How to color OHLC bars?

July 20th, 2014, 02:58 PM

Is there an easy way to color the OHLC bars in Tradestation?

Thx

ABCTG · July 20th, 2014, 03:20 PM

GoldenRatio,

the short answer is yes. It only depends on how you want to color them i.e. what the conditions are.
Tradestation has separate studies that color the bars, they are called Paintbars. I would suggest checking the build in studies out as this should give you a good idea.

Regards,
ABCTG

July 20th, 2014, 10:39 PM

GoldenRatio

Is there an easy way to color the OHLC bars in Tradestation?

Thx

Here is the code for easy language

Make it a paint bar indicator. I called it OHLC_Color

If Close < Open then
begin
PlotPB(High,Low,Open,Close,"OHLC",Red);
end
else
begin
PlotPB(High,Low,Open,Close,"OHLC",Green);
end;

July 21st, 2014, 10:04 AM

Thank you kbaker9247 & ABCTG!

August 11th, 2015, 08:11 AM

Thank you for the Paintbar script. Is there a way to make the weight of the bars "heavier"? When I do that via Format Symbol, the colors of the script are masked.

August 31st, 2015, 07:03 AM

Thank you for the script....

September 16th, 2015, 05:32 PM

rocketcitytrader

Thank you for the Paintbar script. Is there a way to make the weight of the bars "heavier"? When I do that via Format Symbol, the colors of the script are masked.

Yes - control the width of the (colored) plot through the paintbar EasyLanguage using plot width rather than by formatting the symbol. Hope that helps!

May 3rd, 2020, 04:42 PM

I found this old post. I was looking to color OHLC bars so up was green and down was red.

I entered this;

If Close < Open then
begin
PlotPB(High,Low,Open,Close,"OHLC",Red);
end
else
begin
PlotPB(High,Low,Open,Close,"OHLC",Green);
end;

And got this error;

Error 1; Description: Arithmetic (numeric) expression expected here.; Location: OHLC_Color; Line: 11 Error Type (#30157)

This is my first attempt at programming in EL.

ABCTG · May 4th, 2020, 03:56 AM

SteveJewels ,

what platform and study type did you test this in?

Your code compiles without errors for me in a Paintbar study in Tradestation.

Regards,

ABCTG

SteveJewels

I found this old post. I was looking to color OHLC bars so up was green and down was red.

I entered this;

If Close < Open then
begin
PlotPB(High,Low,Open,Close,"OHLC",Red);
end
else
begin
PlotPB(High,Low,Open,Close,"OHLC",Green);
end;

And got this error;

Error 1; Description: Arithmetic (numeric) expression expected here.; Location: OHLC_Color; Line: 11 Error Type (#30157)

This is my first attempt at programming in EL.

May 4th, 2020, 07:04 AM

ABCTG

SteveJewels ,

what platform and study type did you test this in?

Your code compiles without errors for me in a Paintbar study in Tradestation.

Regards,

ABCTG

Hello ABCTG,

I hope you are well.

Thank you for replying.

Platform? Tradestation.

I do not understand "test this in".

And now every study, Indicator, ShowMe, PaintBar, ActivityBar and ProbabliltyMap except DIG Keltner Channel shows as "Not Verified".

I have broken TradeStation.

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