colorbetween only for a certain time

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  • 12/19/2025 at 2:33 PM #254664 quote
    theunpredictable
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    Hi, does anyone have any idea how I can use the “colorbetween” command to highlight a specific time period?

    I’ve already tried using time >080000 and time <130000, but prorealcode continues to draw up to the current candle.

    I was able to fill the area with drawrectangle and it worked, but I can’t see any wicks or fuses in the colored area.

    Thanks in advance.

    Best regards,
    Björn

     

    // Linien nur von 08:00 bis 13:00 anzeigen
IF Time >= 080000 AND Time <= 130000 THEN

// ===== OBERHALB DES OPENS =====
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, up65,  barindex + 1, up65)    COLOURED(255,0,0)style(line,2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, up75,  barindex + 1, up75)   COLOURED(255,0,0)style(dottedline,2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, up115,  barindex + 1, up115)   COLOURED(255,0,0)style(line,2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, up125, barindex + 1, up125)  COLOURED(255,0,0)style(dottedline, 2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, up160, barindex + 1, up160)  COLOURED(0,0,0)style(line,2)

//DRAWRECTANGLE(barindex, down65, barindex+1, down75) fillcolor(200,200,255,230) coloured(200,200,255,230)
//DRAWRECTANGLE(barindex, down115, barindex+1, down125) fillcolor(200,200,255,230) coloured(200,200,255,230)
//DRAWRECTANGLE(barindex, up65, barindex+1, up75) fillcolor(200,200,255,230) coloured(200,200,255,230)
//DRAWRECTANGLE(barindex, up115, barindex+1, up125) fillcolor(200,200,255,230) coloured(200,200,255,230)
//

colorbetween(down65, down75,200,200,255,230)

// ===== UNTERHALB DES OPENS =====

DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, down65,  barindex + 1, down65)  COLOURED(0,0,255)style(line,2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, down75,  barindex + 1, down75)  COLOURED(0,0,255)style(dottedline,2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, down115, barindex + 1, down115) COLOURED(0,0,255)style(line,2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, down125, barindex + 1, down125) COLOURED(0,0,255)style(dottedline,2)
DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, down160, barindex + 1, down160) COLOURED(0,0,0)style(line,2)

ENDIF
    12/19/2025 at 5:30 PM #254672 quote
    robertogozzi
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    I can’t see any reason why it should plot segments outside your time range. I tested it from 110000 to 140000 and it only plots in that narrower range.

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    12/19/2025 at 5:31 PM #254674 quote
    robertogozzi
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    I moved your post from the German forum.

    12/19/2025 at 5:52 PM #254676 quote
    theunpredictable
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    The drawing ends after the specified time with the rectangles. When I use the colorbetween command, it draws up to the current candle, even beyond the defined time.

    12/20/2025 at 5:47 PM #254696 quote
    robertogozzi
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    Master

    You are right, there’s no way to work it out.

    You can only ask the assistance or make a suggestion to PRT.

    12/21/2025 at 11:56 AM #254700 quote
    JC_Bywan
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    Hi,

    take your colorbetween instruction out of the if-endif bloc, and use a variable transparency instead inside the if-endif, called alpha for example, equal to your 230 when in your time range, and equal to zero outside of it:

    IF Time >= 080000 AND Time <= 130000 THEN
  alpha=230
ELSE
  alpha=0
ENDIF

colorbetween(down65, down75, 200,200,255, alpha)
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    12/21/2025 at 12:26 PM #254701 quote
    theunpredictable
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    That works well 🙂

    Thanks a lot.

    12/23/2025 at 9:34 AM #254717 quote
    theunpredictable
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    Hi, do you have any idea how to align the colored zone between the lines with the lines?

    The lines are drawn with this command. Can I also align the fill with bar index +1?

    DRAWSEGMENT(barindex, up65, barindex + 1, up65) COLOURED(255,0,0)style(line,2)

    That is the term for filling in color.

    IF Time >= 083000 AND Time <= 131500 THEN
    alpha=230
    ELSE
    alpha=0
    ENDIF

    colorbetween(down65, down75, 200,200,255, alpha)

     

    Thanks in advance,

    Björn

    12/24/2025 at 9:35 AM #254733 quote
    JC_Bywan
    Moderator
    Master

    Hi,

    although you can’t use colorbetween on barindex+1, assuming you can use drawonlastbaronly without messing up other graphic objects in your code needing to remain drawn permanently, you could try to add a rectangle of same color between barindex and barindex+1 being refreshed thanks to drawonlastbaronly. to reduce visual effects of borders, you coud force it to draw a transparent border.

    Line to add at beginning of code:

    defparam drawonlastbaronly = true

    And line to add after colorbetween line:

    drawrectangle(barindex, down65, barindex+1, down75) fillcolor(200,200,255,alpha) coloured(200,200,255,0)

    To be tested to see if it’s an acceptable workaround.

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