The percent distance between the current candle price and previous hl2

alexo2022

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I need help in creating a watchlist column that will show me how far is the distance between the current candle price,
to the previous candle hl2.

the end result will a percentage value, for example 39%, 80% and 100%.

100% will mean the current price and the previous hl2 are equal.
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this is my plan:

1. to check if current price > previous hl2 or current price < previous hl2

if yes then

Option 1 - current price > previous hl2

Step1 - to reduce the current price with the previous hl2


current price - previous hl2 = [ here will be the value ] - we can define it as a "price_result_after_reduction_ver1"

option 1 - current price > previous hl2
option 2- current price < previous hl2

Step2 - to take result and calculate how much this value is in percentage from the value of the previous hl2

and then to create another value named - " price_afer_reduction_percentage_option1"

this value will be -

The result in % should be rounded
price_afer_reduction_percentage = [(price_result_after_reduction_ver1/previous hl2)*100]rounded

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Option 2 - current price < previous hl2

Step1 - to reduce the current price with the previous hl2


previous hl2 - current price = [ here will be the value ] - we can define it as a "price_result_after_reduction_ver2"


Step2 - to take result and calculate how much this value is in percentage from the value of the previous hl2

and then to create another value named - " price_afer_reduction_percentage_option2"

this value will be -

The result in % should be rounded
price_afer_reduction_percentage = [(price_result_after_reduction_ver2/previous hl2)*100]rounded

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I need help in putting it all together, or if there's another way to get the same result will be fine too.

thanks.
 
Solution
I need help in creating a watchlist column that will show me how far is the distance between the current candle price,
to the previous candle hl2.

the end result will a percentage value, for example 39%, 80% and 100%.

you did well in describing what you want. but you made it overly complicated.
all you need is 1 percent formula.

if you make a study to show positive and negative numbers, then both groups can be shown in 1 column.

this shows the % difference between the 2 prices.


Code:
# watchlist column study
def diff = close - hl2[1];
def diff_per = round(100 * diff/hl2[1], 1);

plot z = diff_per;
z.setdefaultcolor(color.black);

assignbackgroundcolor(if diff_per > 0 then color.green else if diff_per < 0 then...
I need help in creating a watchlist column that will show me how far is the distance between the current candle price,
to the previous candle hl2.

the end result will a percentage value, for example 39%, 80% and 100%.

you did well in describing what you want. but you made it overly complicated.
all you need is 1 percent formula.

if you make a study to show positive and negative numbers, then both groups can be shown in 1 column.

this shows the % difference between the 2 prices.


Code:
# watchlist column study
def diff = close - hl2[1];
def diff_per = round(100 * diff/hl2[1], 1);

plot z = diff_per;
z.setdefaultcolor(color.black);

assignbackgroundcolor(if diff_per > 0 then color.green else if diff_per < 0 then color.red else color.gray);
#
 
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Solution
you did well in describing what you want. but you made it overly complicated.
all you need is 1 percent formula.

if you make a study to show positive and negative numbers, then both groups can be shown in 1 column.

this shows the % difference between the 2 prices.


Code:
def diff = close - hl2[1];
def diff_per = round(100 * diff/hl2[1], 1);

plot z = diff_per;
z.setdefaultcolor(color.black);

assignbackgroundcolor(if diff_per > 0 then color.green else if diff_per < 0 then color.red else color.gray);

thanks for your answer, you helped me a lot :)

I want to see the changes live, during the trading hours,
how can I change to see the last/current price, instead of close price ?
 
thanks for your answer, you helped me a lot

I want to see the changes live, during the trading hours,
how can I change to see the last/current price, instead of close price ?

did you load it and check it?
why do you think close is not the current price?
in a column , the data used/displayed, comes from the last bar.
 

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