Moving average color change when sloping up and down?

Miket

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Come someone make this moving average turn green when its sloping up and red when its sloping down please?

Code:
input price = close;
input length = 9;
input displace = 0;
input showBreakoutSignals = no;

plot SMA = Average(price[-displace], length);
plot UpSignal = price crosses above SMA;
plot DownSignal = price crosses below SMA;

UpSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);
DownSignal.SetHiding(!showBreakoutSignals);

SMA.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(1));
UpSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
UpSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_UP);
DownSignal.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
DownSignal.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_DOWN);
 
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Code:
input displace = 0;
input length = 8;
input price = low;
input movingAverageType = {default Simple, Exponential, Weighted, Hull, Variable};

rec data;

switch (movingAverageType) {
case Simple:
    data = compoundValue(1, Average(price[-displace], length), price);
case Exponential:
    data = compoundValue(1, ExpAverage(price[-displace], length), price);
case Weighted:
    data = compoundValue(1, wma(price[-displace], length), price);
Case Hull:
    data = compoundValue(1, hullMovingAvg(price[-displace], length), price);
case variable:
    data = VariableMA(price=price, length=length);
}

plot ave = data;

ave.SetLineWeight(2);
ave.AssignValueColor(if ave > ave[1] then color.YELLOW else color.dark_red);
ave.HideBubble();
def lastbar = IsNaN(close[-1]) and !IsNaN(close);
#AddChartBubble(lastbar, data, "MA" + Length, Color.DARK_ORANGE);
 

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@Ramesh16 Can someone make this Linear Reg Curve turn green when its sloping up and red when its sloping down please?

Code:
#
# TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. (c) 2008-2020
#

input displace = 0;
input length = 9;
input price = close;

plot LinReg = Inertia(price[-displace], length);
LinReg.setDefaultColor(GetColor(1));
 
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@Miket
Code:
#
# TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. (c) 2008-2020
#

input displace = 0;
input length = 9;
input price = close;

plot LinReg = Inertia(price[-displace], length);
LinReg.setDefaultColor(GetColor(1));
LinReg.AssignValueColor(if LinReg > LinReg[1] then Color.GREEN else if LinReg < LinReg[1] then Color.RED else Color.GRAY);

Use same logic for the slope of the SMA. If it changes too often then you may want to compare the current bar to an average of a few previous bars not just the previous one. Keep it simple.
 
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Hi. Just joined. This is my first post.

Trying to get a 3 colored simple moving average, one color for upslope, another color for downslope and another color for flat slope.

I did some copying and pasting because I don't know how to write thinkscript.

The part where I got a syntax error was at the following:

Code:
SMA.AssignValueColor(if SMA > SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Up") else if SMA < SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Down") else if SMA == SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Flat"));

The error read: "Syntax error: An 'else' block expected at..." with a red highlight box on the "if" in the third condition

Is it even possible to have a 3 color moving average line on TOS?

Can someone please help me out?
 
Whenever you have an if-then you must have an else:
Code:
#Here is yours:
SMA.AssignValueColor(if SMA > SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Up") else
                     if SMA < SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Down") else
                     if SMA == SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Flat"));

#Here is mine:
SMA.AssignValueColor(if SMA > SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Up")    else
                     if SMA < SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Down")  else
                     if SMA == SMA[1] then SMA.Color("Flat") else color.light_gray);
#Do you see the difference?
 
@Ldmart Take a look at what @tradegeek posted. Pay attention to the following:

Code:
LinReg.AssignValueColor(if LinReg > LinReg[1] then Color.GREEN else if LinReg < LinReg[1] then Color.RED else Color.GRAY);

Now, since you want to use the SMA indicator, we are going to use the SMA code provided by ToS.

Code:
#
# TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. (c) 2017-2020
#

input price = close;
input length = 9;
input displace = 0;
input showBreakoutSignals = no;

plot SMA = Average(price[-displace], length);

Add the following to your SMA code above will change the color of the SMA line.

Code:
SMA.AssignValueColor(if close > SMA then color.green else color.red);

  • close above 9 SMA = green
  • close below = SMA = red
 
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Code:
##############################################
#
#     Calculate and Plot Moving Average With Colors
#     by Martin Begley
#
##############################################

input length = 30;
input price = close;
input AverageType = {Default Simple, Exponential, Weighted, Wilders, Hull};

def average;
switch (AverageType) {
case Simple:
    average = Average(price, length);
case Exponential:
    average = ExpAverage(price, length);
case Weighted:
    average = wma(price, length);
case Wilders:
    average = WildersAverage(price, length);
case Hull:
    average = HullMovingAvg(price, length);
}

plot MA = average;
MA.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.LINE_VS_POINTS);
MA.SetLineWeight(2);

MA.DefineColor("Up", Color.DARK_GREEN);
MA.DefineColor("Down", Color.RED);
MA.DefineColor("Flat", Color.GRAY);

MA.AssignValueColor(if MA[0] > MA[1] then MA.Color("Up") else if MA[0] <
MA[1] then MA.Color("Down") else MA.Color("Flat"));

Can someone add code to add audio alert on change line color if possible?

Many thanks
 
Is there a way to use this framework to plot (EMA) and color code it for the actual slope? Ex. green when 9 ema slope is 45 degrees or higher and red when slope of 9 ema is -45 degrees or higher. Thanks in advance for any help.
 

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