Paint charts based on Line crossovers on an oscillator

December 23rd, 2018, 07:17 PM

I'm trying to incorporate some rules into a CCI indicator so that it paints my charts a particular colour when certain conditions are met.

Here is the psuedo-code for the rules:

if CCI >=100, paint the chart green.
if CCI >=200 , paint the chart dark green.

if CCI <=-100, paint the chart red.
if CCI <=-200, paint the chart dark red.

This bit works fine, as you can see.

I'm having problems implementing the rule below:

if CCI crossing above -100, continue painting the chart red until it hits either 0 or +100 (set by a variable).
if CCI crossing below +100, continue painting the chart green until it hits either 0 or -100 (set by a variable).

I want to create a rule so that when CCI travels from -100 to +100 (or from +100 to -100) it will continue to paint whatever it was painting previously when it entered that range.

Here is my current code:

VARIABLES:

Code

double CurrentCCI = CCI(14)[0];
double PreviousCCI = CCI(14)[1];
double mean = 0;
double sma0 = sma[0];

Code

	//Paint Backgrounds according to CCI.
				if(CurrentCCI >=100)
				{
					//BackBrushesAll[1] = Brushes.White; // Repaint 1 bar when we change direction.
						BackBrushAll = iBrushBackUp;
					 if(CurrentCCI >=200)
					{
						BackBrushAll = iBrushCloseLong;
						//BackBrushesAll[1] = Brushes.Gold; //Repaint 1 bar when we change direction.
					} 
					
					
				}
				
				else if(CurrentCCI <=-100)
				{
					BackBrushAll = iBrushBackDown;
					
					 if(CurrentCCI <=-200)
					{
						BackBrushAll = iBrushCloseShort;
					} 
					
				}

What's the best method to describe this rule?

Ive tried the below using some booleans ("bullish","bearish") , but i'm missing something simple I think.

Code

if(CurrentCCI <0){
						
						if(bullish == true){
						BackBrushAll = iBrushBackUp;	
						}
						
						if(bearish == true){
							BackBrushAll = iBrushBackDown;
						}
						
						 if(CurrentCCI <=-100)
							 
							{
								BackBrushAll = iBrushBackDown;
								bullish = false;
								bearish = true;
								
											if (CurrentCCI <=-200)
											{
												BackBrushAll = iBrushCloseShort;
												bearish = false;
											}
							}
					}

Code

if(CurrentCCI >0){
					
						if(bullish == true){
						BackBrushAll = iBrushBackUp;	
						}
						
						if(bearish == true){
							BackBrushAll = iBrushBackDown;
						}
						
							if(CurrentCCI >=100){
						
					//BackBrushesAll[1] = Brushes.White; // Repaint 1 bar when we change direction.
						BackBrushAll = iBrushBackUp;
						bullish = true;
						bearish = false;
								
								if(CurrentCCI >=200)
								{
									
									BackBrushAll= iBrushCloseLong;
									bullish = false;
								}		
					}
							
					}

Any thoughts welcome!

Ive exported the current version and attached it.

December 24th, 2018, 08:15 PM

Nevermind. A good night's sleep makes this obvious again.

Happy Xmas peeps!

December 24th, 2018, 11:05 PM

Good looking chart!!! LOVE IT!!!

Happy Christmas.

Paint charts based on Line crossovers on an oscillator

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