Re: [amibroker] Re: Volume at the Bottom of the Chart, AmiBroker Email List Archive

Thanks Patrik, I enjoy this immensely. Here is the assignment, turned in: I plot it, it works. Will now figure out how to copy images to these mails.

// HighVolume PaintBar
//defaultColor = IIf(C>Ref(C, -1), colorGreen, colorRed);
HighVolColor = IIf(V> MA(V, 20), colorBlue, colorBlack);
Plot(Close, "HighVolBar", HighVolColor, styleCandle, styleThick) ;

As you can see, I tried defining the default color for the false condition, then realise its not necessary since default colors are set in the preferences anyway.

best,
eswar

2010/1/28 NW Trader <ta4charts@xxxxxxxx net>

Hi Eswar,

OK!! Structure is good -- it keeps us on task and generally we learn in a progressive, linear manner, rather than by bouncing all over (though insight and "Ah Ha" moments have their place).

Now for a "homework" assignment if you are interested -- try changing the color of the candle outline depending on whether the volume is above or below the 20 day moving average of the volume. It's not hard, but you will learn a bit more about the plot statement and what you can visually display on a chart without having an extensive title statement.

Enjoy!!

Peace and Justice   ---   Patrick

----- Original Message -----

From: furinkazaan

To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com

Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:08 AM

Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Volume at the Bottom of the Chart

Thanks Patrik, for your encouragement. My AFL learning effort hasnt been quite structured and your suggestion of the right approach helps.

I incorporate color coding for the price plot as well by adapting your code. Thanks again.
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------
//Codename = "Price Volume - 4 Color"

// Color Conditions

Upgreen = C > Ref( C, -1 ) AND C > O ;

DownRed = C <= Ref( C, -1 ) AND C < O;

UpBlack = C > Ref( C, -1 ) AND C < O;

DownBlue = C <= Ref( C, -1 ) AND C > O;

VColor = IIf( UpGreen, colorGreen, IIf( DownRed, colorRed, IIf( UpBlack, colorBlack, colorBlue ) ) );

VStyle = ParamStyle( "Volume Style", styleHistogram | styleOwnScale | styleThick | styleNoLabel, maskHistogram ) ;

VHeight = Param( "1/N Height", 4, 1, 10, 0.5 );

Plot( Close, "Price",VColor, styleCandle | styleThick );

Plot( V, "   Volume", VColor, VStyle, VHeight );

2010/1/28 NW Trader <ta4charts@xxxxxxxx net>

Hi Eswar,

Great!!! -- we all have been at the beginning at one time or another. If I know anything, it's because others were willing to help me initially and I studied their efforts. I actually started on other platforms (notably QP, TC2000, eSignal, MS and TS). With more than 10 years of AB behind me, I rarely use any of those others now (never for MS and TS) and try to boost others in the use of AB. My real disappointment (and the reason I've been largely absent from this group for the past couple years) is the increasing unwillingness of new users to try to learn the basics of afl while expecting others to write their code for them. Too often folks start AB in the morning and without learning how to code an indicator, want to write a complicated system to backtest with custom metrics by noon. You were able to articulate what you wanted, and would have figured it out before long -- next time you will be further along and ask fewer basic questions, I have no doubt. And do not overlook the stock code, the library and the knowledge base for examples of how to do things.

My humble suggestion (though I'm sure others may differ) is to first learn how to code your indicator/system on a chart. Then learn how to write an exploration to find buy/short and sell/cover trades. Then learn how to backtest, optimize, add email alerts, scan in real time, etc. All of this takes time and effort, but it is well worth it. A friend of mine (and long time AB user too) has compared AB to an onion with many layers that can be peeled back to expose more and more capability. I agree. Tomasz has built a marvelous device. Keep on codin' !!!

Peace and Justice   ---   Patrick

----- Original Message -----

From: furinkazaan

To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com

Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:51 PM

Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Volume at the Bottom of the Chart

Thanks Patrik, and sorry about taking the easy way out! I do bumble along and try do my own coding as much as I can. Your post and advice however is very inspiring. The code works fine. Tx.

2010/1/28 NW Trader <ta4charts@xxxxxxxx net>

Hi Eswar,

You can do this for yourself if you start to learn some basic AFL coding (which should be your goal if you want to use AB customized to your own preferences) . You already are part way there as you have defined the conditions you want to display, now you just need to incorporate them into an indicator which you can overlay on a price chart. To get you started, try the following:

Codename = "Volume - 4 Color" ;

// Color Conditions

Upgreen = C > Ref( C, -1 ) AND C > O ;

DownRed = C <= Ref( C, -1 ) AND C < O;

UpPurple = C > Ref( C, -1 ) AND C < O;

DownBlue = C <= Ref( C, -1 ) AND C > O;

VColor = IIf( UpGreen, colorGreen, IIf( DownRed, colorRed, IIf( UpPurple, colorPlum, colorBlue ) ) );

VStyle = ParamStyle( "Volume Style", styleHistogram | styleOwnScale | styleThick | styleNoLabel, maskHistogram ) ;

VHeight = Param( "1/N Height", 4, 1, 10, 0.5 );

Plot( V, "   Volume", VColor, VStyle, VHeight );

In this code, I've substituted Plum for Purple and added a parameter setting to adjust the height of the volume bars (to prevent overwriting your price code -- right click on the chart, select parameters). To overlay this on another chart, first click on the target chart, then right click on the code in the Charts tree (save it first to a Named folder under Formulas and it will be there in the tree) and select Overlay from the drop down menu. If you just want to use it as a volume chart, select either Insert or Insert Linked.

Hope this will help you realize what you can do with very little effort to learn basic AFL.

Peace and Justice   ---   Patrick

----- Original Message -----

From: furinkazaan

To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com

Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:40 PM

Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Volume at the Bottom of the Chart

Hi,
I too find it useful to view the volume histogram when colored based on direction from previous close. Thanks. However, combining this with the relation of Close to today's Open can offer far better insights. Consider the following states:

1. C >Ref(C, -1) AND C>O - Upvolume green
2. C<=Ref(C,-1) AND C<O - Down volume - Red
3. C >Ref(C, -1) AND C<O - Upvolume - Purple
4. C<=Ref(C, -1) AND C>O - Downvolume - Blue

States 3. and 4. typically preceede changes in trend and reflect emerging patterns like the gapped morning/ evening star. It would be even better if the price candle is colored differently along with volumes, to reflect these potential inflexion points.

Would greatly appreciate if someone could amend the code for these additional states into a formula that I can drag-drop onto the price chart.

best,
Eswar

2010/1/26 edwol53 <edwol@xxxxxxxxx au>

Hello Mike & Barry

Quite correctly - I was focused on the efficiency/elegance of the code and I did not pay enough attention to the code itself ie as you correctly pointed out the second condition needed to be considered. Thankyou for pointing that out.

My take on the colour volume is slightly different where the colour of the volume reflects the current close relative to the previous period's close ie C - Ref(C, -1) and is more insightful when using the volume histogram at a glance.

For those who aggree with this view the code segment below may be of use.

_SECTION_BEGIN("Variable Volume Hight2");
direction = C - Ref(C, -1);
VolColor = (direction > 0) * ParamColor( "UpColor" ,colorGreen) + (direction <= 0)*ParamColor( "DnColor" ,colorRed) ;

vHeight = Param("Volume: 1 / Height",10, 1, 100, 1.0) ; // height as % of screen
Plot(Prec(Volume ,0),"V",VolColor, styleNoTitle | styleOwnScale| styleNoLabel | styleHistogram |styleThick | styleNoLabel, vHeight);
_SECTION_END( );

Cheers
Ed

--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "Mike" <sfclimbers@x ..> wrote:
>
> You have not correctly inverted the opposite condition. The _expression_ that you should be trying to form is as follows;
>
> In the case of up volume:
>
> ( (1 * colorGreen) + (0 * colorRed) )
>
> which you will note is equivalent to simply saying "colorGreen" since we are zeroing out the colorRed value. Conversely, in the case of down volumne:
>
> ( (0 * colorGreen) + (1 * coloreRed) )
>
> which is the same as simply saying "colorRed" since we zero out the colorGreen value.
>
> In your code you have not inverted the up condition for application to down color. Therefore your values are evaluating to other colors.
>
> In the case of up volume:
>
> 1 * colorGreen + 1 * colorRed
>
> In the case of down volume:
>
> 0 * colorGreen + 0 * colorRed
>
> Change your code to something like:
>
> (direction * colorGreen) + (!direction * colorRed);
>
> better yet, change your variable name accordingly:
>
> (upVolume * colorGreen) + (!upVolume * colorRed);
>
> Mike
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "edwol53" <edwol@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Barry
> >
> > I made a slight modification to your code below, which should give the same clour output for volume, but it instead it plots black for green & light grey for red. The boolean _expression_ for direction should resolve to 1 (true) or 0 (false) and Volcolor should plot the same as you original code. Can you why this is not the case ?
> >
> > _SECTION_BEGIN("Variable Volume Hight2");
> > direction = C > O OR (C == O AND (H-C) <= (C-L) );
> > VolColor = (direction) * ParamColor( "UpColor" ,colorGreen) + (direction )*ParamColor( "DnColor" ,colorRed) ;
> > vHeight = Param("Volume: 1 / Height",10, 1, 100, 1.0) ; // height as % of screen
> > Plot(Prec(Volume ,0),"V",VolColor, styleNoTitle | styleOwnScale| styleNoLabel | styleHistogram | styleNoLabel, vHeight);
> > _SECTION_END( );
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ed
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "Barry" <razzbarry@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The formula in post 146327 has parameters that allow you to change the color. OR you can use this version which also has colors red and green but also has parameters for the colors. Just make a formula out of it and drag and drop onto the price all in one screen.
> > >
> > > _SECTION_BEGIN("Variable Volume Hight");
> > > VolColor = (C > O OR (C == O AND (H-C) <= (C-L) )) * ParamColor( "UpColor" ,colorGreen) + (C < O OR (C == O AND (H-C) > (C-L)) )*ParamColor( "DnColor" ,colorRed) ;
> > > vHeight = Param("Volume: 1 / Height",10, 1, 100, 1.0) ; // height as % of screen
> > > Plot(Prec(Volume ,0),"V",VolColor, styleNoTitle | styleOwnScale| styleNoLabel | styleHistogram | styleNoLabel, vHeight);
> > > _SECTION_END( );
> > >
> > > Barry
> > >
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "Richard" <areehoi@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm interested in using this "Price (all in one)" chart but, how would I change code to show color ...Green for up volume and red for down volume. Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Dick H
> > > >
> > > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, Tomasz Janeczko <groups@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > Price (all in one).afl shipped with AmiBroker contains the code that
> > > > > does that exactly.
> > > > > You can use AFL Editor to see the underlying code and see how it is done.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Tomasz Janeczko
> > > > > amibroker.com
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2010-01-25 11:01, osp2osp wrote:
> > > > > > Mike,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you very much for your kind reply.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It is dead end for me. May be, I have to place my request properly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Price is already plotted along with moving averages and Bollinger Bands.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just want to overlay the volume bars at the bottom of the screen. So that, the area available for price plot is not reduced and at the same time the volume spikes do not go up to the top of window.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hope, I am clear.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you once again.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Warm Regards
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "Mike"<sfclimbers@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Multiple plots on a single pane have been discussed in the following thread. Read through it and see if it's what you want:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> http://finance. groups.yahoo. com/group/ amibroker/ message/143807
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Mike
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, "osp2osp"<osp2osp@> wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Hi,
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Thanks for the reply. I tried that already.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Plot(Volume, "",MyVolCol,styleOwnS cale+styleHistog ram,0,20) ;
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Not getting the desired the results.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Thank You Very Much.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Regards.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx ps.com, Keith McCombs<kmccombs@> wrote:
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> Check AFL Help for how to use Plot() function. You need to use sixth
> > > > > >>>> parameter, maxvalue.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> osp2osp wrote:
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> Hi,
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> I like to plot the volume in the price window itself and tried the
> > > > > >>>>> following:
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> Plot(Volume, "Vol",MyVolCol,styleOwnS cale+styleHistog ram);
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> It plots the volume bars in entire price window.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> I need help to plot ie. overlay volume at the bottom of the price
> > > > > >>>>> window, taking not more than 20% of the entire price window.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> Request someone to help me.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> Thank you very much.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> Warm Regards.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> K Karunakaran
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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