Color of Price Bars

[paulm]

Hi

I have green/red candles and I am running a model the autotrades ... when in a long position I would like the bars to be blue and when in a short position I would like the bars to be maroon and then when flat i would like the bars to go back to green/red. Is there a code example anywhere showing how I can do this?

Many Thanks

Paul

[ACM]

Paul
Once you paint the price bars (even if only when long/short) you override the chart's default colors so if you want to see the price bars colored green/red when the strategy is not in a trade you have to set all the conditions that will color the price bars accordingly.
Enclosed below is an example that assumes that the Up/Down colors are based on the Close being higher/lower than the Open. You will also need to add a setColorPriceBars(true) statement in preMain.
Alex

if(Strategy.isLong()){
    setPriceBarColor(Color.blue);
}else if(Strategy.isShort()){
    setPriceBarColor(Color.maroon);
}else{
    if(close(0)>open(0)){
        setPriceBarColor(Color.lime);
    }else if(close(0)<open(0)){
        setPriceBarColor(Color.red);
    }else{
        setPriceBarColor(Color.black);
    }
} 

[paulm]

Alex

thanks again

Paul

[ACM]

Paul
You are most welcome
Alex