Displaying 5 minute Tick value on a chart

[edhecht]

Hello,

I need help with a basic script. All I want to do is display the 5 minute TICK value in the middle of the screen. I don't really want to have a study created but just draw it on the graph so I can always see it. I also want it to continously update every 5 minutes. Here is what I have so far....can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?


function main() {

var nTickHigh_1 = high( -1, sym("$TICK,5"));
var nTickLow_1 = low( -1, sym("$TICK,5"));
var nTickClose_1 = close( -1, sym("$TICK,5"));


drawTextAbsolute(0,55.0,nTickClose_1,Color.blue,nu ll,Text.ONTOP
return null;

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello edhecht,

The code you posted was incomplete. Please post the rest of your drawTextAbsolute() function.

In general, this should work as you want if the formula is running on a 5-minute chart. If running on any other interval you can encapsulate the drawing function inside a conditional if() statement that looks for the BARSTATE_NEWBAR of the 5-minute interval using getBarStateInterval("5");.

if (getBarStateInterval("5") == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {
    drawTextAbsolute(/*  your parameters */);
} 

Also I see that your first parameter for the x-axis location is 0. Depending on what your chart right margin offset is set to, you may not be able to see the text. Try something like -5 or -10 instead. Also the hard coded value of 55 for the y-axis location will only allow you to see the text label on chart symbols that are trading at that price level. Try passing close(0) for that parameter instead.

[edhecht]

TICK DISPLAY

Hello,

Sorry for half. I have incorporated your changes and it looks as follows. I have also included the output. What it did was create a study at the bottom and put the value in the study. I want to have this number within the graph instead of a new study. I don't even mind putting it above the bars or somewhere on the screen towards the middle.

function main() {

var nTickHigh_1 = high( -1, sym("$TICK,5"));
var nTickLow_1 = low( -1, sym("$TICK,5"));
var nTickClose_1 = close( -1, sym("$TICK,5"));



if (getBarStateInterval("5") == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {
drawTextAbsolute(-10,close(0),nTickHigh_1,Color.blue,null,Text.ONTOP | Text.CENTER, "Courier New",10);
}
return null;
}

[ACM]

edhecht

What it did was create a study at the bottom and put the value in the study. I want to have this number within the graph instead of a new study.

By default a script will plot as a non price study (ie in a separate window). In order to plot it as a price study you need to add a preMain() function and in it include a setPriceStudy(true) statement.
For a detailed explanation of preMain() and all the statements that can be used in it please see the Tutorial 3: Introduction to preMain() and main() in the EFS KnowledgeBase
Alex