Color First bar of day red

[xoprofittaker]

I was looking at this thread by Jason K and after reading it, I am not sure if EFS will currently allow me to do this.

http://forum.esignalcentral.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26272&highlight=bar+date

On intra day bars, I would like to paint the first bar of the new day red.

Thanks much,

John

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello John,

You can use the day() function to detect the first bar of the day in a conditional statement using the bar index parameter. Compare the current bar's day value (i.e. day(0) ) to the previous bar's (i.e. day(-1) ) day value. While the formula loads, only the first bar of the day will be detected by this condition. Color the bar with setPriceBarColor() within this conditional block. See also setColorPriceBars(). You'll need to add this to preMain().

function main() {
    if (day(0) != day(-1)) {
        setPriceBarColor(Color.red);
    }
    
    return;
}