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[amibroker] Re: HOW TO PLOT PRICE, MACD, STOCHASTIC ON ONE CHART?



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I will give it a go.  Do I insert link the same afl 3 times?  Once to get xxxx and display price, a second time for Macd and finally for stochastic?

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Keith McCombs <kmccombs@xxx> wrote:
>
> bistrader --
> Looks like you might be trying to take to large a bite out of that 
> sandwich all at once.
> 
> Can you do the following to your satisfaction?
> 1.  Plot the price chart with the EMA.  Leave the shapes for later.
> 2.  Plot the MACD histogram on the same chart.  Again, shapes for later.
> 3.  Plot the Stochastic on the same chart.  Again, shapes for later.
> 
> I gave up trying to do the above long ago.  Instead, I have three 
> separate charts, displayed horizontally.  I use one .afl, with the 
> following construct:
> 
> ////---- code -----/////
> chartID = xxxx;  // get xxxx using 'insert' indicator, not 'Apply' 
> indicator.
> // do as many inserts has you want charts, in your case 3.
> if(GetChartID()==chartID){
> _SECTION_BEGIN("Price");
>     ; // plot price and emas here with shapes if desired
> _SECTION_END();
> }
> if(GetChartID()==chartID + 1){
> _SECTION_BEGIN("MACD");
>     ; // plot MACD here with shapes if desired
> _SECTION_END();
> }
> if(GetChartID()==chartID + 1){
> _SECTION_BEGIN("Stoch");
>     ; // plot Stoch here with shapes if desired
> _SECTION_END();
> }
> ////---- end code -----/////
> 
> Once you've have that working you can move the size and reorder the 
> charts by using on screen manual manipulation.  Scale, display dates, 
> etc. independently.
> 
> 
> 
> bistrader wrote:
> >  
> >
> > I am having problems with Plot statements in one afl that I want to 
> > plot Price (with EMAs) at the top, Macd histogram in the middle and 
> > stochastic at the bottom. Each of the 3 has PlotShapes as well.
> >
> > Here is what I have.
> > 1. I use the following for price with EMAs and with plotshape arrows 
> > at top. This works fine:
> > Plot(Close, "Close",colorBlack,styleThick);
> > Plot(ema, "EMA",colorRed,styleThick);
> > OffsetTradeArrow = -25;
> > PlotShapes(ema_buy*shapeUpArrow, colorGreen, 0, Fund, OffsetTradeArrow);
> > PlotShapes(ema_sell*shapeDownArrow, colorRed, 0, Fund, OffsetTradeArrow);
> >
> > 2. Then, I move on to Macd histogram where I am having problems with 
> > Min and Max values to start with and then with how to overlay its 
> > PlotShapes:
> > Plot(MACD_Histo,"MACD_Histo",colorBlack,styleHistogram|styleOwnScale,min?,max?);
> > OffsetTradeArrow = -25;
> > PlotShapes(macd_buy*shapeUpArrow, colorGreen, 0, MACD_Histo, 
> > OffsetTradeArrow);
> > PlotShapes(macd_sell*shapeDownArrow, colorRed, 0, MACD_Histo, 
> > OffsetTradeArrow);
> >
> > I play around (a lot) using an rsi example posted here but not making 
> > any progress. I can get Macd_Histo times 100 (Macd_Histo*100) to plot 
> > with min at -100 and max at 100/20*100 or 500, but have no idea why I 
> > had to use -100 for min value. The 100/20*100 is from the rsi example 
> > posted here. And, I can not figure out how to get PlotShapes for macd 
> > to be over this Macd_Hist plot.
> >
> > 3. Then, I move onto Stochastic and can only get this to plot over the 
> > Macd_histo and not below it. So, can not figure out how to do min 
> > value, max value and then plotshapes over this.
> > Plot(StochDSlow," Slow %D",colorRed,styleThick|styleOwnScale,min?,max?);
> >
> > OffsetTradeArrow = -25;
> > PlotShapes(stoch_buy*shapeUpArrow, colorGreen, 0, StochDSlow, 
> > OffsetTradeArrow);
> > PlotShapes(stoch_sell*shapeDownArrow, colorRed, 0, StochDSlow, 
> > OffsetTradeArrow);
> >
> > Help appreciated. Examples too. Thanks.
> >
> >
>




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