TradingRange recognize and breakout

• 08/26/2020 at 10:27 AM #142572
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  Dear guys,

  I’ve seen you have programmed several Breakout solutions. Most Open breakouts and some others too. Yet they are not what I am looking for.

  I am looking for a TradingRange recognition and breakout indicator without a start- or end time. For all timeframes. Where you enter an (adjustable) number of bars back to determine the start.

  I have found an indicator (attachment) that shows exactly what I mean (times must be entered here, if there is no other option, also ok). Unfortunately I don’t have a code for it. Can this be programmed in Prorealtime? It would be great.

  Full explanation is given on YouTube in French at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKu2e4h55os.

   

  Thanks in advance

  

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  08/26/2020 at 11:51 AM #142575
  Nicolas

  There is no explanation on how are found the range zones. However I think it might be something like X candles haven’t moved more than Y points either up or down. Or a BB squeeze (BollingerBands inside Keltner Bands)?

  

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  08/26/2020 at 4:47 PM #142627
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  Hi Nicolas,

  Thanks for your quick response!

  No, indeed, and I can’t find that explanation anywhere.

  Your first option seems best to me. An adjustable number of bars, and could it be an adjustable percentage up or down? Then it is more universally applicable for multiple indices, currencies, etc. Can that be programmed?

  

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  08/26/2020 at 6:46 PM #142640
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  Please find below a draft of that code with settings to change according to the instrument/timeframe:

  percent = 0.3 //percent to find the zones period = 10 //period of hh-ll boxes minBar = 3 //minimal bar for the boxes hh=highest[period](high) ll=lowest[period](low) irange = (hh-ll)/ll*100 if irange crosses under percent then startbar=barindex starthh=hh startll=ll endif if irange<=percent and barindex-startbar>=minBar and startbar>0 then drawrectangle(startbar,startll,barindex,starthh) coloured(168,168,168) bordercolor(168,168,168,0) style(dottedline) endif if close crosses over starthh or close crosses under startll then startbar=0 endif return //irange

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  percent = 0.3 //percent to find the zones period = 10 //period of hh-ll boxes minBar = 3 //minimal bar for the boxes   hh=highest[period](high) ll=lowest[period](low)   irange = (hh-ll)/ll*100   if irange crosses under percent then startbar=barindex starthh=hh startll=ll endif   if irange<=percent and barindex-startbar>=minBar and startbar>0 then drawrectangle(startbar,startll,barindex,starthh) coloured(168,168,168) bordercolor(168,168,168,0) style(dottedline) endif   if close crosses over starthh or close crosses under startll then startbar=0 endif   return //irange

   

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  08/27/2020 at 11:07 AM #142701
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  Hi Nicolas,

   

  Thank you for this initial setup.

  Yet it is not quite what I mean. Below you can see what I think it should be. If you see any adjustments or suggestions on this or if something is not possible, please let me know.

   

  First of all: in your code I get a syntax error with bordercolor and style.

  I still have V10.3, could that be a reason?

   

  My thoughts:

  • You look back x candles (for example 20)
  • If in that period at least x candles (for example 3) in a row deviate less than x percent (for example 0.3) from the Close of the first bar of that row, then a rectangle becomes signed from that first bar.
  • That rectangle searches from the first bar of the row for the highest and lowest price (tails) of next bars and adjusts accordingly.
  • The rectangle remains until a BarClose breaks above or below the set percentage.

   

  Extra, if possible:

  • If the average Close of 5 bars before the first bar of the row is lower than the Close of that first bar, the rectangle turns green.
  • If the average Close of 5 bars before the first bar of the row is higher than the Close of that first bar, the rectangle turns red. 

   

  

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  09/03/2020 at 8:59 AM #143262
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  Hi guys,

   

  I’m probably way too premature and I know you guys are getting a lot more requests.

  But could you see if my setup can be programmed?

  I would really appreciate it.

   

  On 28/8 I had reported a bug in the Bressert scalper improved in another topic as well.

  Should something be changed here or can I change something myself?

   

  Thanks in advance

  

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  09/03/2020 at 12:23 PM #143282
  Nicolas

  I think that this code is in line with your query, let me know.

  Regarding the Bressert Scalper, I will answer you asap.

  percent = 0.3 //max percent deviation period = 20 //period of lookback minBar = 3 //minimal bar for the boxes count=0 hh=0 ll=close*10 for i = period-1 downto 0 do dev=abs(close[i+1]-close[i])/close[i+1] if dev<=percent/100 then //drawarrow(barindex[i],close[i]) count=count+1 hh=max(hh,high[i]) ll=min(ll,low[i]) if count=1 then startbar=barindex[i] else endbar=barindex[i] endif else break endif next if count>=minbar then drawrectangle(startbar,ll,endbar,hh) endif return //(close-close[1])/close,percent/100,count,high<hh and low>ll,dev

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  percent = 0.3 //max percent deviation period = 20 //period of lookback minBar = 3 //minimal bar for the boxes   count=0 hh=0 ll=close*10   for i = period-1 downto 0 do dev=abs(close[i+1]-close[i])/close[i+1]   if dev<=percent/100 then //drawarrow(barindex[i],close[i]) count=count+1 hh=max(hh,high[i]) ll=min(ll,low[i]) if count=1 then startbar=barindex[i] else endbar=barindex[i] endif else break endif next   if count>=minbar  then drawrectangle(startbar,ll,endbar,hh) endif   return //(close-close[1])/close,percent/100,count,high<hh and low>ll,dev

   

  

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  09/03/2020 at 3:49 PM #143309
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  Hi Nicolas,

   

  Thanks for your response. Some more comments and some attachments:

   

  The deviation percentage is not calculated correctly in my opinion. In the first attachment, the Close of the first candle is 13,036. A 3% deviation upwards is 13,076. The 4th bar closes at 13,096 and yet the range is not ended.

   

  The vertical stripes in the rectangles may be removed. They have no function and mask the candle tails.

   

  I thought that I had added some attachments to my first post of the optimal solution for me.

   I don’t see them, here another try.Green and red rectangles to show the direction.

  That’s what I meant as Extra in a previous post 

  

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