Help with Gap Up/Down Script

[glay]

Greetings,

I've hacked together a gap up/down EFS and it's working great on stocks. One problem though. I need the futures (YM, ES) to calculate on the same time 1600 close and 930am open. I've been sitting here for a few hours trying to figure out how to do that. I guess I don't have the expertise. Could someone edit this code so it will correctly calculate the futures gaps? Is that a tall order? Help appreicated. Feel free to DL and use the script all night long. Heres a screen shot and below the code will follow.

function preMain() {
        setPriceStudy(true);
        setStudyTitle("Gap Zone");
        setCursorLabelName("PD-O", 0); // Today Open
        setCursorLabelName("TD-O", 1); // Prev Open
    
        setDefaultBarStyle(PS_SOLID, 0); 
        setDefaultBarStyle(PS_SOLID, 1); 
    
        setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.blue, 0);        
        setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.blue, 1);    
    
        setDefaultBarThickness(2, 0); 
        setDefaultBarThickness(4, 1); 
    
        setPlotType(PLOTTYPE_FLATLINES, 0); 
        setPlotType(PLOTTYPE_FLATLINES, 1);    
    
}

var bInit = false;
var xOpen = null;
var xHigh  = null;
var xLow   = null;
var xClose = null; 

function main() {
    
    if(isMonthly() || isWeekly() || isDaily())
    return;
    
    if(bInit == false){
        xOpen  = open(inv("D"));
        xClose = close(inv("D")); 
        bInit = true;
    }
    
    
    var vOpen  = getSeries(xOpen);
    var vClose = xClose.getValue(-1); 
    if(vOpen == null || vClose == null)
    return;
    
    gap=(vOpen-vClose);
    gap=rnd(gap,2);
    
    if (gap > 0) drawTextPixel(250, 20, "|  GAP UP: +"+gap+"  |", Color.RGB(255,255,255), Color.RGB(0,0,255), Text.ONTOP, "Arial", 20, "Gap");
    if (gap < 0) drawTextPixel(250, 20, "|  GAP DOWN: "+gap+"  |", Color.RGB(255,255,255), Color.RGB(255,0,0), Text.ONTOP, "Arial", 20, "Gap");

drawTextAbsolute (-5, vOpen, "*Gap Boundary*", Color.black, Color.white, Text.ONTOP | Text.CENTER, "Courier", 8, "TodayOpen" );
drawTextAbsolute (-5, vClose, "*Gap Boundary*", Color.black, Color.white, Text.ONTOP | Text.CENTER, "Courier", 8, "PrevClse" );

    
    return new Array (vOpen,vClose);
}


//==rnd will round to N digits (thanks TRO for rounding code)

function rnd(value, N) {

    var n;

    var mult=1;

    for(n=0;n<N;n++) mult*=10;

    value*=mult;

    return Math.round( value,N)/mult;

} 

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Geoff,

To create the equivalent daily bar for YM and ES you first need to add a user-defined interval to your time template of 390 and set the start and end time for this interval to 930 and 1600. 390 is the number of minutes between those times. This 390 interval creates one bar per day, which will allow you to mimic the logic that your formula currently processes for equity symbols. In your xOpen and xClose series use inv(390) in place of inv("D"). You could also take this one small step further and search the symbol for a space (or something along these lines) within your bInit block so that you can continue to use inv("D") for equities and inv(390) for futures.

[glay]

Great. What would I do without this place. I will give it a go and post the modified code within 24 to 396 hours.

[glay]

Hi! I sorta have it working. I made the changes but it only works properly if my chart Time Template is set to 9:30-16:00. Is there a way I can 'force' this time template via an EFS? Or can I get the current time template and if its not correct output a message to the user to switch it. Thanks!

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Geoff,

At this time EFS does not have the ability to change or view the settings of the current time template that is applied to the chart.