Adding Price of Another index to chart screen

[Chris Coleman]

Is there anyway to add only the price of say SPX or INDX to a chart of ESU4? I don't want any charting, studies or anything on the data, just the price, ticker symbol and possibly the change

[ACM]

Chris
The enclosed efs provides you with an example of how to do it.
It will print at the bottom of the chart of any symbol the last value of $INDU with the current Net Change and Percent Change. Also if the Net Change is positive it will write those values in blue, if negative in red.
Alex

function preMain() {

setPriceStudy(true);
setStudyTitle("Sym")
setShowCursorLabel(false);
}
        
function main() {
        
var vSymbol = close(0, -3, "$INDU,D");
var vChange = vSymbol[0]-vSymbol[1];
var vChngPct = ((vSymbol[0]-vSymbol[1])/vSymbol[1])*100

if(vChange>=0){
drawTextRelative(20,0,"$INDU: "+vSymbol[0].toFixed(2)+"   Net: "+vChange.toFixed(2)+"   Net%: "+vChngPct.toFixed(2),
                 Color.blue,null,Text.RELATIVETOLEFT|Text.BOLD|Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM,"MS Sans Serif",10,1);
}
if(vChange<0){
drawTextRelative(20,0,"$INDU: "+vSymbol[0].toFixed(2)+"   Net: "+vChange.toFixed(2)+"   Net%: "+vChngPct.toFixed(2),
                 Color.red,null,Text.RELATIVETOLEFT|Text.BOLD|Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM,"MS Sans Serif",10,1);
}

return ;
} 

[ACM]

The enclosed revision adds the option to change the symbol through Edit Studies
Alex

function preMain() {

setPriceStudy(true);
setStudyTitle("Sym")
setShowCursorLabel(false);

var fp1 = new FunctionParameter("Sym", FunctionParameter.STRING);
fp1.setName("Symbol");        
fp1.setDefault("$INDU");
}
        
function main(Sym) {

var vSym = Sym;
vSym +=",D";
var xSym = Sym;
        
var vSymbol = close(0, -3, vSym);
var vChange = vSymbol[0]-vSymbol[1];
var vChngPct = ((vSymbol[0]-vSymbol[1])/vSymbol[1])*100;

if(vChange>=0){
drawTextRelative(20,0,xSym.toUpperCase()+": "+vSymbol[0].toFixed(2)+"   Net: "+vChange.toFixed(2)+"   Net%: "+vChngPct.toFixed(2),
                 Color.blue,null,Text.RELATIVETOLEFT|Text.BOLD|Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM,"MS Sans Serif",10,1);
}
if(vChange<0){
drawTextRelative(20,0,xSym.toUpperCase()+": "+vSymbol[0].toFixed(2)+"   Net: "+vChange.toFixed(2)+"   Net%: "+vChngPct.toFixed(2),
                 Color.red,null,Text.RELATIVETOLEFT|Text.BOLD|Text.RELATIVETOBOTTOM,"MS Sans Serif",10,1);
}

return ;
} 

[Chris Coleman]

Awesome. Thanks so much for your help.