Indicator for Close > highest and Close < lowest

• 01/30/2024 at 10:22 AM #227079
  RichardVeen

  I want to create an indicator which create a signal when the Close > highest (of 10 candles) and when the Close < lowest (of 10 candles)

  The code I wrote is:

  LL= (low=lowest[10](low))
  HH=(high=Highest[10](high))

  If  Close>HH then
  DRAW…..
  elsif Close>LL then
  DRAW….
  EndIf
  Return

  But when I add this code to my screen then the indicator appear for all candles which are higher or lower than the previous candle, so it doesn’t look at the highest/lowest of the previous 10 candles.

  What is wrong with the code?

   

   

   

  

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  01/30/2024 at 10:43 AM #227082
  robertogozzi

  Add this line at the very beginning:

  DEFPARAM DrawOnLastBarOnly = True

  1	DEFPARAM DrawOnLastBarOnly = True

   

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  01/30/2024 at 10:56 AM #227085
  JC_Bywan

  Hi,

  2 separate errors.

  1) First you defined HH and LL and boolean variables equal to 0 if false, or 1 if true, but later used them for comparison with close, suggesting what you really expect from HH and LL is a level, not a 0 or 1 boolean.

  You wrote:

  LL= (low=lowest[10](low))
  HH=(high=Highest[10](high))

  but you want:

  LL= lowest[10](low)
  HH= Highest[10](high)

   

  2) Second, you checked above LL instead of below

  You wrote:

  elsif close > LL then

  but according to text description, you meant:

  elsif close < LL then

  

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  01/30/2024 at 7:32 PM #227112
  RichardVeen

  Thanks for your feedback.

  I followed your advised and the code is now:

  DEFPARAM DrawOnLastBarOnly = True

  LL= lowest[10](low)
  HH= Highest[10](high)

  If Close>HH then
  DRAWARROWdown(barindex,high + 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Blue”,255)
  elsif Close<LL then
  DRAWARROWup(barindex,low – 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Yellow”,255)
  EndIf
  Return

  But now, the indicator doesn’t work at all, I don’t see any arrow on my screen.

  Please help.

   

  

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  01/30/2024 at 7:37 PM #227113
  GraHal

  RichardVeen wrote:

  I don’t see any arrow on my screen.

  Is it possible that price is between your 2 conditions and so no arrow would be generated?

  

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  01/30/2024 at 7:44 PM #227114
  JC_Bywan

  You’re right, there was a third error in the code, if latest close is part of the set of 10 candles, it can’t be higher or lower than itself. So when you considered a set of 10 candles, it depends if you included current one in it, or wanted the 10 previous ones.

  If your 10 includes current one, you have to allow for equality and use: close>=HH , close<=LL

  If your 10 are the 10 previous ones, you can use strictly above or below with: close>HH[1] , close<LL[1] ,

  

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  01/30/2024 at 7:44 PM #227115
  RichardVeen

  There is a situation where I expect to see the indicator.

  See attachement.

  

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  01/30/2024 at 7:57 PM #227117
  RichardVeen

  Hi Graham,

  What do you mean exactly?

   

  

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  01/30/2024 at 7:58 PM #227118
  RichardVeen

  I changed the code (see below) but nothing happened:

  DEFPARAM DrawOnLastBarOnly = True

  LL= lowest[10](low)
  HH= Highest[10](high)

  If Close>=HH[1] then
  DRAWARROWdown(barindex,high + 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Blue”,255)
  elsif Close<=LL[1] then
  DRAWARROWup(barindex,low – 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Yellow”,255)
  EndIf
  Return

   

  

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  01/30/2024 at 8:09 PM #227121
  JC_Bywan

  No defparam line, just:

  LL= lowest[10](low) HH= Highest[10](high) If Close>=HH[1] then DRAWARROWdown(barindex,high + 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Blue”,255) elsif Close<=LL[1] then DRAWARROWup(barindex,low – 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Yellow”,255) EndIf Return

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

  LL= lowest[10](low) HH= Highest[10](high)   If Close>=HH[1] then DRAWARROWdown(barindex,high + 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Blue”,255) elsif Close<=LL[1] then DRAWARROWup(barindex,low – 2.5 ) COLOURED(“Yellow”,255) EndIf Return

   

  (or Close>HH[1], Close<LL[1] if you don’t want your arrow when equal to highest or lowest of previous 10)

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  01/30/2024 at 8:16 PM #227128
  RichardVeen

  Yes, it’s working!

  Thanks JC_Bywan!

   

  

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  01/30/2024 at 8:19 PM #227130
  GraHal

  RichardVeen wrote:

  What do you mean exactly?

  If …

  1.  Price / close of the current bar is less than the highest high of the 10 previous bars

     and at the same time …

     2.   Price / close of the current bar is greater than the lowest low of the 10 previous bars

     then

     3.   There will not be an arrow drawn above or below the current bar.

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  01/30/2024 at 8:33 PM #227131
  RichardVeen

  Thank you for your explanation!

  The code that JC_Bywan wrote is working.

  

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