Isolating the official close not the midnight price

• 08/18/2023 at 3:07 PM #219309
  Rufus

  Hi,

  Is there a simple way to get daily charts to refer to the 16h30 close, say for FTSE?  or the 2100h close for SPX?

  Just asking before I delve into (probably – hopefully!) unnecessarily complicated coding to isolate official closes…

   

  Many thanks for any clues!

   

  Rufus

  

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  08/18/2023 at 3:43 PM #219314
  JS

  Hi Rufus,

  If you only want to show a price at a certain time, you can use the following as an example…

  16h30 Close

  DefParam DrawOnLastBarOnly=true If OpenTime=163000 then x16h30Close=Close x16h30Low=Low x16h30BarIndex=BarIndex EndIf DrawText("#x16h30Close#", x16h30BarIndex,x16h30Low,SansSerif,Bold,20) Return

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  DefParam DrawOnLastBarOnly=true If OpenTime=163000 then x16h30Close=Close x16h30Low=Low x16h30BarIndex=BarIndex EndIf   DrawText("#x16h30Close#", x16h30BarIndex,x16h30Low,SansSerif,Bold,20) Return

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  08/18/2023 at 4:35 PM #219319
  Rufus

  Thanks.. tried adding that by creating a new indicator, but nothing happens! Almost certainly user incompetence…

  My goal is simply to be able to isolate the daily price at a certain time – say 16h30 – on any time frame and use that price to make projections.

  The price from IG that DClose(0) refers to is not the real or official close, but the close at 23h59 (as far as I know).

  

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  08/18/2023 at 4:56 PM #219320
  JS

  Hi,

  You have to add the indicator to the price, click on the price at the top left of the chart and then “add indicator”…

  As for the time frames, the time frame should be able to display your chosen time…

  For example, if your time is 235900 (23h59) then you MUST use a time frame which can display this time so maximum time frame 1 minute…

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