MultiCharts: Trading Software for Automated Trading and Backtesting

Posted: **29 Dec 2012**

For those that like to use the HL bars but would like to see the close tick on the last bar I assembled this study:

// 25-12-2012

// Multicharts forum thread : http://www.multicharts.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11658



input:

	RightTimeOffSet	(5),

	LeftExtension		(false),

	RightExtension	(true),

	LastPriceColor	(green),

	LastPriceSize		(0);



variables:

	intrabarpersist	lastPrice		(0),

				minute			(0),

				lastPriceRightTL	(-1),

				lastPrideLeftTL	(-1);

			

minute = TimeToMinutes(rightTimeOffSet)*60;

minute = SecondsToTime_s(minute);

lastPrice = close;



tl_delete(lastPriceRightTL);

tl_delete(lastPrideLeftTL);



if RightExtension = true then begin

	lastPriceRightTL= tl_new_s(date, time_s + minute, lastPrice , date + 1, time_s, lastPrice );  

		tl_setcolor(lastPriceRightTL, lastPriceColor);

		tl_setsize(lastPriceRightTL, lastPriceSize);

		tl_setextright(lastPriceRightTL, true);

end

else begin

	lastPriceRightTL= tl_new_s(date, time_s + minute, lastPrice , date, time_s, lastPrice );  

		tl_setcolor(lastPriceRightTL, lastPriceColor);

		tl_setsize(lastPriceRightTL, lastPriceSize);

end;	



if LeftExtension = true then begin

	lastPrideLeftTL= tl_new_s(date[1], time_s[1], lastPrice , date, time_s, lastPrice );  

		tl_setcolor(lastPrideLeftTL, lastPriceColor);

		tl_setsize(lastPrideLeftTL, lastPriceSize);

		tl_setextleft(lastPrideLeftTL, true);

end;

Posted: **11 Feb 2014**

Great job. This might be a bit faster:

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//ShowText to False to speed it up a bit

//Format the indicator once its on the chart and set it to HIDDEN

//Make sure the indicator is set to UPDATE ON EACH TICK 



inputs: 

   ShowPriceLine( True ),

   LineColor( DarkGray ),

   LineStyle( Tool_Dashed3 ),  		//Tool_Solid, Tool_Dotted, Tool_Dashed, Tool_Dashed2, Tool_Dashed3

   ShowText( True ),			

   TextColor( RGB(255,104,32) ),  //RGB(xxx,xxx,xxx) or Color Name eg: Red

   TextSize( 14 ),	

   TextShiftUp( 2 ) ; 					//Plot Price Text this amount of ticks up from Close price



variables: 

   TL_ID( 0 ), 

   int NumDecimals( 0 ), 

   Text_ID( 0 ) ; 



   if Category = 12 then 

     NumDecimals = Log( PriceScale ) / Log( 10 ) - 1 

   else 

      NumDecimals = Log( PriceScale ) / Log( 10 ) ; 

    

   if CurrentBar = 1 and ShowPriceLine then begin 

      TL_ID = TL_New( D, T, C, D, T, C ) ;  

      TL_SetColor( TL_ID, LineColor ) ;  

      TL_SetStyle( TL_ID, LineStyle ) ;  

      TL_SetSize( TL_ID, 0 ) ;  

      TL_SetExtRight( TL_ID, True ) ;  

      TL_SetExtLeft( TL_ID, True ) ; 

      TL_SetColor( TL_ID, LineColor ) ; 

           Text_ID = Text_New( D, T, C, NumToStr( C, NumDecimals ) ) ; 

   end ; 

  

      TL_SetEnd( TL_ID, D, T, C );  

      TL_SetBegin( TL_ID, D, T, C ); 

   

   if ShowText then begin

      Text_SetLocation( Text_ID, D, T, C+ TextShiftUp ) ; 

      Text_SetColor( Text_ID, TextColor ) ;

      Text_SetSize( Text_ID, TextSize ) ;

      Text_SetString( Text_ID, Spaces( 0 ) + NumToStr( C, NumDecimals ) ) ; 

      Text_SetStyle( Text_ID, 0, 1 ) ; 

   end ;

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