Bull Flag and Bear Flag Formations for ThinkorSwim

lol yes I am a fan of his work . Im a fan of your work as well because of you I able to use the scan. Cant thank you enough.
 

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@Buckbull You lost me , I understand to do a Bear Flag I take out the Bull flag script stuff but not really sure how much of the script I take out? Sorry
 
@Buckbull There is no need to remove anything. Take a look at the last portion of the script @tomsk provided. Follow the instruction in there as well.

Code:
# Delete (#) the plot not needed

plot Bulltrigger = trend and MacdLow and trigATR and PriceSma;
# plot BearTrigger = TrendBear and MacdHighBear and BtrigATR and BPriceSma ;

The snippet above will scan for bull flag signals. Now, if you want to scan for bear flags, then add "#" in front of plot Bulltrigger and remove the # sign from the plot BearTrigger.
 
@daredevilxv5 It's under Watchlist > Customize > Custom Quotes. Select one of the option in there and paste the code in. Also, be sure to adjust the timeframe.
 
I just added both code to my watchlist and they don’t match. I am not coder but are the parameters different for each code?

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For fans of pure price action patterns. This indicator helps to identify and spot potential wedge patterns on your chart. This was put together by @korygill.

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The yellow arrows (up and down) suggested that there is a potential wedge pattern within the last 4 bars (including the candle with the arrows). White arrows (which are rare suggest there may be a wedge pattern within the last 5 bars). You can easily use this indicator with the scanner.

thinkScript Code

Code:
# Price Action Wedge Patterns
# Include Four and Five Bar Wedges
# Developed based on idea from BenTen of useThinkScript.com
# Study to indicate when a wedge may be forming.
# Author: Kory Gill, @korygill
# Version 1.0

declare upper;
declare once_per_bar;

input aggregationPeriod = AggregationPeriod.DAY;
def open = open(period = aggregationPeriod);
def high = high(period = aggregationPeriod);
def low = low(period = aggregationPeriod);
def close = close(period = aggregationPeriod);

def vHigh = high;
def vLow = low;
def nan = Double.NaN;

def range = vHigh - vLow;
def isInsideBar = if range < range[1] and vHigh < vHigh[1] and vLow > vLow[1]
                  then 1
                  else 0;

# Define 4 Bars Wedge
def FourBarsWedges = high < high[3] and high[0] < high[3] and high[1] < high[3] and high[2] < high[3] and
low > low[3] and low[0] > low[3] and low[1] > low[3] and low[2] > low[3];
plot up4 = FourBarsWedges;
plot down4 = FourBarsWedges;
up4.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_DOWN);
up4.SetLineWeight(1);
up4.AssignValueColor(Color.Yellow);
down4.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_UP);
down4.SetLineWeight(1);
down4.AssignValueColor(Color.Yellow);

# Define 5 Bars Wedge
def FiveBarsWedges = high < high[4] and high[1] < high[4] and high[2] < high[4] and high[3] < high[4] and
low > low[4] and low[1] > low[4] and low[2] > low[4] and low[3] > low[4];
plot up5 = FiveBarsWedges;
plot down5 = FiveBarsWedges;
up5.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_DOWN);
up5.SetLineWeight(1);
up5.AssignValueColor(Color.WHITE);
down5.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_UP);
down5.SetLineWeight(1);
down5.AssignValueColor(Color.WHITE);
 
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Will this chart actually show the lines like that or just the arrows? I just installed it and I see neither. Actually I do see the arrows but its from 10 days back. Thanks!
 
ben
def FiveBarsWedges = high < high[4] and high[1] < high[4] and high[2] < high[4] and high[3] < high[4] and
low > low[4] and low[1] > low[4] and low[2] > low[4] and low[3] > low[4];
plot up5 = FourBarsWedges;
plot down5 = FourBarsWedges;


Is this correct plot up5 = fourbarswedge. should it not be fivebarwedge
 

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