ThinkScript (TOS) Programming Question

NexusFi · 2016-03-08T15:19:05-05:00

Hi. I have a question about Thinkscript. I am not optimistic that anyone can help me, because I don't think what I want to do is possible. My strategy is a kind of swing method. I have a condition (unimportant at this point, to go into detail), and then this condition is met I want to draw two horizontal lines above and below the signal bar. I want these lines to continue until price breaks either line. I want to ignore additional signals while this signal is still in play (see picture). Here is …

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ThinkScript (TOS) Programming Question

March 8th, 2016, 03:19 PM

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Pharmakon

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The problem is this hasn't been defined in my code yet, so I can't reference it. Thinkscript does not give you any way to define a variable at the top of the code and then change it towards the bottom of the code. So for instance, if I could drop myself a little breadcrumb in ThinkScript and tell myself that the two lines had been 30 ticks apart, I'd be fine--so long as I could reference this at the top of my code later.

Hi !

It will be easier to paste your code here to be able to see it. I don't know how to code on ThinkorSwim, but popular languages make it possible. You can define the variable at the top of your code and change it at the bottom, no ?

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P.