Problem displaying contents of variable using Drawtext on Chart

[demarcog]

For an unrealted post http://forum.esignalcentral.com/show...=forex+symbols concerning the composition of FOREX price bars I tried to use the Drawtext to simply display the contents of several variables on the chart.

I wrote this simple efs to display on the chart next to each bar, the values returned by several Time and Sales functions when the bar was loaded.

I'm only seeing the values displayed on the last bar and wondering if anyone knows what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks very much.

Glen

function preMain() {
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setStudyTitle("Show Bid-ASK-LAST");
    setShowCursorLabel(false);
}

function main() {
    var nState = getBarState();
    var vBid   = (getMostRecentBid()*1).toFixed(4)*1;
    var vAsk   = (getMostRecentAsk()*1).toFixed(4)*1;
    var vLast  = (getMostRecentTrade()*1).toFixed(4)*1;
    
    
    if (nState == BARSTATE_CURRENTBAR) {
        debugPrintln("Bid = " +getMostRecentBid() + " Ask = " +getMostRecentAsk() + " Last = " +getMostRecentTrade());
        
        drawText ("B="+vBid, BelowBar4, Color.red,Text.BOLD,"Bid");
        drawText ("A="+vAsk, AboveBar4,  Color.green,Text.BOLD,"Ask");
        drawText ("L="+vLast, BelowBar3, Color.blue, Text.BOLD,"Last");
    }

 
    
    return;
} 

[ACM]

Glen
That is happening because the tagID parameter you are using in each drawText() command is the same for all the graphic objects being drawn by that command so only the last one is drawn on the chart. You need to use a tagID that will be unique to each graphic object. That can be done using either a counter or a function that returns a value that is unique to each bar such as for example rawtime(0) or getCurrentBarCount() eg
drawText ("B="+vBid, BelowBar4, Color.red,Text.BOLD,"Bid"+rawtime(0));
Replace rawtime(0) with getCurrentBarCount() if you prefer to have a bar counter as the tagID
Alex

[demarcog]

Originally posted by Alexis C. Montenegro
Glen
That is happening because the tagID parameter you are using in each drawText() command is the same for all the graphic objects being drawn by that command so only the last one is drawn on the chart. You need to use a tagID that will be unique to each graphic object. That can be done using either a counter or a function that returns a value that is unique to each bar such as for example rawtime(0) or getCurrentBarCount() eg
drawText ("B="+vBid, BelowBar4, Color.red,Text.BOLD,"Bid"+rawtime(0));
Alex

Alexis,

Beleive it or not I knew that at one time, but haven't used those functions in awhile and completely forgot about uniqie tagid's.

Thank you very much for all your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Glen

[ACM]

Glen
You are most welcome
Alex

[Doji3333]

the way I solve this..

I solve this problem with a simple set of code for all my projects.

var nLastRawTime = null;
var BarCounter = 0;
var newDayBar = 0;

function main() {


  if (getValue("rawtime",0) != nLastRawTime) {
  //  New Bar
    nLastRawTime = getValue("rawtime",0);
    BarCounter += 1;

    if (getDay(0) != getDay(-1)) {
      //--  New Day
      newDayBar = BarCounter;
    }
  }




}  // end of main 

Using code like this, you can use any graphics/text display you want and simply pass (Barcounter+"UniqueID") in the TAG field.

It also provides you with an ability to "mark" bars so you can reference them later in your code.. Lets say you found a major bottom on bar 223 (however you decide to identify it), then wanted to reference it when you're at bar 4325...

All you have to do is SUBTRACT the current bar number from the marked bar (223-4325) = -4102. The major bottom can be identified with "low(-4102)" or low(Bottom_bar-BarCounter).

Using the NEWDAY bar, I can identify if the market has moved up, down or the currently daily range is more/less than n%% of the opening bar.

Anyway, just a hint.

[demarcog]

Hello Brad,

Haven't heard from you in sometime, glad to see you are still plugging away. Thanks very much for the tip and insight, I appreciate it very much.

Glen

[Doji3333]

hello

yeah. still plugging away. Mostly focus on automated trading systems now and keeping my clients happy.

You're very welcome for the insight. Sometimes I forget to keep an eye on this forum when I'm swamped with work - sorry.

Alex is great and is very knowlegable about EFS. I'm really glad he is here to help out.

Let me know if you need any more help.

[demarcog]

Re: hello

Originally posted by Doji3333
yeah. still plugging away. Mostly focus on automated trading systems now and keeping my clients happy.

You're very welcome for the insight. Sometimes I forget to keep an eye on this forum when I'm swamped with work - sorry.

Alex is great and is very knowlegable about EFS. I'm really glad he is here to help out.

Let me know if you need any more help.

Please don't apologize, appreciate the help and glad to hear from you. I too like most of us on the road to abundance, go around in circles expending way too much time and energy "worrying".

I'm also trying to finish up some automation and would like to have you involved. It's a bit of a catch-22, I can get the resources to bring you aboard once I get a few systems up and autotrading, but might night be able to do that without you involved.....

I'm very close I though, focusing on FOREX, obviously there are better instruments to trade in terms of profitability (aka volatility) but nothing scales better then currencies in terms of liquidity. I've been trying to avoid another layer of "code" between EFS and IB, but as you know there are real issues there.

Anyway I'll send you an email with more details as may be too esoteric for the forum.

Thanks Again,

Glen

[Doji3333]

autotrading

Glen,

I'll be happy to discuss anything you like. I have systems that are autotrading currently and I have a number of clients that are autotrading with esignal.

Of course, I've had to build a few of my own tools to accomplish all of this, but it's worth it in the long run when it all works properly and profitably.

I've done quite a bit of work in the forex markets for clients. I've even developed a system for forex trading that I released about a year ago on this forum. It may not have been the best system for forex trading, but it appeared to do moderately well.

Right now, I'm autotrading the e-minis (with some success). I'm also still trading my stocks (I love long-term trading stocks - it's so easy).

Anyway, let me know how I can help. I've had email problems this week - so if you need to, simply call and we'll chat.

B