Louis, Yes, you can write text to a chart at the bar of interest pretty easily. Have a look at the PlotText function.
http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?id=309 I gave a code sample a while back that you can use as a reference. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/message/124743 Mike --- In [email protected], "Louis P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike: Would it be possible to add a twist; e.g. writing over the chart what > is buyprice and sellprice? > > Thanks, > > Louis > > 2008/7/31 Louis P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Thanks Mike, > > > > This is a great response to a question I was to ask! :-) > > > > Louis > > > > > > 2008/7/30 Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi, > >> > >> The trick is to use Ref(Buy, -1) to recognize a signal at the > >> previous bar, and then to provide the BuyPrice as the Y coordinate. > >> > >> I think that you will find that the star is much too large an image > >> for what you are trying to do. Use a small circle instead as follows: > >> > >> PlotShapes(IIf(Ref(Buy, -1), shapeSmallCircle, shapeNone), > >> colorBrightGreen, 0, BuyPrice, 0); > >> > >> Not sure if you need to use Ref on the BuyPrice too. Experiment and > >> find out. > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> --- In [email protected] <amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>, > >> "ozzyapeman" <zoopfree@> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hope someone can help with this very basic (maybe dumb) question. I > >> have > >> > trade delays set to: SetTradeDelays(1,1,1,1) > >> > > >> > Therefore "Buy" is just the buy signal (not entry) and the actual > >> entry > >> > price occurs at the next bar over, due to trade delay. > >> > > >> > I want to plot an up arrow at the buy signal and a star at the > >> actual > >> > entry. > >> > > >> > This works for the buy signal: > >> > > >> > PlotShapes(Buy * shapeUpArrow, colorOrange); > >> > > >> > But what do I replace "?" with, in order to plot at the entry price: > >> > > >> > PlotShapes(?,*shapeStar, ColorGreen); > >> > > >> > I need to somehow specify "Buy signal plus one bar over" within the > >> > PlotShapes command, to plot at the entry. > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
