Hi Trembling Hand,

Thanks for this thread as well as the other ACSIL thread. I am trying to get a value out of the zig zag study (VolumeDividedByLengthInTicks) but it is displayed as a text label and is not an accessible subgraph. Can you propose a way to modify the ZZ study so that I can access to this data as a subgraph? I would like to be able to use that number in an alert calculation.

Thank you!

Thegunshow 

Hi Trembling Hand, Thanks for this thread as well as the other ACSIL thread. I am trying to get a value out of the zig zag study (VolumeDividedByLengthInTicks) but it is displayed as a text label and is not an accessible subgraph. Can you propose a way to modify the ZZ study so that I can access to this data as a subgraph? I would like to be able to use that number in an alert calculation. Thank you!

Sorry about the slow reply. If you look at the Studies7.cpp file in C:\SierraChart\ACS_Source On line 1187 in the CreateZigZagLineLabel function you can see that the calculation is,

 

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int64_t VolumeDividedByLengthInTicks = static_cast <int64_t>(AccumulatedVolume[ZigZagIndex] / (ZigzagLineLength / sc.TickSize));

You can copy the ZigZag function, rename it as something unique and add a subgraph to hold and display that calculation.

Trembling Hand 

Sorry about the slow reply. If you look at the Studies7.cpp file in C:\SierraChart\ACS_Source On line 1187 in the CreateZigZagLineLabel function you can see that the calculation is,   Code int64_t VolumeDividedByLengthInTicks = static_cast <int64_t>(AccumulatedVolume[ZigZagIndex] / (ZigzagLineLength / sc.TickSize)); You can copy the ZigZag function, rename it as something unique and add a subgraph to hold and display that calculation.

Thank you so much! Any chance you can help me determine the line numbers I should copy and paste to recreate the ZigZag function? I was looking at the file last night and its not super clear to me. If you don't have time, I understand. I can probably experiment for myself and figure it out.

This is a great thread, thank you very much for your time in putting this together. I'm now up and running and building studies in VS.

Hello everyone!

I have been looking around through threads on here, and Sierra, trying to get a start on building a little automated setup, so I can backtest without a pen and paper.

I haven't really seen anything like what I'm looking for. Most people are asking for what seems to be more data collection/combining studies, and things that are more complex.

I think it is rather simple, I just need pointed in the right direction. Not sure if the spreadsheets or ACSIL are what I'm after.

Entrance based on a figure given by an indicator: enter long when cross from above, enter short when cross from below. 3 contracts, limit. -7 stop all. Once it comes 4 ticks in favour, stop moves to -4. Target 1, +10 ticks, once hit, stop moves to break even. Target 2, +17. Once target 2 hit, the stop for the final contract becomes trailing at -6.

I am not afraid to spend some time trying to code this, in fact I would love to be able to say I put it together somewhat. But I need a template.. if anyone has seen something similar, please let me know.

Thank you in advance!

anubis 

Hey, nice thread! How far can one go with Sierra customization? Can we do more than indicators? Like a custom DOM panel and stuff like that?

Hello,
I'm late to this thread, but in answer to your question, SierraChart has a landing pages called "
ACSILProgrammingConcepts"

It seems to have a lot of capabilities.

Mike

I am new to Sierra chart coding and had a simple Library question. Is it possible to place related studies in one library dll and call the related functions/studies? I was originally just creating separate files.

Thanks

jpygbp 

I am new to Sierra chart coding and had a simple Library question. Is it possible to place related studies in one library dll and call the related functions/studies? I was originally just creating separate files. Thanks

Ok, I have played around with the code a bit.
I have placed several studies in one DLL.
Option1: Access the variables from running studies on a chart.
Option2: Call a function to process without having to have another study running. The functions act more like the indicators calls that I am used to in NinjaTrader.

jpygbp 

Ok, I have played around with the code a bit. I have placed several studies in one DLL. Option1: Access the variables from running studies on a chart. Option2: Call a function to process without having to have another study running. The functions act more like the indicators calls that I am used to in NinjaTrader.

The Studies you put in the DLL are only callable by the SierraChart_64.exe process. So there is no Option 2. You would need to merge the study functions into one.

Trembling Hand 

Hi I'm starting two threads on steps to get started using Sierra Charts Advanced Custom Study/System Interface and Language (ACSIL). This thread I would like to keep just for examples and steps to producing your own Custom Studies and Trading systems in SC. And another thread for questions about the examples in this thread.

Hi,
I am looking for more practical information regarding ACSIL programming for newbees.
Has the mentioned above topic been somewhere developed?
Thank you