Tams

i don't know of any serious trader who uses IB for their charts.

uninstall gv, elc, ade... and start over again

I think the question is for the EL Collections thread, or the ADE thread.

these indicators might give you a leg up... ATR Marker http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f46/atr-marker-5655.html Scalper's HL Bracket (with Sound) http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f46/scalpers-hl-bracket-sound-6084.html 133.142.75

I don't quite understand your definition of volatility. can you post a diagram to illustrate?

what is volatility ?

I mean, don't just dump 2 compressed files here and expect someone to do all the leg work for you....

you will need to give more information than these... 1. where did you get the code? public domain? copyright? 2. please give credit to the original author. 3. what is the indicator ? oscillator? paintbar? etc., 4. do you have a screen shot? 5. how do you use the indicator? don't just dump 2 compressed file here and expect a miracle...

this is funny really funny i am not trying to be sarcastic, i am not a programmer, i know the pain you are going through. but if you would just stop banging your head... and R-E-A-D, you will find that the 2 really nice regular contributors here have already given you the answer to your problem in post #2 and post #3. (or should I say, pointed you to the right direction) in case you still don't understand what they are talking about, let me paraphrase... Your request is not unique, nor was it asked the first time. Various methods have been discussed. The solution to your quest has already been DONE. The code is posted in the "thread". You can adjust it to meet your need. The name of the thread is called "plotting globex highs and lows" or something like that... Furthermore, there are several interesting approach to solve the problem, and they are all presented in the thread. hope the above helps

I can code it for you if you make a USD$500 donation to this charity: Traders Laboratory & Room to Read Charity Program (up to 500 lines of code)

can you describe the difference?

worry about it when you go live... you should know when moving from 1 contract to 2.

I like to help people who want to help themselves... not everyone like my style, which is fine with me and fine with them. i realize not everybody can think in terms of programming languages, i would code for people who absolutely cannot code. but before we get into coding, I would like to see what you have tried... (ps. if I were to hand it to you without your participation, I would have to charge you for it, wouldn't I?)

nah... i am not aggressive against you... i have no need to if my message was directed to you alone, i would have quoted you in my post. this is a general message... it is the idea of community that i want to convey... a continuation of what sevensa was trying to say.

what Sevensa said was, this is a community... don't treat people like your personal tech support. Don't just come here when you needed help, and disappear when you are done. Everybody has something to offer, even the newest newbie... nobody asks you to share something that you are not good at (eg EL)... but how about some TA insight? or what is your rationale for trying to achieve what you want to do? Many people on this forum are long term consistently profitable traders, I don't think we "need" your "grail". We are more interested in helping traders to move up on their own ladder. The best way to solicite "help" is to have a dialog... without disrespect, I can tell you, 99% of the "help request" leads to nowhere; people are either analyzing the wrong thing, of putting too much energy on deciphering something that gives very little high quality trading signals, or something that gives lots of low quality trading signals. If you see people asking a seemingly simple technical question, but nobody bothers to answer... that's not because we are too snobbish to answer... but because we don't want to waste your time...

this is nothing like the chart you posted, LOL have a nice day.

i guess you missed this post....

is it possible? --- YES how much coding ? --- not a lot... not a little either. BUT... before you begin anything, you have to have clarity of what you want.... make up your mind -- Radarscreen? or Chart? which is which? ... and how they work with each other. if you don't understand the difference, give your user manual an easy over... it would help to speed up your project.

only if you believe those reports have price influence behavior in a consistently repeatable manner. as an exercise.... why not.

sure corn price will not go to zero, but an account balance can.

{Scalper Buys and Sells 7/18/2007 Written by Luis Gomez inspired by John Carters "Mastering the Trade" This plots swing highs/lows with a strength of 2 bars on each side, on the condition that there is a close above/below the high/low the bar after the said swing bar......whew that's a mouthful! 31.07.2007 added some modifications by insideday for displaying on the bottom and with filter } inputs: UsesFilter(1), //added (0) = No Filter, 1= ATR , 2 = Points MinimumDiffPoints(4), // Points for UsesFilter=2 ATRMult (3), ATRLen (40); variables: highBarsAgo(1), possibleHighBarsAgo(1), possibleHigh(-2), hightoBeat(-1), barsSincePaint(1), lowBarsAgo(1), possibleLowBarsAgo(1), possibleLow(10000001), lowtoBeat(10000000), triggerPriceSell(-1), triggerPriceBuy(1000000), trend(1), _UP(1), _DOWN(-1), _ON(1), _OFF(-1), MinimumDiff (0); //UsesFilter added If UsesFilter=0 then MinimumDiff =0 else if UsesFilter=1 then MinimumDiff = ATRMult *AvgTrueRange(ATRLen)else MinimumDiff=MinimumDiffPoints; //*************************************************** //****** Find and plot the highest swing high ******* //*************************************************** if trend = _UP then begin if swingHighBar(1,H,2,barsSincePaint+2) > -1 then begin possibleHighBarsAgo = swingHighBar(1,H,2,barsSincePaint+2); possibleHigh = H[possibleHighBarsAgo]; end; if possibleHigh >= hightoBeat then begin highBarsAgo = possibleHighBarsAgo; hightoBeat = possibleHigh; triggerPriceSell = L[HighBarsAgo - 1]; end; if C < triggerPriceSell and highest(high,highBarsAgo) < hightoBeat and (H[highBarsAgo]-L[lowBarsAgo])>= MinimumDiff then begin //added plot1[highBarsAgo](1,"HL",white); //alert("Scalper Sell"); trend = _DOWN; barsSincePaint = highBarsAgo-1; hightoBeat = -1; lowtoBeat = 10000000; triggerPriceBuy = 10000000; triggerPriceSell = -1; highBarsAgo = 1; possibleHigh = -2; end; end; //*************************************************** //****** Find and plot the lowest swing low ********* //*************************************************** if trend = _DOWN then begin if swingLowBar(1,L,2,barsSincePaint+2) > -1 then begin possibleLowBarsAgo = swingLowBar(1,L,2,barsSincePaint+2); possibleLow = L[possibleLowBarsAgo]; end; if possibleLow <= lowtoBeat then begin lowBarsAgo = possibleLowBarsAgo; lowtoBeat = possibleLow; triggerPriceBuy = H[LowBarsAgo - 1]; end; if C > triggerPriceBuy and lowest(L,lowBarsAgo) > lowtoBeat and (H[highBarsAgo]-L[lowBarsAgo])>= MinimumDiff then begin //added plot1[lowBarsAgo](-1,"HL",white); //alert("Scalper Buy"); trend = _UP; barsSincePaint = lowBarsAgo-1; possibleLow = 10000001; lowtoBeat = 10000000; hightoBeat = -1; triggerPriceBuy = 10000000; triggerPriceSell = -1; lowBarsAgo = 1; end; end; barsSincePaint = barsSincePaint+1; if trend = _UP then highBarsAgo = highBarsAgo + 1; if trend = _DOWN then lowBarsAgo = lowBarsAgo + 1; plot1(0,"HL",white);

you have this reversed, the referenced indicator uses ADE. it is the same ADE that is posted in this thread.

ID = identification From the EasyLanguage manual: Text_New Displays a text object, consisting of the specified string expression located at the specified bar and specified price value, on the chart that the study is based on; returns an object-specific ID number, required to modify the object. Example id_text = Text_New( Date, Time, High, "UpT" ); .

1st step.... put the code in the code box. that's the # icon in the Message window. 2nd step... add some description, 3rd step... include a chart... 4th step... the most important... tell us what or why this indicator is interesting/useful....

this thread might help http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f56/new-ttm-squeeze-6005.html