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[Programming Help] - Spreadsheet formula for candlestick lower or upper tail size

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[2020-09-13 18:45:19]
rchtx794426 - Posts: 3
Can anyone show me a spreadsheet formula to get a candle bar's lower or upper tail size as a percentage of the bar's height? Thanks.
[2020-09-13 21:21:08]
Sawtooth - Posts: 4231
Try this:

Upper wick:
=(C3-MAX(B3,E3))/(C3-D3)

Lower tail:
=(MIN(B3,E3)-D3)/(C3-D3)

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