[TP1]Indicators in the Backtester
Adding indicators to a replay, what the status chips mean, and the daily compute limit.
Press I or Indicators in the right-hand rail. An indicator only shows what it would have shown on the bar you're on, so it can't leak the future.
The picker
- Prophets: licensed indicators, split into Partner indicators and Taking Prophets indicators. They run on our servers and their code stays private.
- Community: indicators members have published from the Indicator Lab, with the author and votes.
- My builds: your own Indicator Lab library. Build and save one in the Lab first.
- Build opens the Indicator Lab in a new tab. </> Pine opens the Pine editor, where you paste Pine and press Add to chart.
You can run up to 8 indicators per chart. They're saved with the session. The on-chart legend lets you hide, refresh, open settings, edit the code (not for licensed indicators) or remove each one. When the Lab has a newer version of one you added, an update button appears; nothing updates on its own.
Status chips
| Chip | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| licensed | A Prophets indicator, calculated on our servers with its code kept private. | Nothing. |
| bar-close | Too heavy to update live, so it updates when each bar closes. | Nothing; values land at the close. |
| daily limit | You've used today's indicator allowance. The script isn't broken. | Hover for when it's available again. Don't remove and re-add it. |
| can't run | The indicator failed. Hover for the reason. | Follow the message. Refresh retries. |
| ! | The script uses functions that are only estimated here. Hover to see which. | Treat those values as approximate. |
You may also see short notes such as “catching up…” or “Waiting for a completed candle”. Most clear on their own as the replay moves.
The daily compute limit
Calculating indicators over a replay uses server time, so each member has a daily allowance. When it runs out, affected indicators show daily limit and the tooltip reads “Daily indicator compute limit reached — available again” with the time. They pick up again after the reset.
One message you can fix yourself: “This session reaches further back than this indicator can calculate. Start a fresh session with a later start date to run it.”
For testing your own builds, see Testing in the Backtester.