FTB-C000384 / Implementation concept

Forward Plot Displacement

Forward Plot Displacement moves a value calculated at one observation to a later display coordinate without changing its knowledge time.

Also known asleading plot offset

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Definitions

In plain terms

Ichimoku leading spans use this device to draw the cloud ahead of the calculation origin.

Technical

Storage and APIs must retain origin index, plot index, displacement count, session ordering, and unavailable future display slots.

Scope

Plotting forward is not forecasting and must not shift the value backward into training features.

Examples

  • A governed lesson calculates or identifies Forward Plot Displacement only after its parameters, state, timing, and edge cases are declared.

Common misconceptions

  • Plotting forward is not forecasting and must not shift the value backward into training features.

Concept relationships

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Where this concept is used

Tutorials planned

These catalogued topics use this concept, but their complete build has not shipped yet.

  • D07-F02-A06 Important

Evidence and governance

  1. Ichimoku Cloud TradingView · official platform documentation

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: Default periods and plotting offsets are conventions; calculation origin must remain separate from display coordinate.

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