Value af second CCI

[finnhan]

I im working on this code display a second CCI value to use as a frontrunner. I have tried different ways to do it, but naw I'm about to give up. Have found an easy way of doing it, it works, but lagging. I also woud like to have the option to change the timeframe for the frontrunner CCI. Coud someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? The code displays the box on the chart, but text shows NaN, and i also have lagging (colorchange when CCO frontrunner above or below 100/-100.
Hope someone can help me with this.
Regards, Finnhan

EFS attached

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello finnhan,

To add another cci to be plotted by the study you need to add it's series (or return value) to the return statement at the end of main(). Try the following.

    return new Array(
        vCCI14_of_HLC3.getValue(CCIStudy.CCI),
        vCCI14_of_HLC3.getValue(CCIStudy.CCI),
        getSeries(xCCI)
    ); 

The way you have added the formula parameter option to change the time frame for xCCI should work. Give it a try after adding xCCI to your return statement. You aren't seeing any changes occur on the chart because the xCCI study is not currently being plotted.

Regarding the NaN value, I'm only seeing valid numbers drawn on the chart for both of your labels on a 1-min chart of INTC. Please post a chart image of what you are seeing on your end.

Regarding the lagging color change, I'm not certain what you mean by this. Please explain in greater detail. Posting some chart images along with your description of the issue will also be helpful.

[finnhan]

Thank you

Thank you very much for your help

[finnhan]

Value lag

I mentioned in my last post that i would like to have a value of a second cci on my macci system. I use this value for confirm, or frontrunner. Trading 5 min chart with a 3 min frontrunner plotting on the 5 min chart. Is it a way to get this to update correctly.

Hope you can help me.

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello finnhan,

This difference in values is due to the nature of accessing a lower time frame study on a higher time frame chart. The EFS2 synchronization between two intervals is based off of the start times of the bars. I'm assuming that you're using the EFS2 syntax; cci(nNum, inv(3)) in your chart images.

To illustrate this issue, let's assume we have the following data for the cci() on the following five bars of a 3-min chart.

time:      cci:
13:00    14.81
13:03    15.20
13:06    75.00
13:09    56.22

Let's assume that the current time is 13:09:01. At this point in time the 13:05 5-min bar has been created on the 5-min chart and is the current bar index of 0 because this 5-min interval has not yet completed. However, on the 3-min chart the current bar 0 index has a start time of 13:09 and a current cci value of 56.22. In the 13:05 5-min bar the EFS2 engine looks for that bar time stamp on the 3-min chart. If it doesn't find a three minute bar with the same time stamp it goes to the next one it finds after that time stamp. In this case the 3-min bar it finds is time stamped 13:06. However, this bar has completed at 13:08:59 with a closing value of 75.00. Therefore, the 5-min chart displays 75.00 on it's bar 0 while the 3-min chart is displaying it's current 13:09 bar value of 56.22.

The solution to this dilemma requires two separate formulas. You will create one that runs on the 3-min chart that simply passes the current bar 0 value of the cci() study to setGlobalValue(). Then, in your formula that runs on the 5-minute chart, you will retrieve this value using getGlobalValue() while processing in real time, or bar 0.

[finnhan]

Thank you for answer

If I understand you right, I need to have 2 seperate EFS up at the same time? My idea with this is to only have that 5 min chart up. I have made that frontrunner customizable so you can use the timeframe you want on the frontrunner, displaying it on the top of the panel:
This is the code i have used:

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var Symbol = getSymbol();
if(vInterval==null) Interval = getInterval();
var Source="hlc3";
var vSymbol = Symbol+","+cci2interval;
if(xCCI == null) xCCI = cci(14, eval(Source)(sym(vSymbol)));
bInit = true;
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Regards Finnhan

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello finnhan,

You're understanding is correct. I understand the idea that you are after, however, as I tried to explain in my previous post, displaying a study value based on a lower time frame interval on a higher time frame chart will not be able to display the most current lower time frame value as you are expecting. The only solution I can think of is the setGlobalValue()/getGlobalValue() method that requires two formulas and two charts.

[finnhan]

Thank you Jason

Thank you very much for your help. Is it possible that it will come a solution for this in the future? Again tnx.

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello finnhan,

You're most welcome.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a solution other than the method I gave you. We're dealing with a logic problem that doesn't have a solution that won't break the current synchronization routines between two different intervals.