Trouble Calculating CCI Slope

[TimTee]

I am trying to determine in the last hour of trading, if the slope of the CCI indicator is going Up or Down. I wanted "Slope UP" or "Slope Down" to show-up on a bubble in the last hour. I thought I had it until I looked at the actual CCI and saw that my calculation was hit or miss on being accurate. So I added some extra lines so that I could try to troubleshoot. I have verified that the numbers I'm using in the up/down calculation match what is in the chart, but the calculation doesn't work. Below is the code I've been working on. Any ideas what I am overlooking? Thanks.


declare lower;

input cciLength = 20;
input cciAvgLength = 15;
input price = close;
input length = 3;
input displace = 0;


def AvgExp = (ExpAverage(price[-displace], length));


plot CCI = CCI(length = cciLength);
plot CCIAvg = Average(CCI, cciAvgLength);
CCI.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(9));
CCIAvg.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(8));


def CCISlope = if CCI > CCI[-1] then 1 else 0 ; # 1 is UP, 0 is DOWN

AddChartBubble(SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1500) <= 59 , high, if CCISLope == 1 then "CCI - Slope UP" else "CCI - Slope DOWN", if CCISlope == 1 then Color.GREEN else Color.RED);

#For testing/verification
AddChartBubble(SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1500) <= 59 , high, "CCI Fast: " + CCI, Color.GREEN);
AddChartBubble(SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1500) <= 59, high, "Previous CCI Fast: " + CCI[1], Color.GREEN);

 

[SleepyZ]

I am trying to determine in the last hour of trading, if the slope of the CCI indicator is going Up or Down. I wanted "Slope UP" or "Slope Down" to show-up on a bubble in the last hour. I thought I had it until I looked at the actual CCI and saw that my calculation was hit or miss on being accurate. So I added some extra lines so that I could try to troubleshoot. I have verified that the numbers I'm using in the up/down calculation match what is in the chart, but the calculation doesn't work. Below is the code I've been working on. Any ideas what I am overlooking? Thanks.


declare lower;

input cciLength = 20;
input cciAvgLength = 15;
input price = close;
input length = 3;
input displace = 0;


def AvgExp = (ExpAverage(price[-displace], length));


plot CCI = CCI(length = cciLength);
plot CCIAvg = Average(CCI, cciAvgLength);
CCI.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(9));
CCIAvg.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(8));


def CCISlope = if CCI > CCI[-1] then 1 else 0 ; # 1 is UP, 0 is DOWN

AddChartBubble(SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1500) <= 59 , high, if CCISLope == 1 then "CCI - Slope UP" else "CCI - Slope DOWN", if CCISlope == 1 then Color.GREEN else Color.RED);

#For testing/verification
AddChartBubble(SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1500) <= 59 , high, "CCI Fast: " + CCI, Color.GREEN);
AddChartBubble(SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1500) <= 59, high, "Previous CCI Fast: " + CCI[1], Color.GREEN);

Here is a minor modification (See bold area) that I think will then produce what you are looking to get. Your orignial code, CCI[-1], referenced a future rather than a previous bar's CCI.

def CCISlope = if CCI > CCI[1] then 1 else 0 ; # 1 is UP, 0 is DOWN

Here is the full code with all modifications with testing bubbles not displayed.

declare lower;

input cciLength = 20;
input cciAvgLength = 15;
input price = close;
input length = 3;
input displace = 0;


def AvgExp = (ExpAverage(price[-displace], length));


plot CCI = CCI(length = cciLength);
plot CCIAvg = Average(CCI, cciAvgLength);
CCI.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(9));
CCIAvg.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(8));


def CCISlope = if CCI > CCI[1] then 1 else 0 ; # 1 is UP, 0 is DOWN

AddChartBubble(SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1559) <= 0 , cci, if CCISLope == 1 then
#"CCI - Slope
"UP" else
#"CCI - Slope
"DOWN", if CCISlope == 1 then Color.GREEN else Color.RED);

#For testing/verification
input testing = yes;
AddChartBubble(testing and SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1559) <= 0 ,cci, "CCI Fast: " + CCI, Color.GREEN);
AddChartBubble(testing and SecondsFromTime(1500) >= 0 and SecondsFromTime(1559) <= 0, cci, "Previous CCI Fast: " + CCI[1], Color.GREEN);

 

[TimTee]

SleepyZ - Thanks so much for the help. I can't believe it was such a small change. I don't want to think how much time I spent trying to figure that out before I made the post. Thanks again!