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Mark,
Try this - I can't remember where I found it but it may be what you are looking for
Jason
/* **********************************
Code to automatically identify pivots
********************************** */
// -- what will be our lookback range for the hh and ll?
nBars = Param("Number of bars", 12, 5, 40);
// -- Title.
Title = Name() + " (" + StrLeft(FullName(), 15) + ") O: " + Open + ",
H: " + High + ", L: " + Low + ", C: " + Close;
// -- Plot basic candle chart
PlotOHLC(Open, High, Low, Close,
"BIdx = " + BarIndex() +
"\n" + "O = " + O + "\n"+"H = "+ H + "\n"+"L = " + L
+ "\n"+"C ",
colorBlack, styleCandle);
GraphXSpace=7;
// -- Create 0-initialized arrays the size of barcount
aHPivs = H - H;
aLPivs = L - L;
// -- More for future use, not necessary for basic plotting
aHPivHighs = H - H;
aLPivLows = L - L;
aHPivIdxs = H - H;
aLPivIdxs = L - L;
nHPivs = 0;
nLPivs = 0;
lastHPIdx = 0;
lastLPIdx = 0;
lastHPH = 0;
lastLPL = 0;
curPivBarIdx = 0;
// -- looking back from the current bar, how many bars
// back were the hhv and llv values of the previous
// n bars, etc.?
aHHVBars = HHVBars(H, nBars);
aLLVBars = LLVBars(L, nBars);
aHHV = HHV(H, nBars);
aLLV = LLV(L, nBars);
// -- Would like to set this up so pivots are calculated back from
// last visible bar to make it easy to "go back" and see the pivots
// this code would find. However, the first instance of
// _Trace output will show a value of 0
aVisBars = Status("barvisible");
nLastVisBar = LastValue(Highest(IIf(aVisBars, BarIndex(), 0)));
_TRACE("Last visible bar: " + nLastVisBar);
// -- Initialize value of curTrend
curBar = (BarCount-1);
curTrend = "";
if (aLLVBars[curBar] <
aHHVBars[curBar]) {
curTrend = "D";
}
else {
curTrend = "U";
}
// -- Loop through bars. Search for
// entirely array-based approach
// in future version
for (i=0; i<120; i++) {
curBar = (BarCount - 1) - i;
// -- Have we identified a pivot? If trend is down...
if (aLLVBars[curBar] < aHHVBars[curBar]) {
// ... and had been up, this is a trend change
if (curTrend == "U") {
curTrend = "D";
// -- Capture pivot information
curPivBarIdx = curBar - aLLVBars[curBar];
aLPivs[curPivBarIdx] = 1;
aLPivLows[nLPivs] = L[curPivBarIdx];
aLPivIdxs[nLPivs] = curPivBarIdx;
nLPivs++;
}
// -- or current trend is up
} else {
if (curTrend == "D") {
curTrend = "U";
curPivBarIdx = curBar - aHHVBars[curBar];
aHPivs[curPivBarIdx] = 1;
aHPivHighs[nHPivs] = H[curPivBarIdx];
aHPivIdxs[nHPivs] = curPivBarIdx;
nHPivs++;
}
// -- If curTrend is up...else...
}
// -- loop through bars
}
// -- Basic attempt to add a pivot this logic may have missed
// -- OK, now I want to look at last two pivots. If the most
// recent low pivot is after the last high, I could
// still have a high pivot that I didn't catch
// -- Start at last bar
curBar = (BarCount-1);
candIdx = 0;
candPrc = 0;
lastLPIdx = aLPivIdxs[0];
lastLPL = aLPivLows[0];
lastHPIdx = aHPivIdxs[0];
lastHPH = aHPivHighs[0];
if (lastLPIdx > lastHPIdx) {
// -- Bar and price info for candidate pivot
candIdx = curBar - aHHVBars[curBar];
candPrc = aHHV[curBar];
if (
lastHPH < candPrc AND
candIdx > lastLPIdx AND
candIdx < curBar) {
// -- OK, we'll add this as a pivot...
aHPivs[candIdx] = 1;
// ...and then rearrange elements in the
// pivot information arrays
for (j=0; j<nHPivs; j++) {
aHPivHighs[nHPivs-j] = aHPivHighs[nHPivs-
(j+1)];
aHPivIdxs[nHPivs-j] = aHPivIdxs[nHPivs-(j+1)];
}
aHPivHighs[0] = candPrc ;
aHPivIdxs[0] = candIdx;
nHPivs++;
}
} else {
// -- Bar and price info for candidate pivot
candIdx = curBar - aLLVBars[curBar];
candPrc = aLLV[curBar];
if (
lastLPL > candPrc AND
candIdx > lastHPIdx AND
candIdx < curBar) {
// -- OK, we'll add this as a pivot...
aLPivs[candIdx] = 1;
// ...and then rearrange elements in the
// pivot information arrays
for (j=0; j<nLPivs; j++) {
aLPivLows[nLPivs-j] = aLPivLows[nLPivs-(j+1)];
aLPivIdxs[nLPivs-j] = aLPivIdxs[nLPivs-(j+1)];
}
aLPivLows[0] = candPrc;
aLPivIdxs[0] = candIdx;
nLPivs++;
}
}
// -- Dump inventory of high pivots for debugging
/*
for (k=0; k<nHPivs; k++) {
_TRACE("High pivot no. " + k
+ " at barindex: " + aHPivIdxs[k] + ", "
+ WriteVal(ValueWhen(BarIndex()==aHPivIdxs[k],
DateTime(), 1), formatDateTime)
+ ", " + aHPivHighs[k]);
}
*/
// -- OK, let's plot the pivots using arrows
PlotShapes(
IIf(aHPivs==1, shapeDownArrow, shapeNone), colorRed, 0,
High, Offset=-15);
PlotShapes(
IIf(aLPivs==1, shapeUpArrow , shapeNone), colorGreen, 0,
Low, Offset=-15);Graham <gkavanagh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, I thought there was something in the AFL library (AB or yahoo site),and also in past emails, check the email history for last year.Cheers,Grahamhttp://www.golala.com/forums/?mforum=asxsharetradinghttp://groups.msn.com/fmsaustralia -----Original Message-----From: mleonsprint [mailto:mleonsprint@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, 26 January 2004 1:26 PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker] Pivots, Pivots, Pivots........Does anyone have any formula's for plotting past pivots on the chart? Or any idea's of doing so? I have been trying and comming up empty handed.....Thanks for your helpMarkSend BUG REPORTS to bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSend SUGGESTIONS to
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