Plot Paint Bar Issue  [SOLVED]

I am trying to create a simple paint bar study for a moving average filter. When the three EMAs (13, 34, 255) are stacked in the proper order for a long entry (shorter EMAs above longer EMAs), I want the bar to be painted BLUE. For some reason not obvious to me all the bars get painted blue whether all the criteria are met or not.

I have messed with this for more than an hour now, printing out the bar-by-bar data points, trying various different approaches, but I must be doing something fundamentally wrong. I would appreciate another set of eyes looking at this:


//*****************************************************************************
// inputs and variables
//*****************************************************************************

inputs:
MA_1_Length (13),
MA_2_Length (34),
MA_3_Length (255),
Color_Up (blue);

variables:
MA_1 (0),
MA_2 (0),
MA_3 (0),
MA_Config_Long (false),
MA_3_Rising (false);


//*****************************************************************************
// perform calculations
//*****************************************************************************

// calculate MAs

MA_1 = XAverage(Close, MA_1_Length);
MA_2 = XAverage(Close, MA_2_Length);
MA_3 = XAverage(Close, MA_3_Length);


// filter for long setups

if MA_1 > MA_2 and MA_2 > MA_3 then MA_Config_Long = true; // shorter moving averages are stacked above longer moving averages

if MA_3 > MA_3[5] and MA_3 > MA_3[10] then MA_3_Rising = true; // longest MA is rising over both five and ten periods ago

if MA_Config_Long and MA_3_Rising then
PlotPaintBar(High,Low,Open,Close, "SULong", Color_Up); // both criteria are met so plot paint bars

I am trying to create a simple paint bar study for a moving average filter. When the three EMAs (13, 34, 255) are stacked in the proper order for a long entry (shorter EMAs above longer EMAs), I want the bar to be painted BLUE. For some reason not obvious to me all the bars get painted blue whether all the criteria are met or not.

I have messed with this for more than an hour now, printing out the bar-by-bar data points, trying various different approaches, but I must be doing something fundamentally wrong. I would appreciate another set of eyes looking at this:


//*****************************************************************************
// inputs and variables
//*****************************************************************************

inputs:
MA_1_Length (13),
MA_2_Length (34),
MA_3_Length (255),
Color_Up (blue);

variables:
MA_1 (0),
MA_2 (0),
MA_3 (0),
MA_Config_Long (false),
MA_3_Rising (false);


//*****************************************************************************
// perform calculations
//*****************************************************************************

// calculate MAs

MA_1 = XAverage(Close, MA_1_Length);
MA_2 = XAverage(Close, MA_2_Length);
MA_3 = XAverage(Close, MA_3_Length);


// filter for long setups

if MA_1 > MA_2 and MA_2 > MA_3 then MA_Config_Long = true; // shorter moving averages are stacked above longer moving averages

if MA_3 > MA_3[5] and MA_3 > MA_3[10] then MA_3_Rising = true; // longest MA is rising over both five and ten periods ago

if MA_Config_Long and MA_3_Rising then
PlotPaintBar(High,Low,Open,Close, "SULong", Color_Up); // both criteria are met so plot paint bars

see this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12482&p=59543&hilit ... lse#p59543



ps: how to post codes:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=11713

Thanks TJ! (I tried to use the "thumbs up" on your reply but got a fatal error, so I'm thanking you the old-fashioned way).

Here's where my code ended up after viewing your suggested link. Clean and works.

Thanks TJ! (I tried to use the "thumbs up" on your reply but got a fatal error, so I'm thanking you the old-fashioned way).

Here's where my code ended up after viewing your suggested link. Clean and works.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing.