Volume greater than previous candles

[wenzmann]

Hello,

I am trying to build a script that would scan and alert me if a stock on one of my watchlists has a volume bar higher than the previous 15 candles on a one minute time frame. I built a script but it doesn't seem to be working correctly. It is still just pulling up all of the stocks on the watchlist regardless of current volume. Any help on where my script went wrong would be greatly appreciated!

#previous candles volume
def Active = SecondsFromTime(0900) > 0 and SecondsTillTime(1430) >= 0;
plot scan = sum(volume > volume[1], 15) >= 1;

 

[wenzmann]

Still getting all the tickers on the list.


def Active = SecondsFromTime(0900) > 0 and SecondsTillTime(1430) >= 0;
plot scan = Highest(volume> volume[1], 15) >= 1;

also:


def Active = SecondsFromTime(0900) > 0 and SecondsTillTime(1430) >= 0;
plot scan = Highest(volume[1], 15) >= 1;

Cant figure out what the missing criteria or value is.

 

[SleepyZ]

Still getting all the tickers on the list.


def Active = SecondsFromTime(0900) > 0 and SecondsTillTime(1430) >= 0;
plot scan = Highest(volume> volume[1], 15) >= 1;

also:


def Active = SecondsFromTime(0900) > 0 and SecondsTillTime(1430) >= 0;
plot scan = Highest(volume[1], 15) >= 1;

Cant figure out what the missing criteria or value is.

One of these 3 might help.

Since the market is closed I did not include your 'active' constraint. Since you mentioned in your first post "current volume", this compares the current bar's volume to the highest volume of the last input (15) bars. Depending on when you run the scan, the developing current bars volume may result in false readings, so you may want to change this.

#previous candles volume

def Active     = SecondsFromTime(0900) > 0 and SecondsTillTime(1430) >= 0;
def lastvolume = if IsNaN(close[-1]) and !IsNaN(close) then volume else Double.NaN;
plot scan      = Highest(volume[1], 15) >= HighestAll(lastvolume);

AddLabel(1, "HVol15 " + Highest(volume[1], 15) + " LastVol " + HighestAll(lastvolume) + "  Scan " + scan, Color.WHITE);

The next two methods just compare the volume of one bar to the prior bar and if volume > volume[1], it counts it and sums it. The first uses a count routine that you can visually see at each bar the result. The second, just uses the sum() function.

def lastbar    = if IsNaN(close[-1]) and !IsNaN(close) then BarNumber() else lastbar[1];

#Method 1
def volcompare = if BarNumber() >= HighestAll(lastbar - 15) then if volume > volume[1] then  volcompare[1] + 1 else volcompare[1] else 0;

plot xvol      = if BarNumber() < HighestAll(lastbar - 15) then Double.NaN else volcompare;
xvol.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.VALUES_ABOVE);
AddLabel(1, "Count1 " + xvol, Color.ORANGE);

#Method 2
def  svol      = if BarNumber() >= HighestAll(lastbar - 15) then Sum( volume > volume[1], 15) else svol[1];
AddLabel(1, "Count2 " + svol, Color.WHITE);

Finally, a chart with all three displayed

 

[wenzmann]

One of these 3 might help.

Since the market is closed I did not include your 'active' constraint. Since you mentioned in your first post "current volume", this compares the current bar's volume to the highest volume of the last input (15) bars. Depending on when you run the scan, the developing current bars volume may result in false readings, so you may want to change this.



The next two methods just compare the volume of one bar to the prior bar and if volume > volume[1], it counts it and sums it. The first uses a count routine that you can visually see at each bar the result. The second, just uses the sum() function.



Finally, a chart with all three displayed

This is extremely helpful, thank you! What could I change the 15 bar value to in order to avoid false readings?

 

[SleepyZ]

I am not sure what your plan is on how to use the information. If you use the first script, to avoid false readings, you might not want to use the current developing volume but perhaps the volume[1] in the lastvolume code.

 

[Max911]

#previous candles volume
def Active = SecondsFromTime(0900) > 0 and SecondsTillTime(1430) >= 0;

If you are probably looking to compare if the volume of the current bar will end up being higher than previous bars. it's necessary to compare the volume per second of the developing bar vs. volume per second of the previous bar.

In this way, it is possible to anticipate if the current volume bar will end up being greater than the previous volume bar. Said that, I don't know if this's possible using Thinkorswim.

 

[wenzmann]

I am not sure what your plan is on how to use the information. If you use the first script, to avoid false readings, you might not want to use the current developing volume but perhaps the volume[1] in the lastvolume code.

I just want to see if there is going to be an intraday volume spike or a big move by using this scan to see if the volume is larger than the last consecutive candles.

 

[SleepyZ]

I just want to see if there is going to be an intraday volume spike or a big move by using this scan to see if the volume is larger than the last consecutive candles

Just change the input bars to be the number of previous bars total volume.

input bars = 5;
def pvol   = Sum(volume[1], bars);
#addlabel(1, "V " + volume + " PV " + pvol, if volume > pvol then color.light_green else color.pink);
plot scan  = volume > pvol;

 

[petech]

Try this pocket pivot code found elsewhere from this website. I didn't write the code. I copied it out of my TOS fro you.

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#
# PocketPivot
#
# Identifies up-day volume spikes that may be a buyable pocket pivot. Based on the
# work of Gil Morales and Chris Kacher:
#
# http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470616539,miniSiteCd-WILEYTRADING.html
# http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118273028,miniSiteCd-WILEYTRADING.html
# http://www.aaiilosangeles.org/SkirballPresentations/Morales&Kacher091110.pdf
#
# This study checks price and volume to see if they met the pocket pivot
# criteria. The other criteria (strong fundamentals, no wedging, constructive
# basing, etc.) need to be evaluated separately.
#
# I made these additions/modifications to Gil's and Chris's vague and sometimes
# conflicting definition of a pocket pivot:
#
# 1. Per Gil and Chris, the volume on the day of the pocket pivot must be
# higher than any down day in the previous 10 days. But if the volume is
# "choppy", then increase the period to 11 to 15 days. But they don't
# define "choppy". For the purposes of this script, I define choppy when
# the standard deviation of the volume is > 125% of the average. Update: I
# removed the stddev logic since it didn't eliminate any obviously poor
# pivots. I'm always looking at the volume on the previous 10 days.
#
# 2. I only count the pocket pivot if the stock closes in the upper 62% of the
# day's price range. Up days that close lower in the range are considered
# stalling.
#
# 3. Gil and Chris say daily price closes prior to the pivot should be "tight"
# without any specifics. I defined tight as where the average percent price
# change at close over the last 10 days is <= 1.5%. Update: I removed this
# rule after backtesting against Gil's examples.
#
# 4. Gil and Chris have examples of pocket pivots off of the 50-day instead of
# the 10-day. At that point the stock is extended from the 10-day. That
# seems to conflict with the idea that a pocket pivot occurs after a quiet
# period in the stock so I have not implemented rules for 50-day PPs here.
#
# 5. The low on the day of the pivot must be within 1.4% of the 10-day SMA or
# the price must have moved up through the 10-day during that day. Several
# of Gil/Chris's examples conflict. (Example: 1.24 in one example is
# described as too extended, but there are others where 1.6 or even 2.5%
# above the 10-day SMA isn't too extended. In the Trading Cockpit with the
# O'Neil Disciples, Chapter 5.) I'm choosing to use a middle and slightly
# conservative setting here. The more extended, the more risky the buy.
#
# 6. Pocket pivots should not be bought when then stock is below the 50- or
# 200-day simple moving averages. I check only the 50-day here because when
# I checked the 200-day, TOS was hiding the study for recent IPOs with less
# than 200 days of price history.
#
input Period = 11; # normal volume lookback period (today + 10 prior days)
input MaximumDistanceFrom10DaySMAPercent = 1.4; # Price on pivot day should be near the 10-day SMA. MAX = 1.6 Per FOSL1, 1.23 per PII, but RAX not extended at 1.61 and 1.64.

# Volume functions
def DownVolume = If(close < close[1], volume, 0);
def HighestDownVolume = Highest(DownVolume, Period);

def FiftyDayAverageVolume = MovingAverage(AverageType.SIMPLE, volume, 50);

def IsVolumeGreaterHighestDownVolume = if (volume > HighestDownVolume) then 1 else 0;

# Price functions
def TenDaySMA = MovingAverage(AverageType.SIMPLE, close, 10);
def FiftyDaySMA = MovingAverage(AverageType.SIMPLE, close, 50);

def IsLowPriceNear10DaySMA = if ((AbsValue(low - TenDaySMA) / TenDaySMA) <= MaximumDistanceFrom10DaySMAPercent / 100) then 1 else 0;
def DidPricePass10DaySMA = if (low <= TenDaySMA && close >= TenDaySMA) then 1 else 0;

def IsPriceNear10DaySMA = if (IsLowPriceNear10DaySMA or DidPricePass10DaySMA) then 1 else 0;

def IsPriceAtOrAbove50DaySMA = if (close >= FiftyDaySMA) then 1 else 0;

def AveragePriceChangePercent = MovingAverage(AverageType.SIMPLE, AbsValue(close[1] - close[2]) / close[2], Period);

def IsCloseInUpperHalfOfRange = close >= close[1] && close > ((high - low) * .38 + low);

def IsPriceInTheProperRange = if (IsCloseInUpperHalfOfRange && IsPriceNear10DaySMA && IsPriceAtOrAbove50DaySMA) then 1 else 0;

# add a chart bubble if then PP criteria are met
AddChartBubble(IsVolumeGreaterHighestDownVolume && IsPriceInTheProperRange, low, "PP", Color.CYAN, no);

#Scan
def PParrow = IsVolumeGreaterHighestDownVolume and IsPriceInTheProperRange;
plot PP = PParrow;
PP.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_ARROW_UP);
PP.SetLineWeight(2);
PP.AssignValueColor(Color.WHITE);