Set an alert based on current bar volume?

March 14th, 2014, 10:49 AM

Hello, let see if someone can help me. This should be easy but I can't find the way.

I would like to set an alert if 'current bar' volume is at or above a certain volume. Is that possible with TOS? I can't find the volume option in the alerts popup.

Thanks in advance!

ABCTG · March 14th, 2014, 11:56 AM

Yakito,

I am not sure if you can do it by adding an alert to the Volume, but you surely can doing by programming a simple study that plots the volume and handles the alerts.

Regards,
ABCTG

March 14th, 2014, 12:21 PM

Thanks! I will try to do that. I am fairly new to TOS scripting.

ABCTG

Yakito,

I am not sure if you can do it by adding an alert to the Volume, but you surely can doing by programming a simple study that plots the volume and handles the alerts.

Regards,
ABCTG

March 17th, 2014, 04:43 PM

You could even make your own program and detect when the volume bar hits a certain height. Make it sound or whatever you need.

March 17th, 2014, 05:06 PM

Thanks a lot, can you hint me on what the code would look like? I am not asking for the exact code, but I am new with TOS scripting I am a little bit lost, so any help, will..help a lot!

Once I code it, I have to add it as a study right? and on the alerts pop ups it will show as an option with a field were I can input the number I wish the alert to be on?

Thanks!!!

motowater

You could even make your own program and detect when the volume bar hits a certain height. Make it sound or whatever you need.

March 17th, 2014, 11:40 PM

My language of choice is C# so here is a snippet of the code that would detect a green or grey candlestick in TOS:

Code

bool candleOne = false;
            Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(3718 - minusX, 177, 1, 488);
            Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(rect.Width, rect.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
            Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
            g.CopyFromScreen(rect.Left, rect.Top, 0, 0, bmp.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
            for (int i = 0; i < rect.Height; i++)
            {
                if (bmp.GetPixel(0, i).ToArgb() == -16547840
                   || bmp.GetPixel(0, i).ToArgb() == -6904396)
                {
                    candleOne = true;
                }
            }

March 21st, 2014, 01:09 AM

Do you still need help coding?

March 21st, 2014, 09:40 AM

Hi motowater ! Thanks a lot, for some reason I was not notified of your first reply with the code! I will be taking a look at it and post any doubts I might get.

Thanks a lot!

motowater

My language of choice is C# so here is a snippet of the code that would detect a green or grey candlestick in TOS:

Code

bool candleOne = false;
            Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(3718 - minusX, 177, 1, 488);
            Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(rect.Width, rect.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
            Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
            g.CopyFromScreen(rect.Left, rect.Top, 0, 0, bmp.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
            for (int i = 0; i < rect.Height; i++)
            {
                if (bmp.GetPixel(0, i).ToArgb() == -16547840
                   || bmp.GetPixel(0, i).ToArgb() == -6904396)
                {
                    candleOne = true;
                }
            }

June 6th, 2014, 10:26 PM

Yakito, did these the code work for you? Can you set alert at a > 150% volume threshold?

Yakito

Hi motowater ! Thanks a lot, for some reason I was not notified of your first reply with the code! I will be taking a look at it and post any doubts I might get.

Thanks a lot!

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