Horizontal Lines In ThinkOrSwim

[eugchen]

ic. i sorta figured that, but didnt see it in the code.

but does anyone know how to make the line stop at todays price and not go into the expansion area?

 

[XeoNoX]

@eugchen

input start_time = 0930;
input endtime = 1600;

def selected_time = if GetLastDay() == GetDay() and SecondsFromTime(start_time) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(endtime) <
0 then 1 else 0;
plot p1 =

if (GetSymbol() == "AAON") and selected_time then 48.95 else
if (GetSymbol() == "AAPL") and selected_time then 85 else
if (GetSymbol() == "ABBV") and selected_time then 97 else

double.nan;

p1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
p1.SetLineWeight(5);
p1.SetStyle(Curve.POINTS);
p1.AssignValueColor(if close > p1 then color.Dark_red else color.Dark_orange);

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[rad14733]

ic. i sorta figured that, but didnt see it in the code.

but does anyone know how to make the line stop at todays price and not go into the expansion area?

Not if you use expansion area... Is this an OCD issue or what is the problem with the cyan color...???

@XeoNoX I don't think that code will help during trading hours, only afterhours...

 

[eugchen]

not an OCD issue. and i do like using the expansion area.

since i cycle through hundreds of stocks a day, i want to see an easy way if the current price is above or below the price line. and i have a color scheme that i like where if i see a certain color, it means one thing. opposite for other color. the cyan just distracts me and annoys me.

and yea, i think that code only works on an intraday chart, not a 6month daily chart like i have

 

[XeoNoX]

@eugchen say go Tampabay! if it works

plot p1 =
if (GetSymbol() == "AAON") and close  then 48.95 else
if (GetSymbol() == "AAPL") and close  then 85 else
if (GetSymbol() == "ABBV") and close then 97 else
double.nan;

p1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
p1.SetLineWeight(5);
p1.SetStyle(Curve.POINTS);
p1.AssignValueColor(if close > p1 then color.Dark_red else color.Dark_orange);

 

[eugchen]

i couldnt get it to work on a daily 6 month chart XeoNoX. . looks like this is for an intraday chart?

Brady is ridiculous. but Rodgers making a run right now!

 

[XeoNoX]

Looks like it works to me on Day - Six Months

 

[eugchen]

Hmmm so weird....im using this code

input start_time = 0930;
input endtime = 1600;

def selected_time = if GetLastDay() == GetDay() and SecondsFromTime(start_time) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(endtime) <
0 then 1 else 0;
plot p1 =

if (GetSymbol() == "AAON") and selected_time then 48.95 else
if (GetSymbol() == "AAPL") and selected_time then 85 else
if (GetSymbol() == "ABBV") and selected_time then 97 else

double.nan;

p1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
p1.SetLineWeight(5);
p1.SetStyle(Curve.POINTS);
p1.AssignValueColor(if close > p1 then color.Dark_red else color.Dark_orange);

and chart shows this for AAPL

nothing on the 85 strike. whats interesting is that when i put the chart on a 1 day 1 min chart, i see the 85 red line! weird!

congrats TB by the way. stanley cup, world series appearance, Super bowl

 

[XeoNoX]

@eugchen the code you posted is not the last code i posted in post #19
use the code from post#19 (i take if you were so caught up in the game you missed the code, lol)

 

[eugchen]

oh jeez, i missed that. THANK YOU XEO!!!!! you deserve that TB WIN!!!!

 

[XeoNoX]

oh jeez, i missed that. THANK YOU XEO!!!!! you deserve that TB WIN!!!!

lol

 

[dj45]

On a few symbols such as /ES, /NQ, SPY, QQQ, I mark high, low, close, overnight high and low every morning before the open. So after several days, I have a collection of horizontal lines, which I relabel or remove as necessary.

Could I automate the initial horizontal line creation, where once a day, at say 9am, the script draws horizontal lines at prior day high, low, close and overnight high and low (to that point in time)? Importantly, these lines should persist - i.e., when script runs the next day, the prior day's lines should remain (I will remove those as necessary).

So I guess what I want isn't a plot but a way to recreate via script what the horizontal drawing tool does, so I can go and relabel when desired and also so the lines persist after the day they are initially drawn.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

[korygill]

TOS does not support arrays, so you have to hard code a set # of them to plot. Each day at 9am "bubble sort" them.

Example:

#prior day High 5 days ago
pdHigh5 = high(period = Aggregation.Day)[5]
...

once bar number > 5 and at 9am
pdHigh5 = pdHigh4
pdHigh4 = pdHigh3
pdHigh3 = pdHigh2
pdHigh2 = pdHigh1
pdHigh1 = high(period = Aggregation.Day)

plot all of them....

Something like that at least. Will be a lot of copy/paste to duplicate this logic for HLC and ON HL.

Note: sierra chart has stuff like this built in and it's easy to add them as indicators.

 

[dj45]

Thanks @korygill. Yeah, arrays would certainly simplify the process of tracking and accessing values. But it would still be a plot. From doing a little searching, it looks like thinkscript does not provide a means of accessing drawing tools. In the above example, depending on subsequent price action, I may want to remove pdHigh3 from the plot. Or append pdHigh2's name/label with "resistant" because price was rejected from there on a subsequent day. Plot lines don't provide that kind of manual flexibility.

 

[scxpertise]

@BenTen Is there a way to keep these plots on one chart, move to another chart, set it up with new plots without cancelling the first charts plots?

Is there a way to keep these plots on one chart, move to another chart, set it up with new plots without cancelling the first charts plots?

I've used that but it plots the same on all charts and cancels the last chart inputs. Is there a way to hold plots on each chart?

 

[korygill]

Dont change the code, rather use the gear icon and change the settings on different charts.

 

[runnereric]

Anyone know a script where you enter price levels, and it will draw levels on the chart. Manually enter support and resistance. 4 or 5 levels of each. Perhaps a script that will draw for or 5 levels above and 4 or 5 below after you enter the value in the script for the instrument?

 

[rad14733]

Anyone know a script where you enter price levels, and it will draw levels on the chart. Manually enter support and resistance. 4 or 5 levels of each. Perhaps a script that will draw for or 5 levels above and 4 or 5 below after you enter the value in the script for the instrument?

Something like the following...??? Just add more lines with different plot names and values... Basically just a Thinkscript method of manually drawing lines...

plot line123 = 123;
plot line124 = 124;
plot line125 = 125;

 

[jackbarnes]

Hey guys, using thinkscript I want to make it so a horizontal line is placed at a price point that's been bounced off or rejected off.

 

[XeoNoX]

Hey guys, using thinkscript I want to make it so a horizontal line is placed at a price point that's been bounced off or rejected off.

describe your interpretation of "bounced off or rejected off".