How to add label with company name

[ScriptThinker]

I want to add a label to a chart that automatically displays the company of the selected stock. Or more generally, is there a function that returns the company name for a given symbol?

 

[rad14733]

@ScriptThinker The company name is already displayed to the right of the symbol entry box in the upper left of every chart... It can also be displayed with the company logo by going to Chart Settings > General and checking the Show Symbol Logo box... Do you need more than that...??? There is no function that grabs the company name for display in a label on the chart...

 

[ScriptThinker]

I do want more than that...When I chart an option, I create a lower chart of the price of the underlying stock. I currently have a label that displays the symbol for the underlying stock, but it would also be helpful to display the actual company name.

 

[rad14733]

Can't be done... TOS doesn't provide a function to accomplish that task, as I stated above... And I doubt such a request to TOS Technical Support would make it to the top of the priority list... You don't have companies for the symbols you trade memorized, or is this just an aesthetics or OCD thing...???

 

[ScriptThinker]

Thanks @rad14733!

Trying to make my daily routine more efficient and less prone to error. I click through my watchlists quickly before the market opens. If I could display the company name on the chart it would be one less thing to slow me down and stumble over. For example, is PLG the symbol for the EV-related stock Plug Power, or is it Platinum Group Metals? I am watching both!

 

[rad14733]

@ScriptThinker Use a Cheat Sheet until you get the symbol/company relationships memorized...

 

[XeoNoX]

Thanks @rad14733!

Trying to make my daily routine more efficient and less prone to error. I click through my watchlists quickly before the market opens. If I could display the company name on the chart it would be one less thing to slow me down and stumble over. For example, is PLG the symbol for the EV-related stock Plug Power, or is it Platinum Group Metals? I am watching both!

you could make label and manually add all the companies.

if getsymbol==xyx then "company" else if getsymbol==zyx then "company" else ..... and keep going on until all the companies you want are added.

 

[ScriptThinker]

@XeoNoX could it be done with a case statement?

 

[XeoNoX]

@ScriptThinker that's pretty much what you would be doing, that question is rhetorical

 

[rad14733]

@ScriptThinker Yes, that would be an appropriate use of the switch/case structure... Nice and simple...

 

[ScriptThinker]

I figured out how to add the company name and when I chart options.
If the underlying symbol is one of those listed, then the company name is added to the chart, plus the note on why I added it to my watch list.

AddLabel(GetUnderlyingSymbol()=="PLUG","Plug Power - earnings");
AddLabel(GetUnderlyingSymbol()=="PLG","Platinum Metal Group - impvol");

No case statements or if,else required.

 

[rad14733]

@ScriptThinker Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best...

 

[x718style]

Can anyone write me a script that can be used to display your name/logo on the charts? For example, I share a lot of screenshots of my charts and I'm trying to display my name on it but I don't want to do it on Photoshop every time. I want something like this

 

[BenTen]

@x718style Take a look at the AddLabel() function.

 

[rad14733]

@x718style I am not aware of any way of extrapolating the company name from the data stream other than displaying the logo on charts by going to Chart Settings > General > Show Symbol Logo... In watchlists we have the Description column but we can't access those contents via Thinkscript...