Candlestick: Bearish Engulfing

[eSignal]

File Name: BearishEngulfing.efs

Description:
Bearish Engulfing

Formula Parameters:
Font: Arial Narrow
Font Size: 11
Font and Shape Color: Green
Font BgColor: White


Notes:
This is a bearish candlestick reversal pattern formed by two candlesticks.
Following an uptrend, the first candlestick is a up candlestick which is
followed by a down candlestick which has a long real body that engulfs or
contains the real body of the prior bar. The Engulfing pattern is the reverse
of the Harami pattern.

Download File:
BearishEngulfing.efs



EFS Code:

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    Formula Script (EFS) is for educational purposes only and may be 
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Description:        
    Bearish Engulfing

Version:            1.0  12/24/2009

Formula Parameters:                     Default:
    Font                                Arial Narrow
    Font Size                           11
    Font and Shape Color                Green
    Font BgColor                        White
    
Notes:
    This is a bearish candlestick reversal pattern formed by two candlesticks. 
    Following an uptrend, the first candlestick is a up candlestick which is 
    followed by a down candlestick which has a long real body that engulfs or 
    contains  the real body of the prior bar. The Engulfing pattern is the reverse 
    of the Harami pattern. 
**********************************/

var fpArray = new Array();

function preMain() {
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("Bearish Engulfing");
    setShowCursorLabel(false);
    setShowTitleParameters(false);
    var x=0;
    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("nFontSize", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);
    with(fpArray[x++]){
        setName("Font Size")
        setLowerLimit(6);        
        setDefault(11);
    }
    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("cFontColor", FunctionParameter.COLOR);
    with(fpArray[x++]){
        setName("Font and Shape Color");
        setDefault(Color.green);
    }    
    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("cFontBgColor", FunctionParameter.COLOR);
    with(fpArray[x++]){
        setName("Font BgColor");
        setDefault(Color.white);
    }    
    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("sFont", FunctionParameter.STRING);
    with(fpArray[x++]){
        setName("Font");
        setDefault("Arial Narrow");
    }    
}

function main(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor) {
    Find_BearishEngulfing(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor);
    return;
}

function Find_BearishEngulfing(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor) {
var nState = getBarState();
var Open = open(0);
var Close = close(0);
var Open1 = open(-1);
var Close1 = close(-1);
var nID = getCurrentBarCount();
    if (nState == BARSTATE_ALLBARS) {
        if (sFont == null) sFont = "Arial Narrow";
        if (nFontSize == null) nFontSize = 11;
        if (cFontColor == null) cFontColor = Color.green;
        if (cFontBgColor == null) cFontBgColor = Color.white;
    }
    if (Close1 > Open1 && 
        Open > Close && 
        Open >= Close1 && 
        Open1 >= Close && 
        (Open - Close) > (Close1 - Open1)) {
        drawTextRelative(0, AboveBar2, "BeEng", cFontColor, cFontBgColor, Text.PRESET | Text.CENTER, sFont, nFontSize, "T"+nID); 
        drawShapeRelative(0, AboveBar1, Shape.DOWNARROW, null, cFontColor, Shape.PRESET, "S"+nID); 
    } else {
        removeText("T"+nID);
        removeShape("S"+nID);
    }
    return;
}