Horizontal line after condition met

[Dublin_Capital]

Can anyone help with coding a study that will draw a horizontal line once a condition is met? To simplify, here is an example:

Once a bar has closed five ticks above the close of the opening bar, draw a horizonal line, starting from the close of the bar that broke the five tick barrier.

I am able to get a horizontal line to draw, but the line moves as soon as another bar closes above the original line. I would like the original line to remain fixed from the point of the bar that met the condition.

My problem is that I am defining a condition that is recalculated on each bar, so it will draw a new one when the condition is met. I can't figure out the language to say "leave the line in place once the condition has been met".

I think the answer is in this post, but I can't figure it out: https://usethinkscript.com/threads/thinkscript-barnumber-function-usage-and-examples.673/

Thanks!

 

[SleepyZ]

Can anyone help with coding a study that will draw a horizontal line once a condition is met? To simplify, here is an example:

Once a bar has closed five ticks above the close of the opening bar, draw a horizonal line, starting from the close of the bar that broke the five tick barrier.

I am able to get a horizontal line to draw, but the line moves as soon as another bar closes above the original line. I would like the original line to remain fixed from the point of the bar that met the condition.

My problem is that I am defining a condition that is recalculated on each bar, so it will draw a new one when the condition is met. I can't figure out the language to say "leave the line in place once the condition has been met".

I think the answer is in this post, but I can't figure it out: https://usethinkscript.com/threads/thinkscript-barnumber-function-usage-and-examples.673/

Thanks!

Here is one way

def bn     = BarNumber();

def o      = if GetDay() == GetLastDay() and
                GetTime() crosses above RegularTradingStart(GetYYYYMMDD())
             then close
             else o[1];

def break  = if close >= o[1] + 5 * TickSize()
             then bn
             else Double.NaN;

def xclose = if bn == LowestAll(break)
             then close
             else xclose[1];

plot break_close = xclose;
break_close.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);