Low Study Indicator Signal? Study is crunched up??

[JP782]

How do you input the script where a lower study indicator will signal a cross with an arrow, point, square etc but not crunch the study down??

Right not I just have it giving a signal when all the timeframes are crossed up

How do I write it so the study isnt crunched up, line of dots at bottom etc (obviously have same problem with the other study)??

def condAllUp = if condCross and condCross2 and condCross3 and condCross4 and condCross5 and condCross10 then 1 else 0;
plot UP = condAllUp and !condAllUp[1];
Up.setpaintingstrategy(paintingstrategy.POINTS);
Up.setdefaultcolor(color.green);
Up.setlineweight(2);

 

[Svanoy]

@JP782 you are telling it to plot at 1 by assigning the value of 1 to condAllUp.
Change your plot line to:

plot UP = if condAllUp and !condAllUp[1] then 0 else double.nan;

Change '0' the in the code above to where you want the plot to be (high, low, close, EMA, MA, etc.).

 

[JP782]

@JP782 you are telling it to plot at 1 by assigning the value of 1 to condAllUp.
Change your plot line to:

plot UP = if condAllUp and !condAllUp[1] then 0 else double.nan;

Change '0' the in the code above to where you want the plot to be (high, low, close, EMA, MA, etc.)

Ok so you cant necessarily have it paint where the instance occurs on a lower study

 

[halcyonguy]

Ok so you cant necessarily have it paint where the instance occurs on a lower study

sure you can, you have that in post 1.
it is plotting shapes at true and false, 1 and 0 , and that is what you have. it is plotting something when the plot formula is true and false.

generally , studies are setup to only plot something when a condition is true. that is what svanoy posted. when true, plot something at 0, else don't plot anything.

in a lower chart, plots are scaled to fit. you have plot values at 0 and 1, so that is what you see.
try adding a line , to see if the result helps you understand what is happening.
plot z1 = 3;
add another line
plot z2 = -2;

maybe you intended to plot boolean shapes on the lower chart?
you can try it, but they don't work. they will end up plotting at levels equal to the upper charts stock close price.

why is this a lower study?
why aren't you plotting signal arrows on the main chart?

 

[JP782]

sure you can, you have that in post 1.
it is plotting shapes at true and false, 1 and 0 , and that is what you have. it is plotting something when the plot formula is true and false.

generally , studies are setup to only plot something when a condition is true. that is what svanoy posted. when true, plot something at 0, else don't plot anything.

in a lower chart, plots are scaled to fit. you have plot values at 0 and 1, so that is what you see.
try adding a line , to see if the result helps you understand what is happening.
plot z1 = 3;
add another line
plot z2 = -2;

maybe you intended to plot boolean shapes on the lower chart?
you can try it, but they don't work. they will end up plotting at levels equal to the upper charts stock close price.

why is this a lower study?
why aren't you plotting signal arrows on the main chart?

Well theres more to it, this is just a piece, Im doing it on the lower to work out the bugs for an upper study bc I need to see where crosses take place for MTF MACD2lines