AssignValueColor to a Plot according to the Candle or Price Color?

[ezcwb]

Hello!
I have been using the community for a while with all the scripts around already,
But it is my first time posting requesting help of something I am trying to do:

I'm having issues changing the color of a plot according to a conditional (which would be price).
I'm well concerned that the "AssignValueColor" shall be used for this but I am having a problem on the constant to retrieve the value.

#Line.AssignValueColor( if Line > "x" then Color.UPTICK else Color.DOWNTICK);

Full code:

input price = close;
input offset = 0;
input length = 0;

def sma = SimpleMovingAvg(price, 1, length);

rec line = if IsNaN(sma) then line[1] else sma[offset];
 
plot priceline = if IsNaN(sma) then line else Double.NaN;
priceline.setpaintingStrategy(paintingStrategy.DASHES);
priceline.setdefaultColor(Color.White);
#priceline.AssignValueColor( if priceline > "open?/lastclose?" then Color.UPTICK else Color.DOWNTICK);

As simple as it is.
Being "X" the candle open ( or last candle close, no problem)
Basically I just want the line plotted above to be green or red, same color as the candle actually, or the price bubble on the right axis itself.
But nothing I do seems to work. I've tried from def, to input, to close, or close - close[1], price = close, up to Set "Up" and "Down" colors an so on a lot of different stuff but nothing seems to work.
The condition actually works, if I manually add a price under "X" I can see line changing according to up or down that value
(but it is not something I'll be doing for every candle of course lol I just tried to see if the other arguments were right)

So, any clue, anyone?
Thank you in advance!
Appreciate you guys and this helpful community.

 

[halcyonguy]

Hello!
I have been using the community for a while with all the scripts around already,
But it is my first time posting requesting help of something I am trying to do:

I'm having issues changing the color of a plot according to a conditional (which would be price).
I'm well concerned that the "AssignValueColor" shall be used for this but I am having a problem on the constant to retrieve the value.

#Line.AssignValueColor( if Line > "x" then Color.UPTICK else Color.DOWNTICK);

As simple as it is.
Being "X" the candle open ( or last candle close, no problem)
Basically I just want the line plotted above to be green or red, same color as the candle actually, or the price bubble on the right axis itself.
But nothing I do seems to work. I've tried from def, to input, to close, or close - close[1], price = close, up to Set "Up" and "Down" colors an so on a lot of different stuff but nothing seems to work.
The condition actually works, if I manually add a price under "X" I can see line changing according to up or down that value
(but it is not something I'll be doing for every candle of course lol I just tried to see if the other arguments were right)

So, any clue, anyone?
Thank you in advance!
Appreciate you guys and this helpful community.

hello and welcome

it is near impossible to help someone fix their code, when they only post 1 code line.
we don't know what line =.
we don't know what x =.

don't be bashfull, post a study you are working on, working or not, and someone will help.

when you post code, click on the icon at the top, </> then a window will open , for you to paste in the code.

 

[ezcwb]

hello and welcome

it is near impossible to help someone fix their code, when they only post 1 code line.
we don't know what line =.
we don't know what x =.

don't be bashfull, post a study you are working on, working or not, and someone will help.

when you post code, click on the icon at the top, </> then a window will open , for you to paste in the code.

Hello, thank you for you answer. And that for the heads up on </> I'll update the post.
I didn't post the rest of the code bc honestly there's nothing much left more than that lol
It's just a price line, that moves with current price (I even tried CURRENT from bars but that didn't work as well)

input price = close;
input offset = 0;
input length = 0;

def sma = SimpleMovingAvg(price, 1, length);

rec line = if IsNaN(sma) then line[1] else sma[offset];
 
plot priceline = if IsNaN(sma) then line else Double.NaN;
priceline.setpaintingStrategy(paintingStrategy.DASHES);
priceline.setdefaultColor(Color.White);
#priceline.AssignValueColor( if priceline > "open?/lastclose?" then Color.UPTICK else Color.DOWNTICK);

I would like that to be colored as the current price bubble or candle body (red or green) on the timeframe currently active (whichever is selected).
Tried posting a pic of the outcome but cant add images.
Currently working, its just the color custom thing.
Thanks!

 

[ezcwb]

No suggestions?

 

[halcyonguy]

Hello, thank you for you answer. And that for the heads up on </> I'll update the post.
I didn't post the rest of the code bc honestly there's nothing much left more than that lol
It's just a price line, that moves with current price (I even tried CURRENT from bars but that didn't work as well)

input price = close;
input offset = 0;
input length = 0;

def sma = SimpleMovingAvg(price, 1, length);

rec line = if IsNaN(sma) then line[1] else sma[offset];
 
plot priceline = if IsNaN(sma) then line else Double.NaN;
priceline.setpaintingStrategy(paintingStrategy.DASHES);
priceline.setdefaultColor(Color.White);
#priceline.AssignValueColor( if priceline > "open?/lastclose?" then Color.UPTICK else Color.DOWNTICK);

I would like that to be colored as the current price bubble or candle body (red or green) on the timeframe currently active (whichever is selected).
Tried posting a pic of the outcome but cant add images.
Currently working, its just the color custom thing.
Thanks!

you are trying to determine a variable value, after the last bar, where there is no price data.

you need way to,
...find the last bar, and define the condition of it.
...then keep this value during the expansion area, the area after the last visible bar.

just like you are doing in your line = ... formula

in this formula
def lastdir =
this part keeps a value from the last bar
else if isnan(close) then lastdir[1]

# colorline_bycandle_00
#def na = double.nan;
def bn = barnumber();

# true on the last bar
def lastbar = !isnan(close[0]) and isnan(close[-1]);

# determine direction of last bar
def lastdir = if bn ==  1 then 0
 else if isnan(close) then lastdir[1]
 else if (close > open) then 1
 else if (close < open) then -1
 else lastdir[1];

input price = close;
input offset = 0;
input length = 0;

def sma = SimpleMovingAvg(price, 1, length);
def line = if IsNaN(sma) then line[1] else sma[offset];
 plot priceline = if IsNaN(sma) then line else Double.NaN;

# this looks like a solid line zoomed out
priceline.setpaintingStrategy(paintingStrategy.DASHES);

# this always looks dashed
#priceline.SetStyle(Curve.MEDIUM_DASH);

#priceline.setdefaultColor(Color.White);
priceline.AssignValueColor(if lastdir > 0 then Color.UPTICK else if lastdir < 0 then Color.DOWNTICK else color.gray);
#priceline.AssignValueColor(if lastdir > 0 then Color.green else if lastdir < 0 then Color.red else color.gray);


input test1 = no;
addchartbubble( test1, line*0.995,
lastdir
, (if lastdir > 0 then Color.UPTICK else if lastdir < 0 then Color.DOWNTICK else color.gray), no);
#

 

[ezcwb]

Ohhh I get it now,
This was very tricky.
Thank you for this!
Works like a charm now.
Kudos for you
Appreciate