’t apply that in my case because my strategy depends on the New York session time, so switching to UTC would affect my analysis and results.

      I’ll wait for the fix in a future build. Please keep me posted when it’s released — I’m looking forward to testing it.

      • Serhii S.

        Team•

        Jul 6, 2025

        Hi User,

        Thanks for the follow-up. We'll definitely let you know as soon as the fix is released. We appreciate your patience.