Candlestick: Evening Star

[eSignal]

File Name: EveningStar.efs

Description:
Evening Star

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


Notes:
This is a bearish reversal pattern formed by three candlesticks. The first
candlestick of the pattern is an up candlestick with a long real body, the
second is an up or down candlestick with a small real body which gaps higher
to form a star, the third is a down candlestick which closes below the midpoint
of the first candlestick.


Download File:
EveningStar.efs



EFS Code:

/*********************************
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    Corporation. 2010. All rights reserved. This sample eSignal 
    Formula Script (EFS) is for educational purposes only and may be 
    modified and saved under a new file name.  eSignal is not responsible
    for the functionality once modified.  eSignal reserves the right 
    to modify and overwrite this EFS file with each new release.
   

Description:        
    Evening Star  

Version:            1.0  01/12/2010

Formula Parameters:                     Default:
    Font                                Arial Narrow
    Font Size                           11
    Font and Shape Color                Green
    Font BgColor                        White
    
Notes:
    This is a bearish reversal pattern formed by three candlesticks. The first 
    candlestick of the pattern is an up candlestick with a long real body, the 
    second is an up or down candlestick with a small real body which gaps higher 
    to form a star, the third is a down candlestick which closes below the midpoint 
    of the first candlestick.
**********************************/

var fpArray = new Array();

function preMain() {
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("Evening Star");
    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_EveningStar(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor);
    return;
}

function Find_EveningStar(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor) {
var nState = getBarState();
var Open = open(0);
var Close = close(0)
var Open1 = open(-1);
var Close1 = close(-1)
var Open2 = open(-2);
var Close2 = close(-2)
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 (Close2 > Open2 &&
        Math.min(Open1, Close1) > Close2 &&
        Open < Math.min(Open1,Close1) &&
        Close < Open) {
        drawTextRelative(-1, AboveBar2, "ES", cFontColor, cFontBgColor, Text.PRESET | Text.CENTER, sFont, nFontSize, "T"+nID); 
        drawShapeRelative(-1, AboveBar1, Shape.DOWNARROW, null, cFontColor, Shape.PRESET, "S"+nID);         
    } else {
        removeText("T"+nID);
        removeShape("S"+nID)
    }
    return;
}