Scan for Stock Trading near High / Low within a Price Range

[RuleOneTrading]

I'm currently trying to scan for stocks near highs/lows of the last 3 day period. However, a stock that is $200 would need to be within 2% of the high/low whereas a stock that costs $2 could have a valid setup trading within 15% of its highs/lows.

Does anyone know of a study I could make to scan for stocks within a 15% from high/low for stocks trading between $2-$5 and 10% between $5-$10, and 5% between $10 and $15, etc.

Currently, I have to have 4 different scanners running to capture this data. I'd use the default Near_High_Lows code as a reference, but it doesn't list a percentage in the code and I'm struggling to rewrite a working code from it.

Thank you!

 

[tradecombine]

I'm currently trying to scan for stocks near highs/lows of the last 3 day period. However, a stock that is $200 would need to be within 2% of the high/low whereas a stock that costs $2 could have a valid setup trading within 15% of its highs/lows.

Does anyone know of a study I could make to scan for stocks within a 15% from high/low for stocks trading between $2-$5 and 10% between $5-$10, and 5% between $10 and $15, etc.

Currently, I have to have 4 different scanners running to capture this data. I'd use the default Near_High_Lows code as a reference, but it doesn't list a percentage in the code and I'm struggling to rewrite a working code from it.

Thank you!

This should get you what you're looking for. Modify as necessary.

input daysback = 3;
input percent1 = .15; #15 percent
input begin1 = 2.0; #2 dollars
input end1 = 5.0;
input percent2 = .10;
input begin2 = 5.01;
input end2 = 10.0;
input percent3 = .05;
input begin3 = 10.01;
input end3 = 15.0;

def lowday = lowest(low, daysback);
def highday = highest(high, daysback);
def range = highday - lowday;

def prices1 = close >= begin1 and close <= end1;
def prices2 = close >= begin2 and close <= end2;
def prices3 = close >= begin3 and close <= end3;

def top1 = close >= (highday - (range * percent1));
def bottom1 = close <= (lowday + (range * percent1));
def top2 = close >= (highday - (range * percent2));
def bottom2 = close <= (lowday + (range * percent2));
def top3 = close >= (highday - (range * percent3));
def bottom3 = close <= (lowday + (range * percent3));

plot scan = 
        prices1 && top1
    or prices1 && bottom1
    or prices2 && top2
    or prices2 && bottom2
    or prices3 && top3
    or prices3 && bottom3;