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Re: [amibroker] Re: Brain fried, How do I plot a zero line on my MACD



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Yes, I have it set to 100%.  The absolute values of the indicator will  
vary wildly, depending on the price and volatility of the stock.   I  
plot ES, so the values are quite large at times.

BR,
Dennis

On Jun 26, 2009, at 5:58 PM, monitorit wrote:

> If that's all you needed, the color change would be best.  But, I  
> think the solution I suggested would work... you would still plot/ 
> see value very high or low just within a section defined by pane*1/ 
> minvalue [at least it has for me].  BTW, presently what is the upper  
> and lower bounds of the MACD in relationship to the height of the  
> pane?  Is it 100% of the pane height?
> Dan
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Dan,
>>
>> This is what I usually do for indicators when I know the range of
>> values.  However, MACD is an unbounded indicator, so I don't know how
>> large the values are.  It is only the zero crossings and relative
>> peaks that are useful info here.
>>
>> I  just thought there would be some simple shortcut to actually
>> scanning the visible bars for the min/max values to use in the plot
>> statements.  I think I will just switch colors of the MACD from red  
>> to
>> green if it is above or below zero instead of resorting to yet  
>> another
>> loop.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>> On Jun 26, 2009, at 4:40 PM, monitorit wrote:
>>
>>> Dennis,
>>> Hi.  You might try this- Place a value in minvalue section but none
>>> in maxvalue section [I think maybe a value like 2 equates to 1/2
>>> pane height] of your MACD and zero plot statements.
>>> Also,styleNoRescale in the zero plot statement.  This worked for me
>>> when I wanted to plot a histogram and a dot on the top of the
>>> histogram.  Not sure if it works with a line.  If it doesn't, you
>>> could try plotohlc with H=max(0,my#) and L=min(0,my#).
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> This must be simple, but my AFL brain is fried today.  I have an  
>>>> MACD
>>>> plot on top of my main price chart, and I want to plot a zero line
>>>> over it.  It is plotted as StyleOwnScale of course.   I can't use
>>>> StyleLeftAxis because I am using it for something else.  I guess I
>>>> could do something to figure out where the visible high and low
>>>> values
>>>> of the MACD are, but it seems like it should be easier than that.
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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