on Thinkorswim.

I am looking for a script to do the following:

I want a light blue colored horizontal line drawn using the closing price of the first 5 minute candle in after hours trading (the one from 16:00-16:05 EST). Wherever this candle closes, a horizontal line is drawn in light blue that shows price level name as "LIS" and shows Price on the right. No matter what time frame we move to I want this line to be permanent for the next trading day only. Each day a new line is generated and we don’t see any prior lines.

Based on SHAK today (9/9/19), that line would be generated at 102.66 from 16:05 today (9/19). i don't care how long it extends into the future as long as it covers the entire trading day that follows.

please help me, i'm a coding dummy

CodingDummy 

on Thinkorswim. I am looking for a script to do the following: I want a light blue colored horizontal line drawn using the closing price of the first 5 minute candle in after hours trading (the one from 16:00-16:05 EST). Wherever this candle closes, a horizontal line is drawn in light blue that shows price level name as "LIS" and shows Price on the right. No matter what time frame we move to I want this line to be permanent for the next trading day only. Each day a new line is generated and we don’t see any prior lines. Based on SHAK today (9/9/19), that line would be generated at 102.66 from 16:05 today (9/19). i don't care how long it extends into the future as long as it covers the entire trading day that follows. please help me, i'm a coding dummy

It is going to be something like:

def C = close;
plot closingprice = if secondsfromtime(1605)<=0 and secondstilltime(1605)>=0 then C else if secondsfromtime(1605)>0 then c[1];

I am not sure if that will work as I am typing away from my TOS platform. If it does not then I will fix it tomorrow at some point.

mtzimmer1 

It is going to be something like: def C = close; plot closingprice = if secondsfromtime(1605)<=0 and secondstilltime(1605)>=0 then C else if secondsfromtime(1605)>0 then c[1]; I am not sure if that will work as I am typing away from my TOS platform. If it does not then I will fix it tomorrow at some point.

killing to coding game @mtzimmer1

error on else if with this one

Massive l 

killing to coding game @mtzimmer1 error on else if with this one

Right... ya need another “else” after the “else if” in case neither of the aforementioned conditions are met. Adding an “else double.nan” at the end of the string would resolve it I think?

It’s like you guys are speaking Russian to me right now. Can’t tell you how much u appreciate help like this

It is great practice for me as a novice coder! Try this out and tell me if it takes or not.



def C = close;

plot closingprice = if secondsfromtime(1605)<=0 and secondstilltime(1605)>=0 then C else if secondsfromtime(1605)>0 then c[1]
else double.nan;

this didn't work. i just end up with lines on every bar. let take a screen shot of what im looking for it to dispaly

Hey I'll get the code up and working tonight after work. Should be a quick fix!

here is what the SHAK chart would look like.
the 16:00-16:05 candle closed at 102.66, so i have manually drawn the aqua line from the 16:00 mark as seen in the picture.

i change time frames, so what i want to happen is that when i go from 5m chart to 4hr or daily chart that the line does not then move to the closing price of those charts. always needs to reference that 5min closing price on the 16:00-16:05 candle.

Hey man, this DOES work but it is not pretty. You need to enter periodstarttime as the first 1 minute bar that prints in the pre-market trading hours. Also the periodendtime as the periodstarttime + 0001. Sorry I was unable to create a prettier code!


declare upper;

input PeriodStartTime = 0458;
input PeriodEndTime = 0459;


def Range_Top = if SecondsFromTime(1606) >= 0 then Range_Top[1] else
if SecondsFromTime(1605) == 0 then close else
if SecondsFromTime(1605) < 0 then Double.NaN else
if SecondsFromTime(1605) > 0 and SecondsFromTime(1606) <= 0
and close > Range_Top[1] then close else Range_Top[1];

plot line = Range_Top;


def line_Top = if SecondsFromTime(periodendtime) >= 0 then line_Top[1] else
if SecondsFromTime(PeriodStartTime) == 0 then line[1] else
if SecondsFromTime(PeriodStartTime) < 0 then Double.NaN else
if SecondsFromTime(PeriodStartTime) > 0 and SecondsFromTime(PeriodEndTime) <= 0
and line[1] > line_Top[1] then line[1] else line_Top[1];

plot line2 = line_top;