Horizontal lines not extending past candle

[godzilla74]

I'm trying to get horizontal lines to extend all the way to the right of a chart on certain candles where the high/low range has exceeded the previous candle (These are labeled as '3' on my chart and are painted yellow). It plots the high/low of the candle (again, in yellow) but doesn't extend to the right as I would expect it to based on the numerous posts I've read in this forum. The desired effect would be a bunch of yellow lines that extend all the way to the right of the chart

Can someone help or at least identify what I've missed in the code?

# Find all outside bars and change their fill color to yellow
rec outsideBar = if high > high[1] and low < low[1] then 1 else 0;
plot ThreeBar = outsideBar;

# Use the upcolor and downcolor variables to fill the candles
AssignPriceColor(if ThreeBar then color.Yellow else color.CURRENT);


# Find the high and low of the most recent outside bar
def outsideBarHigh = if ThreeBar then high else Double.NaN;
def outsideBarLow = if ThreeBar then low else Double.NaN;

# Add horizontal lines to the chart
plot OutsideBarHighLine = outsideBarHigh;
plot OutsideBarLowLine = outsideBarLow;

OutsideBarHighLine.SetDefaultColor(color.YELLOW);
OutsideBarLowLine.SetDefaultColor(color.YELLOW);
OutsideBarHighLine.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OutsideBarLowLine.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

 

[FutureTony]

I'm trying to get horizontal lines to extend all the way to the right of a chart on certain candles where the high/low range has exceeded the previous candle (These are labeled as '3' on my chart and are painted yellow). It plots the high/low of the candle (again, in yellow) but doesn't extend to the right as I would expect it to based on the numerous posts I've read in this forum. The desired effect would be a bunch of yellow lines that extend all the way to the right of the chart

Can someone help or at least identify what I've missed in the code?

# Find all outside bars and change their fill color to yellow
rec outsideBar = if high > high[1] and low < low[1] then 1 else 0;
plot ThreeBar = outsideBar;

# Use the upcolor and downcolor variables to fill the candles
AssignPriceColor(if ThreeBar then color.Yellow else color.CURRENT);


# Find the high and low of the most recent outside bar
def outsideBarHigh = if ThreeBar then high else Double.NaN;
def outsideBarLow = if ThreeBar then low else Double.NaN;

# Add horizontal lines to the chart
plot OutsideBarHighLine = outsideBarHigh;
plot OutsideBarLowLine = outsideBarLow;

OutsideBarHighLine.SetDefaultColor(color.YELLOW);
OutsideBarLowLine.SetDefaultColor(color.YELLOW);
OutsideBarHighLine.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OutsideBarLowLine.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

You are instructing the yellow line to disappear by setting it to NaN in the definition:

def outsideBarHigh = if ThreeBar then high else Double.NaN;

You can change your to code to keep the variable until the next ThreeBar like so:

def outsideBarHigh = if ThreeBar then high else outsideBarHigh[1];

If you want each line to extend all the way, you need to introduce more variables to store them. Something like:

def outsideBarHighLast = if ThreeBar then outsideBarHigh[1] else outsideBarHighLast[1];

That should get you pointed in the right direction. Good luck!

 

[SleepyZ]

I'm trying to get horizontal lines to extend all the way to the right of a chart on certain candles where the high/low range has exceeded the previous candle (These are labeled as '3' on my chart and are painted yellow). It plots the high/low of the candle (again, in yellow) but doesn't extend to the right as I would expect it to based on the numerous posts I've read in this forum. The desired effect would be a bunch of yellow lines that extend all the way to the right of the chart

Can someone help or at least identify what I've missed in the code?

# Find all outside bars and change their fill color to yellow
rec outsideBar = if high > high[1] and low < low[1] then 1 else 0;
plot ThreeBar = outsideBar;

# Use the upcolor and downcolor variables to fill the candles
AssignPriceColor(if ThreeBar then color.Yellow else color.CURRENT);


# Find the high and low of the most recent outside bar
def outsideBarHigh = if ThreeBar then high else Double.NaN;
def outsideBarLow = if ThreeBar then low else Double.NaN;

# Add horizontal lines to the chart
plot OutsideBarHighLine = outsideBarHigh;
plot OutsideBarLowLine = outsideBarLow;

OutsideBarHighLine.SetDefaultColor(color.YELLOW);
OutsideBarLowLine.SetDefaultColor(color.YELLOW);
OutsideBarHighLine.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OutsideBarLowLine.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

TOS allows only individual plots to be extended to the right edge. The following script function OS does that.

You can create more plots using the logic of the 5 used in the code. You can limit how many of these plots to be displayed at the input named display.

#OutsideBars_Script_ExtPlots
script OS {

    input count = 0;

    def na = Double.NaN;
    def bn = BarNumber();
# Find all outside bars and change their fill color to yellow
    rec outsideBar = high > high[1] and low < low[1];
    plot ThreeBar  = outsideBar;

    rec dataCount = CompoundValue(1, if ThreeBar then dataCount[1] + 1 else dataCount[1], 0);
    def dc        = HighestAll(dataCount) - dataCount == count;

# Find the high and low of the most recent outside bar
    def outsideBarHigh   = if ThreeBar and dc then high else outsideBarHigh[1];
    def outsideBarLow    = if ThreeBar and dc then low else outsideBarLow[1];
    def outsideBarHighbn = HighestAll(if ThreeBar and dc
                           then bn
                           else na);
    def outsideBarLowbn  = HighestAll(if ThreeBar and dc
                           then bn
                           else na);


# Add horizontal lines to the chart
    plot OutsideBarHighLine = if bn >= outsideBarHighbn
                              then HighestAll(outsideBarHigh) else na;
    plot OutsideBarLowLine  = if bn >= outsideBarLowbn
                              then HighestAll(outsideBarLow) else na;



}

# Find all outside bars and change their fill color to yellow
def na = Double.NaN;
rec outsideBar = if high > high[1] and low < low[1] then 1 else 0;

# Use the upcolor and downcolor variables to fill the candles
AssignPriceColor(if outsideBar then Color.YELLOW else Color.CURRENT);

input display = 1;
plot OsH0 = if display  > 0 then os(0).OutsideBarHighLine else na;
plot OsL0 = if display  > 0 then os(0).OutsideBarLowLine else na;
OsH0.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsL0.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsH0.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OsL0.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);


plot OsH1 = if display  > 1 then os(1).OutsideBarHighLine else na;
plot OsL1 = if display  > 1 then os(1).OutsideBarLowLine else na;
OsH1.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsL1.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsH1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OsL1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

plot OsH2 = if display  > 2 then os(2).OutsideBarHighLine else na;
plot OsL2 = if display  > 2 then os(2).OutsideBarLowLine else na;
OsH2.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsL2.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsH2.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OsL2.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

plot OsH3 = if display  > 3 then os(3).OutsideBarHighLine else na;
plot OsL3 = if display  > 3 then os(3).OutsideBarLowLine else na;
OsH3.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsL3.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsH3.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OsL3.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

plot OsH4 = if display > 4 then os(4).OutsideBarHighLine else na;
plot OsL4 = if display > 4 then os(4).OutsideBarLowLine else na;
OsH4.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsL4.SetDefaultColor(Color.YELLOW);
OsH4.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);
OsL4.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.HORIZONTAL);

 

[godzilla74]

You are instructing the yellow line to disappear by setting it to NaN in the definition:

def outsideBarHigh = if ThreeBar then high else Double.NaN;

You can change your to code to keep the variable until the next ThreeBar like so:

def outsideBarHigh = if ThreeBar then high else outsideBarHigh[1];

If you want each line to extend all the way, you need to introduce more variables to store them. Something like:

def outsideBarHighLast = if ThreeBar then outsideBarHigh[1] else outsideBarHighLast[1];

That should get you pointed in the right direction. Good luck!

Of course it was something simple! Thanks!

 

[godzilla74]

TOS allows only individual plots to be extended to the right edge. The following script function OS does that.

You can create more plots using the logic of the 5 used in the code. You can limit how many of these plots to be displayed at the input named display.

I like this idea! So, create something like a loop to create the OsHx plots to make this dynamic for a user?

 

[SleepyZ]

I like this idea! So, create something like a loop to create the OsHx plots to make this dynamic for a user?

Sorry, that cannot be done. We can do that for vertical lines, but not horizontal lines. It is a TOS feature limitation.