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 TwoHands 
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Has anyone written or know where I can find a breakout box? I'd like it to allow me to input start and end times and show the high and low of that period. Also need it to automatically change for each day based on the chart's session hours.

The image is using manually entered horizontal and vertical lines to give an idea what I'm looking for.


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Have that available for NinjaTrader, but not for TradeStation.

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This might get you started in the right direction... it did for me.
should work for TS ORB

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This might get you started in the right direction... it did for me.
should work for TS ORB

Thanks Program, but I don't think I can use a .pla file in Tradestation.

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in ninja we call it open range indicator maybe you can search for the same thing in TS.

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in ninja we call it open range indicator maybe you can search for the same thing in TS.

Thanks Cory. Found one but not for Tradestation. The hunt continues

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maybe this

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maybe this

Alas doesn't compile in TS 9.0. I was also looking more for an indicator than an automated strategy, which this seems to be.

Lines 12 & 45 Position information function not allowed in a study

 
Code
Input:
   orb(0.3);
Variables:
   MP(0),
   TodaysOpen(0),
   MyTrueRange(0), 
   PreTrueRange(0),
   tempOpen(0), 
   answer(0), 
   answerSell(0);

MP = MarketPosition;

// New Day

If date <> date[1] then begin
   TodaysOpen = Open;
   PreTrueRange = TrueHigh[1] of data2 - TrueLow[1] of data2;
   answer = TodaysOpen + (PreTrueRange * orb);
   answerSell = TodaysOpen - (PreTrueRange * orb);
end;

// Enter trade on breakout

If ( Time >= 900 ) And ( Time <= 1430 ) And ( MP = 0 ) And ( EntriesToday(Date) = 0 )  Then
Begin
   Buy ("LE") next bar at answer stop;
   Sellshort("SE") next bar at answerSell stop;
End;

// Stop Loss

If ( MP = 1 ) Then Sell next bar at answerSell stop;
If ( MP = -1 ) Then Buy to cover next bar at answer stop;
   
// Exit at end-of-day

If ( Time = 1500 ) And ( MP <> 0 ) Then
Begin
   Sell this bar at close;
   Buy to cover this bar at close;
End;

{************************************************* *********}
IF MarketPosition = 1 THEN BEGIN
Alert("Still Long");
END;

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Here is the code, copy and paste... maybe with a little tweaking it will compile in TS.

 
Code
Inputs:
	StartTime(800),						// Start time of session
	EndTime(900),							// End time of openingsrange
	ExtendOpeningsRange(False),		// Extending the openings range
	TextOffSet(1),							// The distance between the text and the lines, in points of the pricescale
	TextAlignment(2),						// Alignment of the text object: 0: to right of bar, 1: to left of bar, 2: centered on bar
	FontSize(9),							// Font size of the text objects
	FontName("Verdana"),					// Font type of the text objects
	High_Color(RGB(0, 255, 0)),		// Color for the high line and text
	Mid_Color(RGB(255, 128, 0)),		// Color for the mid line and text
	Low_Color(RGB(255, 0, 0)),			// Color for the low line and text
	High_Line_Tickness(2),				// Tickness of the high line
	Mid_Line_Tickness(1),				// Tickness of the middle line
	Low_Line_Tickness(2),				// Tickness of the low line
	High_Line_Style(2),					// Style of the high line
	Mid_Line_Style(3),					// Style of the mid line
	Low_Line_Style(2)						// Style of the low line
	;

Variables:
	sessionStart(SessionStartTime(0, 1)), opRangeHigh(0), opRangeLow(999999), barsSinceStart(0), alreadyPlotted(False),
	numOfDecimals(Round(Log(PriceScale) / Log(10), 0)), offset(TextOffSet * (MinMove / PriceScale)), lineOffset(0), 
	tlHigh(0), tlLow(0), tlMid(0), opRangeActive(False),
	sessionEnd(SessionEndTime(0, SessionCount(0)) * 100), beginTime(StartTime * 100), endingTime(EndTime * 100);

// Reset previous values
if (Date <> Date[1]) then begin
	opRangeHigh		= 0;
	opRangeLow		= 999999;
	barsSinceStart = 0;
	alreadyPlotted	= False;
	opRangeActive	= True;
end;	
	
// Collect openingsbar range
if (Time_s >= beginTime) and (Time_s <= endingTime) then begin
	opRangeHigh 	= MaxList(High, opRangeHigh);
	opRangeLow		= MinList(Low, opRangeLow);
	barsSinceStart	= barsSinceStart + 1;
end;

// Start plotting
if (Time_s >= endingTime) and (alreadyPlotted = False) then begin

	// Save values for the trendlines (needed for extending later on)
	tlHigh 		= opRangeHigh;
	tlMid			= (opRangeHigh + opRangeLow) * 0.50;
	tlLow 		= opRangeLow;
		
	// Plot the text
	value20 = IFF(barsSinceStart > 1, barsSinceStart - 1, barsSinceStart);
	value1 = Text_New_s(Date, Time_s[value20 * 0.50], tlHigh + offset, 			Text("High = ", NumToStr(tlHigh, numOfDecimals)));
	value2 = Text_New_s(Date, Time_s[value20 * 0.50], tlLow - (offset * 2), 	Text("Midpoint = ", NumToStr(tlMid, numOfDecimals)));
	value3 = Text_New_s(Date, Time_s[value20 * 0.50], tlLow - offset, 			Text("Low = ", NumToStr(tlLow, numOfDecimals)));
	
	// Change colour of text instrument
	Text_SetColor(value1, High_Color);
	Text_SetColor(value2, Mid_Color);
	Text_SetColor(value3, Low_Color);
	
	// Change the alignment of the text object
	Text_SetStyle(value1, TextAlignment, 2);
	Text_SetStyle(value2, TextAlignment, 2);
	Text_SetStyle(value3, TextAlignment, 2);
	
	// Change the font size
	Text_SetSize(value1, FontSize);
	Text_SetSize(value2, FontSize);
	Text_SetSize(value3, FontSize);
	
	// Change the font type
	Text_SetFontName(value1, FontName);
	Text_SetFontName(value2, FontName);
	Text_SetFontName(value3, FontName);
	
	// Draw the trendlines
	value10 = TL_New_s(Date, Time_s[value20], tlHigh, Date, Time_s, tlHigh);
	value11 = TL_New_s(Date, Time_s[value20], tlMid, Date, Time_s, tlMid);
	value12 = TL_New_s(Date, Time_s[value20], tlLow, Date, Time_s, tlLow);
	
	// Change colour of the lines
	TL_SetColor(value10, High_Color);
	Tl_SetColor(value11, Mid_Color);
	TL_SetColor(value12, Low_Color);
	
	// Change the style of the lines
	TL_SetStyle(value10, High_Line_Style);
	TL_SetStyle(value11, Mid_Line_Style);
	TL_SetStyle(value12, Low_Line_Style);
	
	// Change the width of the lines
	TL_SetSize(value10, High_Line_Tickness);
	TL_SetSize(value11, Mid_Line_Tickness);
	TL_SetSize(value12, Low_Line_Tickness);

	alreadyPlotted = True;
end;

if (ExtendOpeningsRange = True) and (opRangeActive = True) and (Time_s < sessionEnd) and (Time_s > endingTime) then begin

	// Check if the openings range is still valid
	if (Close > tlHigh) or (Close < tlLow) then 
		opRangeActive = False;
		
	// Only extend lines as long as the openings range isn't violated
	if (opRangeActive = True) then begin
		value20 = TL_SetEnd_s(value10, Date, Time_s, tlHigh);
	   value21 = TL_SetEnd_s(value11, Date, Time_s, (tlHigh + tlLow) * 0.50);
		value22 = TL_SetEnd_s(value12, Date, Time_s, tlLow);
	end;

end; //: ExtendOpeningsRange

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