Multi timeframe programming in Easylanguage

September 9th, 2011, 01:42 PM

Hi,
Can someone please help me with how to program a multi timeframe indicator in Easylanguage. specifically, I want to take a larger chart and display an indicator on that onto a smaller chart. For eg, a 20-EMA on 10-tick Range chart displayed on 5-tick range chart.
I'd greatly appreciate some example code, if possible.
Many thanks in advance.

September 15th, 2011, 10:08 AM

First you need to set up 2 data series on a chart. The base data series should be the one you want to view, ie 5 tick range chart in your case. You can make the second data series invisible in the Style tab of the Format Instrument dialog box of the second data series ( 10 tick range bar in your case ). Then use the following code. Data1 in the code is your 5 tick range bar and Data2 in the code is your 10 tick range bar. The following example plots the 20 bar EMA of the 5 tick range bar and the 10 tick range bar on the 5 tick range bar chart.

Inputs: Price(Close),
Len(20);

Variables: ema1(0,data1),

September 15th, 2011, 10:12 AM

sorry messed up on my post accidentally

Here we go.

First you need to set up 2 data series on a chart. The base data series should be the one you want to view, ie 5 tick range chart in your case. You can make the second data series invisible in the Style tab of the Format Instrument dialog box of the second data series ( 10 tick range bar in your case ). Then use the following code. Data1 in the code is your 5 tick range bar and Data2 in the code is your 10 tick range bar. The following example plots the 20 bar EMA of the 5 tick range bar and the 10 tick range bar on the 5 tick range bar chart.

Code

Inputs:  Price(Close),
           Len(20);

Variables:   ema1(0,data1),
                ema2(0,data2);

ema1 = XAverage(Price,Len) of data1;
ema2 = XAverage(Price,Len) of data2;

Plot1(ema1,"5tickEMA");
Plot2(ema2,"10tickEMA");

That should do it.

September 15th, 2011, 11:49 AM

hi chisound, thanks for your reply. I did try that but Range/Renko charts are not supported in multi-series charting. I think this may have to be done programmatically using pushpop.dll or global variables etc, but I'm not very comfortable with that and would need some help. thanks again

September 15th, 2011, 04:28 PM

I use Range charts myself with multiple data series with no problems. When i say "Range Chart" what I mean is I set the Instrument chart type to Regular and the Resolution to x Point to set it to a Range Chart. That works really well. I have verified values for multiple data series and they are correct.

September 19th, 2011, 11:45 AM

chisound, thanks for your reply. i'm afraid i'm not able to follow you. could you pls post a screenshot of your settings ? I cant seem to do what you've outlined in your post. thanks in advance....

September 22nd, 2011, 01:37 PM

here you go......

September 23rd, 2011, 05:59 AM

hi chisounds, thanks for your reply. what platform are you using ? is this tradestation ? looks nothing like mine....

September 23rd, 2011, 03:52 PM

I am using Multicharts 7

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