Bullish and Bearish Engulfing Candles in ThinkorSwim

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Engulfing pattern on your candlestick chart can be useful for identifying trend changes, potential reversal play, etc. Here is an indicator for ThinkorSwim that will automatically find and highlight Engulfing candle on your chart. Both bullish and bearish engulfing patterns.

I also included labels and a unique color for each type of pattern. By default, a bullish engulfing candle will be yellow and a bearish engulfing candle will be purple. You can change this via the source code. This works for any timeframes.

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thinkScript Code

Rich (BB code):
#
# TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. (c) 2011-2018
# Modified by BenTen @ usethinkscript.com
#
#wizard plots
#wizard text: Inputs: length:
#wizard input: length
#wizard text: trend setup:
#wizard input: trendSetup

input length = 20;
input trendSetup = 3;

def BodyMax = Max(open, close);
def BodyMin = Min(open, close);
def IsEngulfing = BodyMax > BodyMax[1] and
    BodyMin < BodyMin[1];
def IsWhite = open < close;
def IsBlack = open > close;
def IsPrevDoji = IsDoji(length)[1];

plot Bearish = IsAscending(close, trendSetup)[1] and
    (IsWhite[1] or IsPrevDoji) and
    IsBlack and
    IsEngulfing;

plot Bullish = IsDescending(close, trendSetup)[1] and
    (IsBlack[1] or IsPrevDoji) and
    IsWhite and
    IsEngulfing;

assignpriceColor(if Bearish then Color.VIOLET else if Bullish then Color.Yellow else Color.Current);
AddLabel(yes,"Bu_Engulf",color.Yellow);
AddLabel(yes,"Be_Engulf",color.VIOLET);

Shareable Link

https://tos.mx/nirPCb

P.S: To fix the shrinking issue, be sure to untick "Show Plot" for Bullish and Bearish options in the indicator's setting.
 
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@BenTen I know it's been a year, but I'm very new to trading and I've been studying patterns. How do I get my chart to this on TOS? I'm just paper trading right now and it'd be nice to see this live, while I'm learning.
 
Hello!

Does anyone have any way to scan for an engulfing pattern bullish? There are indicators on this site for bullish patterns, but there are no scanners for them.
 
@TopDog Here is the updated code:

Code:
# Engulfing Candle with Fibonacci Values
# Assembled by BenTen at UseThinkScript.com

input length = 20;
input trendSetup = 3;
input ShowTodayOnly = yes;
def Today = if GetDay() == GetLastDay() then 1 else 0;

def BodyMax = Max(open, close);
def BodyMin = Min(open, close);
def IsEngulfing = BodyMax > BodyMax[1] and
    BodyMin < BodyMin[1];
def IsWhite = open < close;
def IsBlack = open > close;
def IsPrevDoji = IsDoji(length)[1];

plot Bearish = IsAscending(close, trendSetup)[1] and
    (IsWhite[1] or IsPrevDoji) and
    IsBlack and
    IsEngulfing;

plot Bullish = IsDescending(close, trendSetup)[1] and
    (IsBlack[1] or IsPrevDoji) and
    IsWhite and
    IsEngulfing;

Bearish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_DOWN);
Bearish.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(1));
Bearish.SetLineWeight(2);
Bullish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_UP);
Bullish.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(2));
Bullish.SetLineWeight(2);

def up_candle = bullish;
def down_candle = bearish;

def bu_high = if up_candle then high else bu_high[1];
def bu_low = if up_candle then low  else bu_low[1];

plot hh1 = bu_high;
plot ll1 = bu_low;

def be_high = if down_candle then high else be_high[1];
def be_low = if down_candle then low  else be_low[1];

plot hh2 = be_high;
plot ll2 = be_low;

hh1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
ll1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
hh1.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
ll1.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
hh2.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
ll2.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
hh2.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
ll2.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);

def range = hh1 - ll1;
input fib1 = 0.618;
input fib2 = 0.236;
input fib3 = 0.382;
input fib4 = 0.5;
input fib5 = 0.786;
input fib6 = 1.618;
input fib7 = 2.618;
input fib8 = 4.236;

# Fibs for bullish candles
plot h = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib1-1);
plot h1 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib2-1);
plot h2 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib3-1);
plot h3 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib4-1);
plot h4 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib5-1);
plot h5 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib6-1);
plot h6 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib7-1);
plot h7 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else hh1 + range*(fib8-1);

# Fibs for bearish candles
plot h8 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else ll2 - range*(fib1-1);
plot h9 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else  - range*(fib2-1);
plot h10 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else ll2 - range*(fib3-1);
plot h11 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else ll2 - range*(fib4-1);
plot h12 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else ll2 - range*(fib5-1);
plot h13 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else ll2 - range*(fib6-1);
plot h14 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else ll2 - range*(fib7-1);
plot h15 = if ShowTodayOnly and !Today then Double.NaN else ll2 - range*(fib8-1);
 

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