Total Shares Outstanding not working any longer in v5 pine script

Question

I have just tried this

//@version=5
indicator("MarketCap", overlay=true, timeframe="", timeframe_gaps=true)
Outstanding = request.financial(syminfo.tickerid, "TOTAL_SHARES_OUTSTANDING", "FQ")
MarketCap = Outstanding*close
plotchar(MarketCap, "MarketCap", "", location = location.top)

for AAPL but its returning 0.

Anyone know what's wrong here?

This was working before on AAPL? – vitruvius Jun 22 '23 at 11:10 — vitruvius, Jun 22 '23 at 11:10

smashapalooza · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-22T19:46:33.620

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You don't have 'TSO' identified, you need to switch your plotchar series to 'Outstanding'. Also it is request.financial() in version 5. Working code below

//@version=5
indicator("MarketCap", overlay=true, timeframe="", timeframe_gaps=true)
Outstanding = request.financial(syminfo.tickerid, "TOTAL_SHARES_OUTSTANDING", "FQ")
MarketCap = Outstanding*close
plotchar(Outstanding, "TSO", "", location = location.top)

Here it is plotted with MarketCap per your comment request. Both seem to work fine.

edited Jun 22 '23 at 19:46

answered Jun 22 '23 at 13:59

smashapalooza

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Try plotting MarketCap instead of Outstanding, it always turns out to be zero. Your code is only showing the TSO but not the MarketCap. Seems it's a bug? – AndiAna Jun 22 '23 at 18:58
Plots just fine for me using MarketCap as well. Added a picture to my answer – smashapalooza Jun 22 '23 at 19:43
oh yeah having more than one plot char messes things up. it works now with just one plotchar in the script. tx – AndiAna Jun 22 '23 at 19:47
No problem, glad you got it working! – smashapalooza Jun 22 '23 at 19:50

Total Shares Outstanding not working any longer in v5 pine script

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