Moving average colour change

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11/22/2021 at 11:06 AM #182055 quote

Stocks008
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Hi there,

I would like to code a moving average(10 SMA) but change the colour when it points up or down. is there a way to do it in the code so I do not have to do it manually?I did search for it but didn’t find anything.

thanks in advance, 🙂

11/22/2021 at 2:41 PM #182066 quote
robertogozzi
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Legend
A colour change is when the current candle is:
- ascending and the previous one was descending;
- descending and the previous one was ascending.
Here is the code:
```
MySma   = average[20,0](close)
Rising  = MySma > MySma[1] AND MySma[1] < MySma[2]
Falling = MySma < MySma[1] AND MySma[1] > MySma[2]
```
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11/25/2021 at 7:13 AM #182239 quote

Stocks008
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Average

Okay, just struggling to make it work in the code. What do I have to return in the code to make the average appear on chart and still have two separate colours? I know it might be a dumb question, just not too great at coding. Usually to make the average a standard colour we return the average and also the colour, but more than that I’m struggling with.

11/25/2021 at 9:14 AM #182245 quote
Nicolas
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Just a way to do it (many other options to color based on conditions)
```
MySma   = average[20,0](close)
Rising  = MySma > MySma[1] AND MySma[1] < MySma[2]
Falling = MySma < MySma[1] AND MySma[1] > MySma[2]

if rising then 
 r = 0
 g = 255
elsif falling then 
 r = 255
 g = 0
endif 

return mysma coloured(r,g,0)
```
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11/25/2021 at 12:33 PM #182258 quote

Stocks008
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Thank you.very simple and I just didn’t think of that. There isn’t maybe a way to do colourzones as well in a code?

11/26/2021 at 5:55 PM #182348 quote
robertogozzi
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Legend
You can use the indicator’s properties (settings) to add colour zones.

This is the code that mimicks the properties, but is not as good:
```
MySma   = average[20,0](close)
Rising  = MySma > MySma[1] AND MySma[1] < MySma[2]
Falling = MySma < MySma[1] AND MySma[1] > MySma[2]
if rising then
   r = 0
   g = 255
elsif falling then
   r = 255
   g = 0
endif
IF close > MySma THEN
   OO = close
   HH = close
   LL = MySma
   CC = MySma
   DrawCandle(OO,HH,LL,CC) coloured(0,128,0,16)
ELSIF close < MySma THEN
   OO = MySma
   HH = MySma
   LL = close
   CC = close
   DrawCandle(OO,HH,LL,CC) coloured(255,0,0,16)
ENDIF
return mysma coloured(r,g,0)
```
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