EFS help need (Breakout Inside Day)

[Nooze]

Hi,

I wrote a simple code which determine the Breakout Inside Day (BID) setup...

Here is my code:

var lastrawtime = 0;
var BarCount = 0;

function preMain() {
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("Breakout_ID");
    setShowCursorLabel(false);
    setDefaultPriceBarColor( Color.black );
    //setComputeOnClose();
}

function main() {

    if (lastrawtime != getValue("rawtime", 0)) {
     BarCount += 1;
     lastrawtime = getValue("rawtime", 0);
    }    
   
    if (high(-2) > high(-1) && low(-2) < low(-1) && low(0) < low(-2)){
        setPriceBarColor(Color.red);
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), "BID Short", Color.black, Color.red);
        nLastRawTime = getValue("rawtime",0);
    }else{
       removeText("Dn"+BarCount);
    }
    if (high(-2) > high(-1) && low(-2) < low(-1) && high(0) > high(-2)){
        setPriceBarColor(Color.blue);
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), "BID Long", Color.black, Color.blue);
        nLastRawTime = getValue("rawtime",0);
    }else{
       removeText("UP"+BarCount);
    }
    return null;
} 

See example 1



My question is how would I change the code so that:

1. The ID setup bars painted as well (better a different color)
2. The code to mark any bar that the BID occur (not only the next bar) what meet the conditions.

See example 2




I would appreciate any tips!
Best wishes,

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Nooze,

You would need to be able to paint historical price bars when the BID bar is detected. Unfortunately, EFS does not have that ability. Alternatively, you could draw a line from the high or low of the setup bar to the BID bar like below. Or you could draw shapes or text on the setup bars using drawShapeRelative() or drawTextRelative().

var lastrawtime = 0;
var BarCount = 0;

function preMain() {
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("Breakout_ID");
    setShowCursorLabel(false);
    setDefaultPriceBarColor( Color.black );
    //setComputeOnClose();
}

var nCntr = 0;

function main() {    
    if (getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {
        nCntr++
        if (nCntr > 100) nCntr = 0;
    }
    if (lastrawtime != getValue("rawtime", 0)) {
     BarCount += 1;
     lastrawtime = getValue("rawtime", 0);
    }    
   
    if (high(-2) > high(-1) && low(-2) < low(-1) && low(0) < low(-2)){
        drawLineRelative(-2, low(-2), 0, low(-2), PS_SOLID, 2, Color.magenta, "low"+nCntr);
        setPriceBarColor(Color.red);
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), "BID Short", Color.black, Color.red);
        nLastRawTime = getValue("rawtime",0);
    }else{
       removeText("Dn"+BarCount);
    }
    if (high(-2) > high(-1) && low(-2) < low(-1) && high(0) > high(-2)){
        drawLineRelative(-2, high(-2), 0, high(-2), PS_SOLID, 2, Color.magenta, "high"+nCntr);
        setPriceBarColor(Color.blue);
        Alert.addToList(getSymbol(), "BID Long", Color.black, Color.blue);
        nLastRawTime = getValue("rawtime",0);
    }else{
       removeText("UP"+BarCount);
    }
    return null;
}