Big Mike 

I have never looked at SC code. But am curious, what is "SG1" - other than a pretty good TV show Mike

an indicator can has many parms, SG1 = subgrapth 1 = first parm.
ps: should have said many outputs, SG1 = first output.

Big Mike 

I have never looked at SC code. But am curious, what is "SG1" - other than a pretty good TV show Mike

SG1 means subgraph 1 that is about the only thing I know when it comes to Sierra Chart other than sc. meaning sierra chart

@Big Mike,

Big Mike 

I have never looked at SC code. But am curious, what is "SG1" - other than a pretty good TV show

In addition to the above answers, below please find a minimal code (17 lines) which plots... the close of each bar (in a sub-panel).

There is an unique plot (subgraph): SG1.

In the code, "SG1" does not appear as such, but is referred to as sc.Subgraph[0] (in bold).

Nicolas

 

Code

#include "sierrachart.h" SCDLLName("Example DLL") SCSFExport scsf_Example(SCStudyGraphRef sc) { if ( sc.SetDefaults ) { sc.GraphName = "Example"; sc.FreeDLL = 1; sc.AutoLoop = 1; sc.Subgraph[0].Name = "Copy of the price"; sc.Subgraph[0].DrawStyle = DRAWSTYLE_LINE; return; } sc.Subgraph[0][sc.Index] = sc.Close[sc.Index]; }

I believe SG1 translates to SierraGraph1 (which is the main chart)

SG2 - is the first subgraph under the chart
SG3 - is the second subgraph under the chart

@trendfriendpa ,

I do not think so.
As explained above, SGn refers to the n-th plot on the chart.
It also documented there: Study/Chart Alerts And Scanning - Sierra Chart

Nicolas

For Example:
With the indicator CCI
SG1 = CCI line (value determined by user)
SG3 = Line Value such as +100 (value determined by user)
SG4 = Line Value such as -100 (value determined by user)

If SG1 was above SG3 one bar ago (a.k.a [-1] ), and assuming the CCI sudy is ID1, then a cross-over of the CCI from above +100 (Line Value SG3) to below it on the current bar, can be written :

=and(ID1.SG1[-1]>ID1.SG3[-1],ID1.SG1[0]<ID1.SG3[0])

for an alert such as
auditory,
a colored bar (as in candlestick),
background color (behind candlestick),
arrow down etc.

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