Problem with Wizard EFS

[mikexny]

I just made up this simple formula w/ the wizard... why do the most recent price bars vanish of the chart?


--MIKE

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Mike,

Is the background color for your chart set to Black? Your formula is changing some of the bars to black, or a very dark color, so you won't be able to see them against a black background.

[mikexny]

Background is white. When I select candlesticks I get wierd looking candlesticks for the most recent few bars. THey look like hollow bricks. The rest of the chart looks great. This problem is only happening on the most recent few bars.. for some stocks its between 1-5 of the most recent bars.

Seems like some kind of wierd error...


--MIKE

[dloomis]

I would suggest posting a screen shot, maybe by looking at the problem something will become evident.

[mikexny]

here is a snapshot

[mikexny]

This is how it looks with candlesticks... very wierd

[eSignal_JasonK]

The current bars are getting painted white.

click here

[mikexny]

Wierd... why is this happening what the fix?

[mikexny]

Is it simply a beta bug?


Can someone kindly write me up the EFS not using the wizard?

Paint bar blue if:

((close() - low()) / (high() - low()) * 100) >50

close> yesterday's high

close> yesterday's close

close>open


Paint bar red if:

((close() - low()) / (high() - low()) * 100) <50

close<yesterday's low

close< yesterday's close

close<open


Paint bar grey if:

Inside bar (today's bar is inside yesterday's bar)





---MIKE

[dloomis]

this seems to work, check it out.

Per your instructions I didnt use the FM, honest I didnt, really

var vLastAlert = -1;

function preMain() {

setPriceStudy(true);
setStudyTitle("mikexny");
}

function main() {
if (
(close()-low())/(high()-low()) > 0.50 &&
close() > high(-1) &&
close() > close(-1) &&
close() > open()
) onAction1()

if (
(close()-low())/(high()-low()) < 0.5 &&
close() < low(-1) &&
close() < close(-1) &&
close() < open()
) onAction2()

if (
high() < high(-1) &&
low() > low(-1)
) onAction3();
return null;
}

function onAction1() {
setPriceBarColor(Color.RGB(0,0,255));
vLastAlert = 1;
}
function onAction2() {
setPriceBarColor(Color.RGB(255,0,0));
vLastAlert = 2;
}
function onAction3() {
setPriceBarColor(Color.RGB(160,160,164));
vLastAlert = 3;
}

//the ELSE satatements were removed after not using the FM