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GAP FINDER for Amibroker (AFL)
hizari
over 14 years ago
Amibroker (AFL)

Rating:
4 / 5 (Votes 5)
Tags:
amibroker

As the name implies this formula finds gaps on a chart.

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Indicator / Formula

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//****************************************//
// Author: doji@chartreader.co.in
// Web: http://www.chartreader.co.in/
//****************************************//

_N(Title = StrFormat(EncodeColor( colorGold) + "{{NAME}} - {{INTERVAL}} {{DATE}} Open %g, Hi %g, Lo %g, Close %g (%.1f%%) {{VALUES}}", O, H, L, C, SelectedValue( ROC( C, 1 ) ) ));
SetChartOptions(0,chartShowArrows|chartShowDates);

// Background to suit my blog
SetChartBkColor(ColorRGB(23,23,23));

// Display line chart for tick data automatically
priceStyle = IIf( (Interval(0) == -900), styleLine, styleBar);

// Quick counting of bars by range selector
if (BeginValue(BarIndex()) != 0 AND EndValue(BarIndex()) != BarCount-1) {
range = EndValue(BarIndex())-BeginValue(BarIndex());
Title += StrFormat("\nRange Bars: %g", range);
}

CandleBorder = ParamColor("Candle Border Color", colorBlack );
UpCandleColor = ParamColor("Up Candle Color", colorGreen );
DownCandleColor = ParamColor("Down Candle Color", colorRed );

// set amibroker to display colored bars
Graph0BarColor = IIf( C > O,UpCandleColor ,DownCandleColor);

Plot( C, "Close", CandleBorder, styleNoTitle | ParamStyle("Style") | priceStyle );

//****************************************//
// Author: doji@chartreader.co.in
// Web: http://www.chartreader.co.in/
//****************************************//

_N(Title = StrFormat(EncodeColor( colorGold) + "{{NAME}} - {{INTERVAL}} {{DATE}} Open %g, Hi %g, Lo %g, Close %g (%.1f%%) {{VALUES}}", O, H, L, C, SelectedValue( ROC( C, 1 ) ) ));
SetChartOptions(0,chartShowArrows|chartShowDates);

// Background to suit my blog
SetChartBkColor(ColorRGB(23,23,23));

// Display line chart for tick data automatically
priceStyle = IIf( (Interval(0) == -900), styleLine, styleBar);

// Quick counting of bars by range selector
if (BeginValue(BarIndex()) != 0 AND EndValue(BarIndex()) != BarCount-1) {
range = EndValue(BarIndex())-BeginValue(BarIndex());
Title += StrFormat("\nRange Bars: %g", range);
}

CandleBorder = ParamColor("Candle Border Color", colorBlack );
UpCandleColor = ParamColor("Up Candle Color", colorGreen );
DownCandleColor = ParamColor("Down Candle Color", colorRed );

// set amibroker to display colored bars
Graph0BarColor = IIf( C > O,UpCandleColor ,DownCandleColor);

Plot( C, "Close", CandleBorder, styleNoTitle | ParamStyle("Style") | priceStyle );



///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//	Gap Finder
//	AFL that plots that unfilled Gaps encountered within the last N bars.
// Author : Adheer Pai (adheer@gmail.com)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Input : The number of bars ago from where to start looking for gaps.
// Default is 250 : So, by default we search for Gaps found in last 250 trading days ( 1 year )
period = Param("Lookback Period", 250, 15, 500);
// If we do not have enough bars, adjust the period accordingly.
if( BarCount - period - 1 < 0 ) period = BarCount - 2;

bIsGapUp = ( L > Ref(H, -1) );		// Identify GapUp bars
bIsGapDn = ( H < Ref(L, -1) );		// Identify GapDown bars

// We are not interested in Gap Ups and Gap Downs before the Period e.g. before the last 250 bars.
// So we clear the values for bars before the ones we are interested in.
for( i = 0 ; i < (BarCount - 1 - period) ; i++ )
{
	bIsGapUp[i] = False;
	bIsGapDn[i] = False;
}

// Now plot GapUp bars with a Up-Triangle below its low.
PlotShapes(IIf(bIsGapUp, shapeSmallUpTriangle, shapeNone), colorBlue, 0, L, -12 );
// Now plot GapDown bars with a Down-Triangle below its high.
PlotShapes(IIf(bIsGapDn, shapeSmallDownTriangle, shapeNone), colorRed, 0, H );

// Now walk from the first bar (e.g 250 bars ago, to the current bar)
for( i = (BarCount - period - 1) ; i <= (BarCount - 1) ; i++ )
{
	dUpper = 0.0; dLower = 0.0; bFilled = True;
	// Is the current bar a Gap-Up bar ?
	if( bIsGapUp[i] == True )
	{
		// If yes, the store the Gap (Upper value) and Lower values.
		dUpper = L[i]; dLower = H[i-1]; bFilled = False;
		// Now walk till the current bar and see if the Gap values have been filled from Above.
		// I.e prices are falling and the gap is being falled.
		for( j = i+1; j <= (BarCount - 1) ; j++ )
		{
			// Check whether the current low is lesser than the Gap high. If yes, the Gap
			// has been penetrated.
			if( L[j] < dUpper )
			{
				dUpper = L[j];			
				// Determine whether the Gap has been fully penetrated - if yes, then the
				// Gap has been filled.
				if( dUpper <= dLower ) bFilled = True;
			}
			if( bFilled == True ) break;
		}
	}
	else if( bIsGapDn[i] == True )
	{
		// Same logic as GapUp - except we check whether the Gap has been pierced from Below.
		// i.e Prices are rising and the Gap has been filled.
		dUpper = L[i-1]; dLower = H[i]; bFilled = False;
		for( j = i+1; j <= (BarCount - 1) ; j++ )
		{
			if( H[j] > dLower )
			{
				dLower = H[j];
				if( dLower >= dUpper ) bFilled = True;
			}
			if( bFilled == True ) break;		// Gap was filled, so move on to find the next gap.
		}
	}
	if( bFilled == False )			// Gap Not filled - so plot horizontal line at the Gap Level.
	{
		pLine = LineArray(i-1, dLower, BarCount-1,dLower, 1);
		Plot(pLine, "", colorRed, styleDashed);
		pLine = LineArray(i-1, dUpper, BarCount-1, dUpper, 1);
		Plot(pLine, "", colorBlue, styleDashed);
	}
}

4 comments

1. eurosiva

Very good afl to find gaps, thank you.

2. manoj2012

Excellent AFL for GAP finding ….. I was searching exactly this thing…

Cheers

3. manoj2012

Dear Admin,

How can we modify this AFL so as to FILTER only those “GAP not filled” where the SIZE of the GAP is more than 2% value of the Closing Price of the Stock.
The present formula even gives result where GAP size is 0.01 price-unit or even 0 price-unit. These need to be filtered out

Thanx
Manoj

4. tigernifty

Dear Mr. Hizari,
congratulation for share the GAP FINDER FORMULA,
pls try to ADD SOUND ALERT and POP-UP WINDOW for this afl.
that is usefull for all.
once again thx

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