assignBackgroundColor Not working

[OG Bubba Knox]

Hi All,

I have this code where assignBackgroundColor is not working as expected. Here is the entire script:

input price = CLOSE;
input length = 14;

def Earnings = AbsValue(GetEventOffset(Events.Earnings, 0));
def BBWidth = BollingerBandwidth(AverageType.Exponential, price, 0, length, -2.2, 2.2); #needs to bee BB width
def AvgVol = MovingAverage(AverageType.Simple,BBWidth,20);
plot NextEarnings = if isNaN(Earnings)then 0 else Earnings;
assignBackgroundColor(if BBWidth > AvgVol then color.black else color.green);

It is code for a watchlist column. It should color the background of the cell green if the volatility is relatively low and black if volatility is relatively high... this part is not working, the colors are not applied and I have no clue what is wrong with the syntax.

Thanks!!

 

[SleepyZ]

Hi All,

I have this code where assignBackgroundColor is not working as expected. Here is the entire script:

input price = CLOSE;
input length = 14;

def Earnings = AbsValue(GetEventOffset(Events.Earnings, 0));
def BBWidth = BollingerBandwidth(AverageType.Exponential, price, 0, length, -2.2, 2.2); #needs to bee BB width
def AvgVol = MovingAverage(AverageType.Simple,BBWidth,20);
plot NextEarnings = if isNaN(Earnings)then 0 else Earnings;
assignBackgroundColor(if BBWidth > AvgVol then color.black else color.green);

It is code for a watchlist column. It should color the background of the cell green if the volatility is relatively low and black if volatility is relatively high... this part is not working, the colors are not applied and I have no clue what is wrong with the syntax.

Thanks!!

This seems to work on the watchlist. Your study worked on a chart.

input price = CLOSE;
input length = 14;

def Earnings = AbsValue(GetEventOffset(Events.Earnings, 0));
def BBWidth = BollingerBandwidth(AverageType.Exponential, price, 0, length, -2.2, 2.2); #needs to bee BB width
def AvgVol = MovingAverage(AverageType.Simple,BBWidth,20);
def NextEarnings = if isNaN(Earnings)then 0 else Earnings;
addlabel(1,"", if BBWidth > AvgVol then color.black else color.green);
assignBackgroundColor(if BBWidth > AvgVol then color.black else color.green);

 

[OG Bubba Knox]

This seems to work on the watchlist. Your study worked on a chart.

@SleepyZ Thank you so much... Ok that seems to get the colors changing on the background how I want... I am trying to get the background colors to change green and black based off volatility, that part works now, thank you! I need that part to work while the cell displays the number of days till earnings. I currently can either only have the numbers show up with no green and black background or the background colors work with no number of days till earnings.

I know there is a way to have both, I have it on other watchlists... This one chunk of code isn't working for this one though....

Here is an example of some code that does both, exactly how I want it (green + Black + numbers)... Although, this one has different numbers being displayed. (this one displays RSI not days till next ER)

input price = CLOSE;
input length = 14;

def RSIDaily = RSI( 14, 80, 20, price, AverageType.Wilders);

def BBWidth = BollingerBandwidth(AverageType.Exponential, price, 0, length, -2.2, 2.2);
def AvgVol = MovingAverage(AverageType.Simple,BBWidth,20);
plot threshold = if BBWidth == 0 then 1 else RSIDaily;
assignBackgroundColor(if BBWidth > AvgVol then color.black else color.green);
threshold.AssignValueColor(if RSIDaily < 30 then color.blue else
                           if RSIDaily > 70 then color.red else
                           if BBWidth < AvgVol then color.black else color.white);

Thanks again for helping me out here, you are a legend!

 

[SleepyZ]

@SleepyZ Thank you so much... Ok that seems to get the colors changing on the background how I want... I am trying to get the background colors to change green and black based off volatility, that part works now, thank you! I need that part to work while the cell displays the number of days till earnings. I currently can either only have the numbers show up with no green and black background or the background colors work with no number of days till earnings.

I know there is a way to have both, I have it on other watchlists... This one chunk of code isn't working for this one though....

Here is an example of some code that does both, exactly how I want it (green + Black + numbers)... Although, this one has different numbers being displayed. (this one displays RSI not days till next ER)

input price = CLOSE;
input length = 14;

def RSIDaily = RSI( 14, 80, 20, price, AverageType.Wilders);

def BBWidth = BollingerBandwidth(AverageType.Exponential, price, 0, length, -2.2, 2.2);
def AvgVol = MovingAverage(AverageType.Simple,BBWidth,20);
plot threshold = if BBWidth == 0 then 1 else RSIDaily;
assignBackgroundColor(if BBWidth > AvgVol then color.black else color.green);
threshold.AssignValueColor(if RSIDaily < 30 then color.blue else
                           if RSIDaily > 70 then color.red else
                           if BBWidth < AvgVol then color.black else color.white);

Thanks again for helping me out here, you are a legend!

Sorry, but the assignbackgroundcolor does not work for everything I have tried with earnings to either plot or appear in a label.

So, the best I can see working is to displaying the earnings value in a label as green per your color criteria or black, appearing as blank unless you click on the cell.