3LB Charts and current price..

[Doji3333]

Is there a way (within EFS) to pull the current "trading price" of the symbol from a 3LB chart??

There is a way to get the OPEN, HIGH, LOW and CLOSE of the 3LB bars, but I'm looking to pull the price (trading price) behind the chart - the LAST PRICE of the symbol??

Thanks,

Brad

[Doji3333]

possible solution...

I guess I could simply use...

getValue..

to retrieve the trading price - huh?? Never thought about it - but it should work. Just pass the proper parameters and away I go..

B

[Doji3333]

nope...

my "guess solution" does not work..

Any help would be appreciated..

B

[ACM]

Brad
Did you try getMostRecentTrade()
Alex

[gspiker]

Brad,

Using close() should work t get the most recent trade (after you make sure you are at bar 0).

I have two studies that run under 3PB and this seems to work fine (or used to, I haven't run them in two or three releases now).

Garth

[Doji3333]

Thanks...

Garth,

I have tried it. It does not work. It reports the current close of the 3LB bar - not the actual trading price of the symbol.

Hoping for a solution...

Brad

[Doji3333]

Thanks Alex...

That did the trick...

Once again, you "are the man".

BTW, I talked to a guy yesterday who needed help importing Excel data into esig. I sent him over to the "Triple screen" thread for both our examples. He seemed pleased and started digging through it.

Thanks again.

B

[optiontrader2k]

Re: Thanks Alex...

Brad,

I'm new to eSignal and the EFS language. Could you post the formula you came up with for showing the current trading price for the 3LB chart? I use the 3LB charts and that would be a helpful feature to add to my charts.

Thanks in advance,
Rusty

[ACM]

Rusty
While waiting for Brad's reply you may want to try the attached efs.
It will plot a simulated up (cyan) or down (magenta) box while showing you where the market is currently trading (blue arrow) and providing you the value needed for a reversal.
The efs could probably use some refinements but should give you some ideas as to what can be done.
Alex

[Doji3333]

My Formula...

Actually, Alex found the key to my success.....

the getMostRecentTrade() function allowed me to pull the current "Trading Price" into my EFS file...

It solved all my problems...

I just created a variable and assigned it to getMostRecentTrade()

like..

var LastTrade = getMostRecentTrade();

Then I can use/plot this value anywhere in my code.

Brad