Hey everyone, I'm a new member to this forum. I had a question regarding how to reference a historical bar in Easylanguage. I know you can use [1] to reference a previous bar, but I can't figure out how to return the close of a particular time. For example I want to setup a reversal play at the end of the day is price has moved more than a certain amount from another reference bar. This is what I've tried so far *inputs: starttime(1530), endtime(1555); variables: barcalc(0); barcalc=endtime-starttime; If Time = endtime and (close[barcalc] - close) 10 then buy next bar at market;* I think this should work on a 1 minute chart but TS gives me an error saying it cannot reference the number of bars. Any help would be appreciated.

billtf 

Hey everyone, I'm a new member to this forum. I had a question regarding how to reference a historical bar in Easylanguage. I know you can use [1] to reference a previous bar, but I can't figure out how to return the close of a particular time. For example I want to setup a reversal play at the end of the day is price has moved more than a certain amount from another reference bar. This is what I've tried so far:   Code inputs: starttime(1530), endtime(1555); variables: barcalc(0); barcalc=endtime-starttime; If Time = endtime and (close[barcalc] - close) 10 then buy next bar at market; I think this should work on a 1 minute chart but TS gives me an error saying it cannot reference the number of bars. Any help would be appreciated.

You could try to store the close price on a specific time, like..

 

Code

Variables: storedClose(0); // Store close of a specific time if (Time = 1530) then storedClose = Close; // Compare it with the current close if (Time = 1555) and ((Close - storedClose) >= 10) then Buy next bar at market;

(Tip: use enters and the [ code ] and [ / code ] tags around your answer for easier reading/better understanding)

I am thinking MultiCharts 8 has added some new functionality in this area, but am not on right computer to check the changelog right now.

Mike

The simplest way to reference past bars is to create a counter, start at your specified time or condition, then use that counter to reference how many bars ago your condition occurred.
Here is a basic signal that uses a counter to reference a previous bar.
[ code ]
vars: count(0);
if barnumber>0 then begin
count = 0;
if time = 830 then begin
count = count[1] + 1;
end;
if time = 1430 then begin
if close > (close[count] +10 then
sell short next bar at market;
end;
[ / code ]

I have a similar albeit more complex problem. I need to determine trading session using hourly bars in Forex. Forex day in Sydney starts at 7:00 and ends at 6:59. I need to determine the the range of the previous day. HighD and HighD won't work because it starts a midnight.

Do I have to build the array of prices and then use high and low from it?

ursus,

you could use two variables and track the high and low within certain times yourself. There are a few examples for that posted on nexusfi.com that should get you going.
This one for example:

High/Low in Easy Language for Specific Time Frame Hello Everyone, Total EL newbie here and I'm trying to plot the high and low for a specific timeframe 8am - 9:30 for current day. This is what I have so far, but unable to get the EL code to plot for current day. This is what I have so far …

Regards,

ABCTG

ursus 

I have a similar albeit more complex problem. I need to determine trading session using hourly bars in Forex. Forex day in Sydney starts at 7:00 and ends at 6:59. I need to determine the the range of the previous day. HighD and HighD won't work because it starts a midnight. Do I have to build the array of prices and then use high and low from it?

Thanks for this. I have to twist my brain to figure out how to code the session that ctosses midnight.