Multicharts Indicator Days over/under SMA

May 28th, 2015, 09:31 AM

Hello ABCTG,

thank you again, I have a solution and only need a small tip to finish.

Everything looks good:

Here is the Code:

Code

{
Mai 2015
This Indicator tracks the Bars over or under the SMA.
}

inputs:
	Price		( Close ),
	SmaLength	( 21 ),
	Displace	( 0 ) ;

variables:
	SMAv		( 0 ),
	TrackingHi	( 0 ),
	TrackingLo	( 0 ),
	HiDate		( 0 ),
	LoDate		( 0 ),
	move 		( 0 );
	
SMAv = Average( Price, SmaLength );

if Close < SMAv then
begin 
//check if previous bar was also below the average, otherwise set the counter to -
  	if close [1] < SMAv [1] then
  	move = move -1
  	else 
   	move = -1; 
   	
   	if move < TrackingLo then
   	TrackingLo = move
   	else
   	TrackingLo = TrackingLo;
   	
   	if TrackingLo < TrackingLo [1] then
   	LoDate = Date;
   
end;


if Close > SMAv then
begin
//... do the same in here for the case where the close is above the ma
	
	if close [1] > SMAv [1] then
 	move = move + 1
 	else
  	move = +1;
  	
  	if move > TrackingHi then
  	TrackingHi = move
  	else
  	TrackingHi = TrackingHi;
  	
  	if TrackingHi > TrackingHi [1] then
  	HiDate = Date;
  	
end;

plot1(move,"Days over/under SMA 21");
plot2(TrackingHi, "max. Days over  SMA 21");
plot3(TrackingLo, "max. Days under SMA 21");
plot4(HiDate, "Hi Date ");
plot5(LoDate, "Lo Date ");


If Plot1 >=1 Then
  SetPlotColor(1, Green); 
If Plot1 <= -1 Then
  SetPlotColor(1, red);
 
ClearPrintLog;
Print( ELDateToString (D)," " , time_s2time(T), " TrackingHi ", TrackingHi, " TrackingLo ", TrackingLo, " HiDate ", ELDateToString (HiDate), " LoDate ", ELDateToString (LoDate)  );

I dont have a solution to format the date in the plot statement:

Can you please help me?

Thanks again.

Best regards,
Timo

ABCTG · May 28th, 2015, 09:37 AM

Hi Timo,

how do you want to format the date? You can format dates with

Code

Date + 19000000

for example.

However when you have larger values together with small values you will likely have a scaling problem (which you can see on your second screenshot).

Regards,
ABCTG

May 28th, 2015, 09:45 AM

Hi ABCTG,

I would like to format it like in the print statement:

MM/DD/YYYY

Is it possible to show the date in the Data window, but not in the indicator window on the chart
(to avoid the scaling problem)?

Thank you.

Best regards,
Timo

ABCTG · May 28th, 2015, 09:52 AM

You can display a plot as a string in the status window, but to be able to display a value in the data window is only doable when you plot it.

Code

Plot1( ElDateToString( Date ), "Date") ;

You can however simply set the indicator to be scaled from -100 to +100 for example or simply have an input that allows you to switch certain plots on and off - this way you'd load the indicator twice. One would plot the dates and the other the move values.

Regards,
ABCTG

May 28th, 2015, 09:58 AM

Thanks ABCTG,

good idea to have an input to switch certain plots on and off, I add these this evening.

With

Code

plot4(ELDateToString( HiDate ) , "Hi Date ");

I have in the DataWindow N/A.

What is wrong here?

Thanks again.

Best regards,
Timo

ABCTG · May 28th, 2015, 11:46 AM

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Code

plot4(ELDateToString( HiDate ) , "Hi Date ");

I have in the DataWindow N/A.

What is wrong here?

That's what I meant with " You can display a plot as a string in the status window, but to be able to display a value in the data window is only doable when you plot it.". I should have added [...] is only doable when you plot it as a value.

Regards,
ABCTG

May 29th, 2015, 03:49 AM

Good morning ABCTG,

thank you for the clarification.

To avoid to load the indicator 2 times I simply set the indicator to be scaled from -100 to +100, that is ok for this
indicator.

I changed the variables HiDate = Date + 19000000 and LoDate = Date + 19000000, so I can read it in the Data Window, but that is not very nice. Any chance to format this better in the Data Window?

Thank you.

Best regards,
Timo

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