DRAW RECTANGLE – How to draw past 00:00 times

• 01/28/2019 at 7:27 AM #89753
  Andyd3

  Hi, i’m using the draw rectangle code but i want to use this on different time frames that run through the 00:00 time

  eg 173000 – 060000

  when i set this the rectangle does not draw.

  is there a way to do this?

  thanks

  THIS IS THE DRAW RECTANGLE CODE

  period = 20 boxheight = 0.0020 hh = highest[period](high) ll = lowest[period](low) if hh-ll <= boxheight then for i = 0 to period do if high[i]=hh then x2 = barindex[i] endif if low[i]=ll then x1 = barindex[i] endif next if ABS(x2-x1) >= period then DRAWRECTANGLE(x1,ll,x2,hh)coloured(255,10,10) endif endif RETURN

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  period = 20 boxheight = 0.0020 hh = highest[period](high) ll = lowest[period](low)   if hh-ll <= boxheight then   for i = 0 to period do    if high[i]=hh then     x2 = barindex[i]    endif    if low[i]=ll then     x1 = barindex[i]    endif next if ABS(x2-x1) >= period then    DRAWRECTANGLE(x1,ll,x2,hh)coloured(255,10,10) endif endif   RETURN

   

  

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  01/28/2019 at 4:35 PM #89844
  Nicolas

  That code doesn’t use any time conditions to calculate and to plot. It only relies on period (bars quantity). So it should work at any time.

  

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  01/28/2019 at 6:52 PM #89851
  Vonasi

  My guess would be that it has something to do with the boxheight (highest high – lowest low) needing to be <= 0.002 or the fact that line 15 expects the length of the box to be >= period which I am guessing is very unlikely.

   

  

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  01/31/2019 at 9:42 AM #90120
  Nicolas

  That code is good for me, it plots boxes only if the range is less or equal to 20 pips and if they have been formed for at least X periods.

  

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  01/31/2019 at 12:21 PM #90137
  Vonasi

  … but you are finding the highest high and lowest low in the last 20 bars and then if they are have a difference of less than or equal to 20 pips then line 15 has a condition that only lets you draw a rectangle if the HH and LL are 20 or more bars apart. Surely this condition is very rarely going to be hit as they cannot be over 20 bars apart as that is your look back period to find them within! So in reality we are looking for a HH and LL less than 20 pips in difference where the HH and LL are exactly 20 bars apart.

  

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