TradingView
Repainting
Definition
Repainting is when an indicator's past signals or values change after the fact, so its history on the chart looks better than what you would have seen live. It usually comes from using the still-forming candle, or higher-timeframe data that was not final yet. Our guide to TradingView repainting shows how to spot it.
Example
Say an indicator prints a buy arrow at $50.00 on a five-minute chart while the candle is still forming. Price then slips to $49.60 before the close, the condition is no longer true, and the arrow vanishes from the chart. Anyone scrolling back later sees only the arrows that survived, while a trader watching live also saw the one that disappeared and may have acted on it.
Hypothetical numbers, for illustration only.
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