Free Text for Tradestation Horizontal Lines

[ikhan71 10]

Hi everyone,

 

I was wandering if anyone could help?

 

I would like to be able to have free text attached to the horizontal line in Tradestation.

 

As part of my analysis I need to write labels on some of my horizontal lines. At the moment I use the text feature but the problem is when I move the screen obviously the text does not stay with the line.

 

Thank you in advance if someone can help.

 

Ps. Just to let you know that I have been using TS for 4 years but I do not know how to program in EasyLanguage.

[Tams 20]

Hi everyone,

 

I was wandering if anyone could help?

 

I would like to be able to have free text attached to the horizontal line in Tradestation.

 

As part of my analysis I need to write labels on some of my horizontal lines. At the moment I use the text feature but the problem is when I move the screen obviously the text does not stay with the line.

 

Thank you in advance if someone can help.

 

Ps. Just to let you know that I have been using TS for 4 years but I do not know how to program in EasyLanguage.

 

you don't need to use easylanguage

just click on the line, and look for the text tab.

[ikhan71 10]

Hi Tams

 

Thank you for your quick reply.

 

I have clicked on the horizontal line and it takes me to the format window. I can not see a text tab?

 

I am running version 9.1.

 

Regards.

[BlueHorseshoe 10]

Hi,

 

If you did want to try and learn a bit of EL, I believe that the 'Floor Trader Pivots' in TradeStation are each labelled with text, so you could open up the code for them in the editor, save it as a new file, and then have a play around and see if you can work out what things do. If you take the trouble to learn EL or any programming language you'll find it can be very rewarding.

 

Hope that's helpful!

 

BlueHorseshoe

[ikhan71 10]

Thank you for your advice. To be honest I wouldn't know where to start.

[BlueHorseshoe 10]

Thank you for your advice. To be honest I wouldn't know where to start.

 

The best place to start is probably to make a very small change to some existing code. I started with things as simple as changing the colour of MAs within the code. EasyLanguage means most things are made from building blocks (called 'functions') that have already been created for you. If you wanted to use an exponential average, for example, there would be no need to write the code for it - you'd just write 'XAverage' and then what you want the average to be of, and how many periods you want to calculate it over.

 

Once you start playing around you'll be suprised how quickly you pick it all up!

 

BlueHorseshoe

[ikhan71 10]

I would be willing to pay to have it made for me if anyone is interested??

[BlueHorseshoe 10]

I would be willing to pay to have it made for me if anyone is interested??

 

Google something like "easylanguage programming services" and plenty of programmers should appear. For what you're asking, I wouldn't pay more than about $40.

 

BlueHorseshoe

[ikhan71 10]

Thank You for your help. I will try that.

[ikhan71 10]

Is this something I could pay you to do?? I appreciate if you are too busy. Its just you have been very helpful.

 

Thought I would ask.

[BlueHorseshoe 10]

Is this something I could pay you to do?? I appreciate if you are too busy. Its just you have been very helpful.

 

Thought I would ask.

 

Hi Ikhan,

 

You couldn't pay me to do it, no . . . but I can do it free of charge if you PM me the details and it's all pretty straightforward.

 

I am assuming that the lines you're wanting to label are generated by some mechanical process and are not discretionary lines that you have drawn on the chart yourself? You'll also need to explain what it is that you want the lines to be labelled with.

 

As I say, if it's possible then it's very easy, so I'll be happy to help.

 

BlueHorseshoe

[Tams 20]

Hi Tams

 

Thank you for your quick reply.

 

I have clicked on the horizontal line and it takes me to the format window. I can not see a text tab?

 

I am running version 9.1.

 

Regards.

 

you have clicked on the chart, you need to be more careful (precise) in clicking to pick up the line.

[ikhan71 10]

Thats is extremely kind of you. I really don't mind paying you if you can sort this out for me.

 

It is the standard horizontal line that exists within TS. It has the value on the line on the left hand side of the screen.

 

Currently I am having to write text with the text tool and move it to the horizontal line.

When I adjust the chart / screen or change the time frame the text which I require for that specific horizontal line moves and the has to be adjusted.

 

I would like to be able to add text if required to any of the horizontal lines I draw on the chart. This will then be attached to that specific horizontal line.

 

The text can be upto 10 characters and will be either on the left (next to the value), centralised or to the right of the horizontal line. This will be user defined.

 

This is basically a way I can label a horizontal line in TS and for that label to attach to the specific line, regardless of how I adjust the screen or change the time frame. Similar to the way the value is always showing on the horizontal line.

 

I hope that this makes sense.

 

Thank you again for your help.

[ikhan71 10]

Hello Blue Horse Shoe

 

Thank you so very much. That is very kind of you. I really don't mind paying you for your time.

 

It is the standard standard Horizontal line on TS.

 

The value of the horizontal line is shown on the left hand side of the screen on the line.

 

I would like to be able to add text to the horizontal line. I would like to be able to place the text on the left (adjacent the value), centre or right of the line. I would like to define where I want to place the text on the line.

 

Therefore the text will always be attached to the horizontal line regardless if the screen is resized or whether the time frame is changed.

 

 

I hope this makes sense.

 

With kind regards