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[User Discussion] - Colour Price Bars.

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[2013-07-03 09:27:41]
User74484 - Posts: 6
I use Renko bars and want to colour them when price reverses x number of points.
For instance, if a 4 Renko bar closes and then reverses 12 points I want the bar to change colour -
and then so on etc.
What colour bar study should I use and how do you write the code etc.
Many thanks.
[2013-07-03 11:07:58]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
For this you need to use the Color Bar Based On Alert Condition study:

http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/doc_TechnicalStudiesReference.html#s252

We do not write formulas. You will need to work out the formula.
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[2013-07-03 13:19:17]
Sawtooth - Posts: 3973
Try this:

Add two instances of the Color Bar Based On Alert Condition study, one for each color/direction.

Put this in the Alerts tab of the 'go long' instance:
=AND(C[-2]<O[-2],C[-1]>O[-1],C>O)

Put this in the Alerts tab of the 'go short' instance:
=AND(C[-2]>O[-2],C[-1]<O[-1],C<O)

This only works if the reversal amount is 3 times the renko bar size.
[2013-07-03 19:20:40]
User74484 - Posts: 6
tomgilb - Many thanks for your reply, but I cannot get it to work. I get an error message "Invalid formula".
But thanks for trying. ( Which is more than can be said for SC support!!)
[2013-07-03 23:27:21]
M5amhan - Posts: 468
it does work i just checked it

see attached picture
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[2013-07-03 23:43:19]
Sawtooth - Posts: 3973
User74484, don't type the formulas; copy/paste them. That way there will be no typos.

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