How i can change the number of ticks in the charts according to volatility

May 1st, 2020, 03:39 PM

I am trying to write a strategy in trade station 10.
The strategy is in tick charts.How i can change the number of ticks in the charts according to volatility or time in easy language automatically.( may be using indicator in another chart ?).
Thank You

May 1st, 2020, 05:01 PM

I've had a similar idea so I would like to know as well.

I'm thinking that a second set of calculated bars would need to be plotted. The calculated bars would be generated from the raw data, plus your indicator, generating an artificial bar (but its plotted as an indicator). Signals would still be execute on the raw data bars.

But that's just a guess. I am really just subscribing to your thread.

May 2nd, 2020, 03:31 AM

Prototyper

I've had a similar idea so I would like to know as well.

I'm thinking that a second set of calculated bars would need to be plotted. The calculated bars would be generated from the raw data, plus your indicator, generating an artificial bar (but its plotted as an indicator). Signals would still be execute on the raw data bars.

But that's just a guess. I am really just subscribing to your thread.

Thank you for the reply.
It is good idea.
Please explain how to generate an artificial bar . Do you have code for that ?
Thank you again:

May 2nd, 2020, 03:08 PM

I have MultiCharts (Easy Language compatible), and it has settings under "Format Instrument" to display data as tick bars, range bars, etc. You must have tick data as the raw source to do this. If your datasource is already time based (like 30 second bars, etc.), you cannot generate time independent bars.

That said, here's an example of "artificial bars". This doesn't solve the problem you posed though. This is just an example. Here, the underlying price data has been "de-trended" by finding the moving average and using that as a zero line for price.

Screenshot shows how to configure the indicators to display as if they are price bars.

VChart_1.pla

May 3rd, 2020, 05:40 PM

Prototyper

I have MultiCharts (Easy Language compatible), and it has settings under "Format Instrument" to display data as tick bars, range bars, etc. You must have tick data as the raw source to do this. If your datasource is already time based (like 30 second bars, etc.), you cannot generate time independent bars.

That said, here's an example of "artificial bars". This doesn't solve the problem you posed though. This is just an example. Here, the underlying price data has been "de-trended" by finding the moving average and using that as a zero line for price.

Screenshot shows how to configure the indicators to display as if they are price bars.

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Hi,
Thank you for the reply.
The multicharts link
VChart_1 ,I cannot import to Tradestation.
Please advice me how to convert it to Trade station easy language.

Isra63

May 3rd, 2020, 05:49 PM

Code

{Value Chart Indicator
found on a forum
http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/topic/2107-ttmddf-value-chart/}

Inputs:NumBars(5);

Variables:Vopen(0),VHigh(0),VLow(0),VClose(0),Var1(0),Var2(0);

Var: VcloseLam(0),ValueSOB(" "),ValueMOB(" "),ValueMOS(" "), ValueSOS(" "), ValueFair(" "), lastdate(0);

 

 

{Calcualte Value Chart}

VOpen = VChart_1(NumBars,Open);

VHigh = VChart_1(NumBars,High);

VLow = VChart_1(NumBars,Low);

VClose = VChart_1(NumBars,Close);

 

 

If currentbar > Numbars then Begin

Plot1(VOpen,"VOpen");

Plot2(VHigh,"VHigh");

Plot3(VLow,"VLow");

Plot4(VClose,"VClose");

Plot5(8,"8");

Plot6(4,"4");

Plot7(-4,"-4");

Plot8(-8,"-8");

Plot9(0,"0");

End;

Code

{Value Chart function
found on a forum
http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/topic/2107-ttmddf-value-chart/}

Inputs:NumBars(Numeric),Price(NumericSeries);

 

Variables:VarNumBars(0),Var0(0),LRange(0),YDiv(0),RanVar4(0),VOpen(0),VHigh(0),VLow(0),VClose(0),

VarA(0),VarB(0),VarC(0),VarD(0),VarE(0),VarP(0),VarR1(0),VarR2(0),VarR3(0),VarR4(0),VarR5(0);

 

{Insure NumBars is between 2 and 1000}

If NumBars < 2 then VarNumBars = 2;

If Numbars > 1000 then VarNumBars = 1000;

If Numbars >= 2 and NumBars <=1000 then VarNumBars = NumBars;

 

VarP=Round(VarNumBars/5,0);

 

If VarNumBars >7 then begin

VarA=Highest(H,VarP)-Lowest(L,VarP);

If VarA = 0 and VarP=1 then VarR1=absvalue(C-C[VarP]) Else VarR1 = VarA;

VarB=Highest(H,VarP)[VarP+1]-Lowest(L,VarP)[VarP];

If VarB = 0 and VarP=1 then VarR2=absvalue(C[VarP]-C[VarP*2]) Else VarR2 = VarB;

VarC=Highest(H,VarP)[VarP*2]-Lowest(L,VarP)[VarP*2];

If VarC = 0 and VarP=1 then VarR3=absvalue(C[VarP*2]-C[VarP*3]) Else VarR3 = VarC;

VarD=Highest(H,VarP)[VarP*3]-Lowest(L,VarP)[VarP*3];

If VarD = 0 and VarP=1 then VarR4=absvalue(C[VarP*3]-C[VarP*4]) Else VarR4 = VarD;

VarE=Highest(H,VarP)[VarP*4]-Lowest(L,VarP)[VarP*4];

If VarE = 0 and VarP=1 then VarR5=absvalue(C[VarP*4]-C[VarP*5]) Else VarR5 = VarE;

LRange=((VarR1+VarR2+VarR3+VarR4+VarR5)/5)*.2;

End;

 

 

If VarNumBars <=7 then Begin

If AbsValue(C-C[1]) > (H-L) then Var0=AbsValue(C-C[1]) else var0=(H-L);

If H=L then Var0=absvalue(C-C[1]);

LRange=Average(Var0,5)*.2;

End;

 

If LRange > 0 then begin

If Price = Open then

VChart_1=((Open-Average((H+L)/2,VarNumBars)))/(LRange);

If Price = High then

VChart_1=((High-Average((H+L)/2,VarNumBars)))/(LRange);

If Price = Low then

VChart_1=((Low-Average((H+L)/2,VarNumBars)))/(LRange);

If Price = Close then

VChart_1=((Close-Average((H+L)/2,VarNumBars)))/(LRange);

End;

May 18th, 2020, 02:23 PM

ISRA63

I am trying to write a strategy in trade station 10.
The strategy is in tick charts.How i can change the number of ticks in the charts according to volatility or time in easy language automatically.( may be using indicator in another chart ?).
Thank You

I have not used Tradestation/easylanguage in a few years but my first thought would be to use switch function or condition to set ticks and some kind of ATR multiplier for volatility. (Coded output of atr indicator times multiplier)

Hopefully that helps, maybe you thought already?

Good luck

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