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[amibroker] Re: How to Enlarge BUY and SELL arrows on Chart



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Hello Mike, Thank you for helping. That was a very interesting link in
the User's Knowledge Base. You actually answered a question I had
about identifying all the different shapes. Thanks again.

 --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike" <sfclimbers@xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I believe that you are restricted to the predefined set of shapes 
> built into AmiBroker as found in the User's Knowledge Base here:
> 
> http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2008/03/15/afl-shapes-cheat-sheet/
> 
> I don't think that you can use any other shapes/sizes than the 
> predefined ones above.
> 
> Mike
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "electricwally77" <soundmaker@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Edward. Thank you for helping. Please bear with me I am not a
> > programmer but learning. I simply took two of the lines of code you
> > sent me which are :
> >  
> > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeUpArrow,shapeNone),colorGreen,0,L,-15);
> > PlotShapes(IIf(Sell,shapeDownArrow,shapeNone),colorRed,0,H,-15);
> > 
> > I placed these in my Formula Editor File along with the code to my
> > system and received an error message which said:
> > 
> > Variable 'buy' used without having been initialized.
> > Variable 'sell' used without having been initialized.
> > 
> > Just curious what I need to accomplish to enlarge the buy and sell
> > arrows. Thank you. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Edward Pottasch" <empottasch@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > electricwally,
> > > 
> > > you can choose different symbols. However, I like to put a little
> > circle on the exact price that I buy/sell and an arrow further
> > below/above.
> > > 
> > > for example:
> > > 
> > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeUpArrow,shapeNone),colorGreen,0,L,-15);
> > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeHollowUpArrow,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,L,-
> 15);
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Buy,shapeHollowSmallCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,BuyPrice,0);
> > > 
> > > PlotShapes(IIf(Sell,shapeDownArrow,shapeNone),colorRed,0,H,-15);
> > > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Sell,shapeHollowDownArrow,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,H,-15);
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Sell,shapeHollowSmallCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,SellPrice,0);
> > > 
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Short,shapeDownTriangle,shapeNone),colorYellow,0,H,IIf(Short
> > AND Sell,-30,-15));
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Short,shapeHollowDownTriangle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,H,IIf(Short
> > AND Sell,-30,-15));
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Short,shapeHollowCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,ShortPrice,0);
> > > 
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Cover,shapeUpTriangle,shapeNone),colorLightBlue,0,L,IIf(Cover
> > AND Buy,-30,-15));
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Cover,shapeHollowUpTriangle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,L,IIf(Cover
> > AND Buy,-30,-15));
> > >
> > PlotShapes(IIf
> (Cover,shapeHollowCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,CoverPrice,0);
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >   From: electricwally77 
> > >   To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > >   Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:17 PM
> > >   Subject: [amibroker] How to Enlarge BUY and SELL arrows on Chart
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   Hello Members, I am trying to enlarge the buy and sell arrows 
> on my
> > >   chart so they are easier to see. I understand that the larger 
> the
> > >   arrows are (if possible), the harder it is to read the buy and 
> sell
> > >   plots if there are many trades over a specific period.
> > > 
> > >   I would like to know if making the arrows larger is possible 
> and how.
> > >   Thank you.
> > >
> >
>



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