Time based info

• 04/28/2018 at 10:35 AM #69337
  cummish

  Hi

  I am trying to update my indicator value only at a specific time of the day and then have that value carried until the next update same time next day – I have read the user manual but can’t workout why the below updates every bar instead of the time of 10am

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  timestart = (Time = 100000) lowprice = lowest[20] highprice = highest[20] Return timestart, lowprice as “lowprice”, highprice as “highprice”

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  timestart = (Time = 100000) lowprice = lowest[20] highprice = highest[20]   Return timestart, lowprice as “lowprice”, highprice as “highprice”

   

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  Any thoughts on where I am going wrong?

   

  Thanks

  

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  04/28/2018 at 11:13 AM #69338
  robertogozzi

  To write code, please use the <> “insert PRT code” button to make your code easier to read. Thank you.

   

  

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  04/28/2018 at 11:28 AM #69339
  robertogozzi

  Line 1 will hold a logical value (either 0 or 1, False or True), not the time, you should write

  timestart = 100000

  1	timestart = 100000

  to assign TIMESTART a constant (in this case you could even write the keyword ONCE before the name, but it’s not mandatory).

  Since RETURN is executed at each bar, it will ALWAYS update your chart.

  Lines 2 and 3 miss WHAT data the two functions should return, I assume you wanted to write

  lowprice = lowest[20](low) highprice = highest[20](high)

  1 2	lowprice = lowest[20](low) highprice = highest[20](high)

  to have the lowest LOW and highest HIGH of the last 20 bars.

  I think what you want is to draw a line at both the highest and lowest price at 10:00am and keep it till next day.

  I’ll write something in a few minutes.

  

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  04/28/2018 at 11:41 AM #69340
  robertogozzi

  There you go

  DEFPARAM DrawOnLastBarOnly = true IF Time = 100000 THEN lowprice = lowest[20](low) highprice = highest[20](high) MyBar = BarIndex ENDIF DRAWsegment(MyBar-20,highprice,barindex,highprice) coloured(0,0,255,255) //Blue segment DRAWsegment(MyBar-20,lowprice,barindex,lowprice) coloured(255,0,0,255) //Red segment RETURN

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  DEFPARAM DrawOnLastBarOnly = true IF Time = 100000 THEN    lowprice  = lowest[20](low)    highprice = highest[20](high)    MyBar     = BarIndex ENDIF DRAWsegment(MyBar-20,highprice,barindex,highprice) coloured(0,0,255,255) //Blue segment DRAWsegment(MyBar-20,lowprice,barindex,lowprice) coloured(255,0,0,255)   //Red segment RETURN

  is that what you needeed?

  Roberto

  

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  04/28/2018 at 1:01 PM #69342
  cummish

  Hi Roberto

  thanks so much – the draw segment wasn’t but the rest was – so modified to :

  Much appreciated!!

  IF Time= 100000 THEN lowprice = lowest[20](low) highprice = highest[20](high) ENDIF Return lowprice as "lowprice" , highprice as "highprice"

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  IF Time= 100000 THEN lowprice = lowest[20](low) highprice = highest[20](high) ENDIF Return lowprice as "lowprice" , highprice as "highprice"

  

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