Hello Mike, Thank you for helping. That was a very interesting link in the User's Knowledge Base. You actually answered a question I had about identifying all the different shapes. Thanks again.
--- In [email protected], "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I believe that you are restricted to the predefined set of shapes > built into AmiBroker as found in the User's Knowledge Base here: > > http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2008/03/15/afl-shapes-cheat-sheet/ > > I don't think that you can use any other shapes/sizes than the > predefined ones above. > > Mike > > --- In [email protected], "electricwally77" <soundmaker@> > wrote: > > > > Hello Edward. Thank you for helping. Please bear with me I am not a > > programmer but learning. I simply took two of the lines of code you > > sent me which are : > > > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeUpArrow,shapeNone),colorGreen,0,L,-15); > > PlotShapes(IIf(Sell,shapeDownArrow,shapeNone),colorRed,0,H,-15); > > > > I placed these in my Formula Editor File along with the code to my > > system and received an error message which said: > > > > Variable 'buy' used without having been initialized. > > Variable 'sell' used without having been initialized. > > > > Just curious what I need to accomplish to enlarge the buy and sell > > arrows. Thank you. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Edward Pottasch" <empottasch@> > > wrote: > > > > > > electricwally, > > > > > > you can choose different symbols. However, I like to put a little > > circle on the exact price that I buy/sell and an arrow further > > below/above. > > > > > > for example: > > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeUpArrow,shapeNone),colorGreen,0,L,-15); > > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeHollowUpArrow,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,L,- > 15); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Buy,shapeHollowSmallCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,BuyPrice,0); > > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf(Sell,shapeDownArrow,shapeNone),colorRed,0,H,-15); > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Sell,shapeHollowDownArrow,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,H,-15); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Sell,shapeHollowSmallCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,SellPrice,0); > > > > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Short,shapeDownTriangle,shapeNone),colorYellow,0,H,IIf(Short > > AND Sell,-30,-15)); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Short,shapeHollowDownTriangle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,H,IIf(Short > > AND Sell,-30,-15)); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Short,shapeHollowCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,ShortPrice,0); > > > > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Cover,shapeUpTriangle,shapeNone),colorLightBlue,0,L,IIf(Cover > > AND Buy,-30,-15)); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Cover,shapeHollowUpTriangle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,L,IIf(Cover > > AND Buy,-30,-15)); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf > (Cover,shapeHollowCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,CoverPrice,0); > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: electricwally77 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:17 PM > > > Subject: [amibroker] How to Enlarge BUY and SELL arrows on Chart > > > > > > > > > Hello Members, I am trying to enlarge the buy and sell arrows > on my > > > chart so they are easier to see. I understand that the larger > the > > > arrows are (if possible), the harder it is to read the buy and > sell > > > plots if there are many trades over a specific period. > > > > > > I would like to know if making the arrows larger is possible > and how. > > > Thank you. > > > > > >
