Access current time in second granularity

[QQQ]

I'm looking to build volume/second indicator to show if a stock is about to breakout. A breakout in buy or selloff is usually associated with a massive volume increase compared to the previous candle. But if we wait for the end of the current candle to confirm it, it might be too late to enter the trade. Volume/second will show this trend is just seconds.

But I could not access current time in second or elapsed seconds of a candle stick. I've tried

SecondsFromTime/SecondsTillTime

functions. They won't help as they round up to the minutes.

Any kind help is much appreciated. Thanks !

 

[Glefdar]

I'm looking to build volume/second indicator to show if a stock is about to breakout. A breakout in buy or selloff is usually associated with a massive volume increase compared to the previous candle. But if we wait for the end of the current candle to confirm it, it might be too late to enter the trade. Volume/second will show this trend is just seconds.

But I could not access current time in second or elapsed seconds of a candle stick. I've tried

SecondsFromTime/SecondsTillTime

functions. They won't help as they round up to the minutes.

Any kind help is much appreciated. Thanks !

I tried to do something similar before. What I found is that the SecondsFromTime and SecondsTillTime functions only update one tick per candle when using a candle chart. They update in realtime / constantly when using a tick chart. So you can get the information you need by using a tick chart, and maybe there's a workaround to aggregating the volume that occurs within each minute period while the tick chart is open. But it ****s and is quite limiting, I mean it also frustrated me, that the SecondsFromTime and SecondsTillTime functions don't work in continuous realtime when a candle period is used for the chart.

 

[QQQ]

Thanks @lmk99. Do you know if we can use tick chart data in ThinkScript? I can’t find such data. The closest I came to is

TickSize/TickValue

 

[Glefdar]

Thanks @lmk99. Do you know if we can use tick chart data in ThinkScript? I can’t find such data. The closest I came to is

TickSize/TickValue

I'm not sure. If you search for "Welkin" and/or "tick volume projection" there's a fantastic study by Welkin that projects positive or negative volume changes based on tick volume. Not sure exactly how it works but if you find that study on the forums and look at the code it may help answer your question.

 

[QQQ]

I actually looked at Welkin's code on the tick projection before opening this thread. The fundamental difference between my idea and his code is I'm trying to do current velocity and he did projection, which does not need "down to second" candle stick access. The closest of his code to what I need is:

def NA = Double.NaN;
input aggregationInSeconds = 60;
input elapsedPercentSmoothValue = 5;
input elapsedProjectionDivisor = 2;
def start = 0000;
def end = 1600;
def o = open;
def h = high;
def l = low;
def c = close;
def v = volume;
def bb = Max(o, c) == c;
def min = Floor(SecondsFromTime(start) / aggregationInSeconds);
def till = SecondsTillTime(end) / aggregationInSeconds;
def test = min != min[1];
def vc = if test and !test[1] then v else if !test then vc[1] + v else vc[1];
def secondselapsed = (AbsValue(till - Ceil(till)) * aggregationInSeconds);

But even secondselapsed is still rounded at a minute mark.

I've looked into TD Ameritrade streaming API too. The API can provide realtime quote but not volume. Volume is returned within a minute timeframe.

Chart provides streaming one minute OHLCV (Open/High/Low/Close/Volume) for a one minute period .

At this point, I think I've dug up the whole internet. And my conclusion is ThinkScript is simply not providing tools to make this feasible. Which, I think, is a really simple implementation for them, just exposing getting time with second API or providing seconds elapsed in a candle stick API.

I plan to email them at [email protected]. But my voice alone maybe small or this option is not even the best way to request. Do you have any recommendation to do this, @lmk99? Maybe our forum has a strong connection to them at some specific channel that we can voice up?

 

[Glefdar]

I actually looked at Welkin's code on the tick projection before opening this thread. The fundamental difference between my idea and his code is I'm trying to do current velocity and he did projection, which does not need "down to second" candle stick access. The closest of his code to what I need is:

def NA = Double.NaN;
input aggregationInSeconds = 60;
input elapsedPercentSmoothValue = 5;
input elapsedProjectionDivisor = 2;
def start = 0000;
def end = 1600;
def o = open;
def h = high;
def l = low;
def c = close;
def v = volume;
def bb = Max(o, c) == c;
def min = Floor(SecondsFromTime(start) / aggregationInSeconds);
def till = SecondsTillTime(end) / aggregationInSeconds;
def test = min != min[1];
def vc = if test and !test[1] then v else if !test then vc[1] + v else vc[1];
def secondselapsed = (AbsValue(till - Ceil(till)) * aggregationInSeconds);

But even secondselapsed is still rounded at a minute mark.

I've looked into TD Ameritrade streaming API too. The API can provide realtime quote but not volume. Volume is returned within a minute timeframe.


At this point, I think I've dug up the whole internet. And my conclusion is ThinkScript is simply not providing tools to make this feasible. Which, I think, is a really simple implementation for them, just exposing getting time with second API or providing seconds elapsed in a candle stick API.

I plan to email them at [email protected]. But my voice alone maybe small or this option is not even the best way to request. Do you have any recommendation to do this, @lmk99? Maybe our forum has a strong connection to them at some specific channel that we can voice up?

There is a thread about requesting features: https://usethinkscript.com/threads/...ome-changes-or-functions-we-want-to-see.6302/

I think posting there and making a petition maybe (?) and linking the petition to get signatures? I'm not sure what would be the best approach to trying to be heard about this. But I imagine a lot of people want this. Hope the thread helps get you in the right direction!