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BOLLINGER BAND AND CROSS OVER SYSTEM for Amibroker (AFL)

prasadmuni over 13 years ago Amibroker (AFL)

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Hi friends

Here is the Bollinger band and cross over system.The bb changes colour to pink when bearish and turquoise when bullish.You can reconfirm trade with bar colours and the crosses,sar dots and trend ribbon.The trailing stop is coloured in yellow.Pivot arrows are also provided for being sure on the trade.

For more on this indicator please visit my free blog site

http://www.muniprasadgutha.com

MUNIPRASAD GUTHA

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_SECTION_BEGIN(" Bollinger Bands with cross over and tweaked bar code");
P = ParamField("Price field",-1);
Period = Param("Short Periods", 20, 15, 30, 1 );
Width = Param("Short Width", 2, 1, 10, 1 );

TopCond=BBandTop( P, Period, Width )>Ref(BBandTop( P, Period, Width ),-1);
MidCond=MA(C,Period)>Ref(MA(C,Period),-1);
BotCond=BBandBot( P, Period, Width )>Ref(BBandBot( P, Period, Width ),-1);


UpColor=IIf(TopCond AND MidCond,colorTurquoise,colorPink);
DownColor=IIf(MidCond AND BotCond,colorTurquoise,colorPink);

PlotOHLC(BBandTop( P, Period, Width ),BBandTop( P,Period, Width ),MA(C,Period),MA(C,Period), "", UpColor, styleCloud+styleNoLabel+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -2 );
PlotOHLC(MA(C,Period),MA(C,Period),BBandBot( P, Period, Width ),BBandBot( P, Period, Width ), "", DownColor, styleCloud+styleNoLabel+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -2 );

Plot(BBandBot( P, Period, Width ),"",colorGreen,styleThick+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -1);
Plot(BBandTop( P, Period, Width ),"",colorRed,styleThick+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -1);
Plot(MA(C,Period),"",colorLime,styleThick+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -1);

Title=Name();


Filter=TopCond AND MidCond AND BotCond;
AddColumn(V,"volume",1.0);

_SECTION_END();




_SECTION_BEGIN("Price");
SetChartOptions(0,chartShowArrows|chartShowDates);
_N(Title = StrFormat("{{NAME}} - {{INTERVAL}} {{DATE}} Open %g, Hi %g, Lo %g, Close %g (%.1f%%) Vol " +WriteVal( V, 1.0 ) +" {{VALUES}}", O, H, L, C, SelectedValue( ROC( C, 1 )) ));

trendup = IIf(MACD(12,26) > 0 AND MACD(12,26) > Signal(12,26,9), colorBlue, colorWhite);
trendcolor = IIf(MACD(12,26) < 0 AND MACD(12,26) < Signal(12,26,9), colorRed, trendup);
Plot( C, "Close", trendcolor, styleBar | styleThick );

//RSIup = RSI(7) > 70;
//RSIdown = RSI(7) < 30;

sp = Param( "RSI Period", 7, 1, 100 );
r = RSI( sp );
RSIup = r > 70; 
RSIdown = r < 30;

shape = RSIup * shapeNone + RSIdown * shapeNone;
PlotShapes(shape, IIf( RSIup, colorBrightGreen, colorRed ), 0, IIf( RSIup, Low, High ) );
 
if( ParamToggle("Tooltip shows", "All Values | Only Prices" ) )
{
 ToolTip=StrFormat("Open: %g\nHigh:  %g\nLow:   %g\nClose:  %g (%.1f%%)\nVolume: "+NumToStr( V, 1 ), O, H, L, C, SelectedValue( ROC( C, 1 )));
}
_SECTION_END();

SetChartBkColor(ParamColor("Panel color ",colorBlack));

PlotOHLC( Open,  High,  Low,  Close, "", colorLime, styleBar| styleThick   );



_SECTION_BEGIN("trailstops");
EntrySignal = C > ( LLV( L, 20 ) + 2 * ATR( 10 ) ); 
ExitSignal = C < ( HHV( H, 20 ) - 2 * ATR( 10 ) ); 
Color = IIf( EntrySignal, colorBlue, IIf( ExitSignal, colorOrange, colorGrey50 )); 
TrailStop = HHV( C - 2 * ATR(10), 15 ); 
ProfitTaker = EMA( H, 13 ) + 2 * ATR(10); 

/* plot price chart and stops */ 
Plot( TrailStop, "Trailing stop", colorGold, styleThick | styleLine  ); 
Plot( C, "Price", color, styleBar  ); 

/* plot color ribbon */ 
Plot( 2, "", Color, styleArea | styleOwnScale | styleNoLabel, -0.1, 50 );


_SECTION_BEGIN("GFX EMA");
procedure Plotlinewidth(pvalue,ptitle,pcolor,pstyle,pmin,pmax,pxshift,plinewidth,pshowdate)
{
local pvalue,ptitle,pcolor,pstyle,pmin,pmax,pxshift,plinewidth,ppenstyle,pshowdate;
local Miny,Maxy; local Lvb,fvb; local pxwidth,pxheight; local TotalBars,axisarea; local i,x,y;
if(plinewidth>0 && Status("action") == 1 && (pstyle & styleLine==styleLine)){
GfxSetOverlayMode(0);
Miny=Status("axisminy"); Maxy=Status("axismaxy");
lvb=Status("lastvisiblebar"); fvb=Status("firstvisiblebar");
pxwidth=Status("pxwidth"); pxheight=Status("pxheight");
TotalBars=Lvb-fvb; xaxisarea=56; 
if(pshowdate)yaxisarea=10;
else
yaxisarea=0; i=0;
x=5+i*(pxwidth-xaxisarea-10)/( TotalBars+1);
y=5+yaxisarea+(pvalue[i+fvb]-Miny)*(pxheight-yaxisarea-10)/(Maxy-Miny);
GfxMoveTo(x,pxheight - y);
for(i=1; i<TotalBars AND i<(BarCount-fvb); i++) 
{
GfxSelectPen(pcolor[i + fvb],plinewidth,0);
x=5+i*(pxwidth-xaxisarea-10)/(TotalBars+1);
y=5+yaxisarea+(pvalue[i+fvb]-Miny)*(pxheight-yaxisarea-10)/(Maxy-Miny);
GfxLineTo(x,pxheight - y);
}}}
RequestTimedRefresh(2); 
_SECTION_END();



_SECTION_BEGIN("Small Triggers");
p1 = Param("TL 1 Periods", 20, 5, 50, 1);
p2 = Param("TL 2 Periods", 5, 3, 25, 1);
TL1 = LinearReg(C, p1);
TL2 = EMA(TL1, p2);
Col1 = IIf(TL1 > TL2, ParamColor("TL Up Colour", colorBrightGreen), ParamColor("TL Dn Colour", colorCustom12));
Plot(TL1, "TriggerLine 1", Col1, styleLine|styleThick|styleNoLabel);
Plot(TL2, "TriggerLine 2", Col1, styleLine|styleThick|styleNoLabel);
_SECTION_END();

_SECTION_BEGIN("Large Triggers");
p3 = Param("TL 3 Periods", 80, 5, 100, 1);
p4 = Param("TL 4 Periods", 20, 3, 100, 1);
TL3 = LinearReg(C, p3);
TL4 = EMA(TL3, p4);
Col1 = IIf(TL3 > TL4, ParamColor("TLL Up Colour", colorBlue), ParamColor("TLL Dn Colour", colorRed));
Plot(TL3, "TriggerLine 3", Col1, styleLine|styleThick|styleNoLabel);
Plot(TL4, "TriggerLine 4", Col1, styleLine|styleThick|styleNoLabel);
_SECTION_END();

_SECTION_BEGIN("Fibo Retrace and Extensions");
	fibs = ParamToggle("Plot Fibs","Off|On",1);
	pctH = Param ("Pivot Hi %", 0.325,0.001,2.0,0.002);
	HiLB = Param ("Hi LookBack",1,1,BarCount-1,1);
	pctL = Param ("Pivot Lo %", 0.325,0.001,2.0,0.002);
	LoLB = Param ("Lo LookBack",1,1,BarCount-1,1);
	Back = Param ("Extend Left = 2",1,1,500,1);
	Fwd  = Param("Plot Forward", 0, 0, 500, 1);
	text = ParamToggle("Plot Text","Off|On",1);
	hts  = Param ("Text Shift", -33.5,-50,50,0.10);
	style =ParamStyle("Line Style",styleLine,styleNoLabel);
x = BarIndex();
pRp  = PeakBars( H, pctH, 1) == 0;
yRp0 = SelectedValue(ValueWhen( pRp, H, HiLB));
xRp0 = SelectedValue(ValueWhen( pRp, x, HiLB));
pSp  = TroughBars( L, pctL, 1) == 0;
ySp0 = SelectedValue(ValueWhen( pSp, L, LoLB));
xSp0 = SelectedValue(ValueWhen( pSp, x, LoLB));
Delta = yRp0 - ySp0;

function fib(ret)
{
retval = (Delta * ret);
Fibval = IIf(ret < 1.0 
AND xSp0 < xRp0, yRp0 - retval, IIf(ret < 1.0 
AND xSp0 > xRp0, ySp0 + retval,IIf(ret > 1.0 
AND xSp0 < xRp0, yRp0 - retval, IIf(ret > 1.0 
AND xSp0 > xRp0, ySp0 + retval, Null)))); 
return FibVal;
}

x0 = Min(xSp0,xRp0)-Back;
x1 = (BarCount -1);

r236 = fib(0.236);	r236I = LastValue (r236,1);
r382 = fib(0.382);	r382I = LastValue (r382,1);
r050 = fib(0.50);		r050I = LastValue (r050,1);
r618 = fib(0.618);	r618I = LastValue (r618,1);
r786 = fib(0.786);	r786I = LastValue (r786,1);
e127 = fib(1.27);		e127I = LastValue (e127,1);
e162 = fib(1.62);		e162I = LastValue (e162,1);
e200 = fib(2.00);		e200I = LastValue (e200,1);
e262 = fib(2.62);		e262I = LastValue (e262,1);
e424 = fib(4.24);		e424I = LastValue (e424,1);

p00 = IIf(xSp0 > xRp0,ySp0,yRp0); 	p00I = LastValue (p00,1);
p100 = IIf(xSp0 < xRp0,ySp0,yRp0); 	p100I = LastValue (p100,1);
color00 =IIf(xSp0 > xRp0,colorLime,colorRed);
color100 =IIf(xSp0 < xRp0,colorLime,colorRed);

numbars = LastValue(Cum(Status("barvisible")));
fraction= IIf(StrRight(Name(),3) == "", 3.2, 3.2);

if(fibs==1)
{
Plot(LineArray(xRp0-Fwd,yRp0,x1,yRp0,Back),"PR",32,8|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(xSp0-Fwd,ySp0,x1,ySp0,Back),"PS",27,8|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,r236,x1,r236,Back),"",45,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,r382,x1,r382,Back),"",44,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,r050,x1,r050,Back),"",41,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,r618,x1,r618,Back),"",43,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,r786,x1,r786,Back),"",42,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,e127,x1,e127,Back),"e127",47,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,e162,x1,e162,Back),"e162",47,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,e200,x1,e200,Back),"p200",47,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,e262,x1,e262,Back),"p262",47,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
Plot(LineArray(x0-Fwd,e424,x1,e424,Back),"p424",25,style|styleNoRescale,Null, Null,Fwd);
}

if(text==1)
{ 
PlotText(" 0% = " + WriteVal(p00,fraction), 	LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts), p00I  + 0.05, color00);
PlotText("23% = " + WriteVal(r236,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts), r236I + 0.05, 45);
PlotText("38% = " + WriteVal(r382,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts), r382I + 0.05, 44);
PlotText("50% = " + WriteVal(r050,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts), r050I + 0.05, 41);
PlotText("62% = " + WriteVal(r618,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts), r618I + 0.05, 43);
PlotText("78% = " + WriteVal(r786,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts), r786I + 0.05, 42);
PlotText("100% = " + WriteVal(p100,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts),p100I + 0.05, color100);
PlotText("127% = " + WriteVal(e127,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts),e127I + 0.05, 47);
PlotText("162% = " + WriteVal(e162,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts),e162I + 0.05, 47);
PlotText("200% = " + WriteVal(e200,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts),e200I + 0.05, 47);
PlotText("262% = " + WriteVal(e262,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts),e262I + 0.05, 47);
PlotText("424% = " + WriteVal(e424,fraction), LastValue(BarIndex())-(numbars/hts),e424I + 0.05, 25);
}
_SECTION_END();

  /* **********************************
 
Code to automatically identify pivots
 
********************************** */
 
// -- what will be our lookback range for the hh and ll?
farback=Param("How Far back to go",100,50,5000,10);
nBars = Param("Number of bars", 12, 5, 40);
 
// -- Title.
 
Title = Name() + " (" + StrLeft(FullName(), 15) + ") O: " + Open + ", 
 
H: " + High + ", L: " + Low + ", C: " + Close;
 
// -- Plot basic candle chart
 
PlotOHLC(Open, High, Low, Close, 
 
"BIdx = " + BarIndex() + 
 
"\n" + "O = " + O + "\n"+"H = "+ H + "\n"+"L = " + L
 
+ "\n"+"C ",
 
colorBlack, styleBar); 
 
GraphXSpace=7;
 
// -- Create 0-initialized arrays the size of barcount
 
aHPivs = H - H;
 
aLPivs = L - L;
 
// -- More for future use, not necessary for basic plotting
 
aHPivHighs = H - H;
 
aLPivLows = L - L;
 
aHPivIdxs = H - H;
 
aLPivIdxs = L - L;
 
nHPivs = 0;
 
nLPivs = 0;
 
lastHPIdx = 0;
 
lastLPIdx = 0;
 
lastHPH = 0;
 
lastLPL = 0;
 
curPivBarIdx = 0;
 
// -- looking back from the current bar, how many bars 
 
// back were the hhv and llv values of the previous 
 
// n bars, etc.?
 
aHHVBars = HHVBars(H, nBars);
 
aLLVBars = LLVBars(L, nBars);
 
aHHV = HHV(H, nBars);
 
aLLV = LLV(L, nBars);
 
// -- Would like to set this up so pivots are calculated back from
 
// last visible bar to make it easy to "go back" and see the pivots
 
// this code would find. However, the first instance of 
 
// _Trace output will show a value of 0
 
aVisBars = Status("barvisible");
 
nLastVisBar = LastValue(Highest(IIf(aVisBars, BarIndex(), 0)));
 
_TRACE("Last visible bar: " + nLastVisBar);
 
// -- Initialize value of curTrend
 
curBar = (BarCount-1);
 
curTrend = "";
 
if (aLLVBars[curBar] < 
 
aHHVBars[curBar]) {
 
curTrend = "D";
 
}
 
else {
 
curTrend = "U";
 
}
 
// -- Loop through bars. Search for 
 
// entirely array-based approach
 
// in future version
 
for (i=0; i<farback; i++) {
 
curBar = (BarCount - 1) - i;
 
// -- Have we identified a pivot? If trend is down...
 
if (aLLVBars[curBar] < aHHVBars[curBar]) {
 
// ... and had been up, this is a trend change
 
if (curTrend == "U") {
 
curTrend = "D";
 
// -- Capture pivot information
 
curPivBarIdx = curBar - aLLVBars[curBar];
 
aLPivs[curPivBarIdx] = 1;
 
aLPivLows[nLPivs] = L[curPivBarIdx];
 
aLPivIdxs[nLPivs] = curPivBarIdx;
 
nLPivs++;
 
}
 
// -- or current trend is up
 
} else {
 
if (curTrend == "D") {
 
curTrend = "U";
 
curPivBarIdx = curBar - aHHVBars[curBar];
 
aHPivs[curPivBarIdx] = 1;
 
aHPivHighs[nHPivs] = H[curPivBarIdx];
 
aHPivIdxs[nHPivs] = curPivBarIdx;
 
nHPivs++;
 
}
 
// -- If curTrend is up...else...
 
} 
 
// -- loop through bars
 
} 
 
// -- Basic attempt to add a pivot this logic may have missed
 
// -- OK, now I want to look at last two pivots. If the most 
 
// recent low pivot is after the last high, I could
 
// still have a high pivot that I didn't catch
 
// -- Start at last bar
 
curBar = (BarCount-1);
 
candIdx = 0;
 
candPrc = 0;
 
lastLPIdx = aLPivIdxs[0];
 
lastLPL = aLPivLows[0];
 
lastHPIdx = aHPivIdxs[0];
 
lastHPH = aHPivHighs[0];
 
if (lastLPIdx > lastHPIdx) {
 
// -- Bar and price info for candidate pivot
 
candIdx = curBar - aHHVBars[curBar];
 
candPrc = aHHV[curBar]; 
 
if (
 
lastHPH < candPrc AND
 
candIdx > lastLPIdx AND
 
candIdx < curBar) {
 
 
// -- OK, we'll add this as a pivot...
 
aHPivs[candIdx] = 1;
 
// ...and then rearrange elements in the 
 
// pivot information arrays
 
for (j=0; j<nHPivs; j++) {
 
aHPivHighs[nHPivs-j] = aHPivHighs[nHPivs-
 
(j+1)];
 
aHPivIdxs[nHPivs-j] = aHPivIdxs[nHPivs-(j+1)];
 
}
 
aHPivHighs[0] = candPrc ;
 
aHPivIdxs[0] = candIdx;
 
nHPivs++;
 
} 
 
} else {
 
 
// -- Bar and price info for candidate pivot
 
candIdx = curBar - aLLVBars[curBar];
 
candPrc = aLLV[curBar]; 
 
if (
 
lastLPL > candPrc AND
 
candIdx > lastHPIdx AND
 
candIdx < curBar) {
 
 
// -- OK, we'll add this as a pivot...
 
aLPivs[candIdx] = 1;
 
// ...and then rearrange elements in the 
 
// pivot information arrays
 
for (j=0; j<nLPivs; j++) {
 
aLPivLows[nLPivs-j] = aLPivLows[nLPivs-(j+1)];
 
aLPivIdxs[nLPivs-j] = aLPivIdxs[nLPivs-(j+1)];
 
}
 
aLPivLows[0] = candPrc;
 
aLPivIdxs[0] = candIdx;
 
nLPivs++;
 
}
 
}
 
// -- Dump inventory of high pivots for debugging
 
/*
 
for (k=0; k<nHPivs; k++) {
 
_TRACE("High pivot no. " + k
 
+ " at barindex: " + aHPivIdxs[k] + ", " 
 
+ WriteVal(ValueWhen(BarIndex()==aHPivIdxs[k], 
 
DateTime(), 1), formatDateTime)
 
+ ", " + aHPivHighs[k]);
 
}
 
*/
 
// -- OK, let's plot the pivots using arrows
 
PlotShapes(
 
IIf(aHPivs==1, shapeHollowDownArrow, shapeNone), colorRed, 0,
 
High, Offset=-15);
 
PlotShapes(
 
IIf(aLPivs==1, shapeHollowUpArrow , shapeNone), colorBrightGreen, 0, 
 
Low, Offset=-15);
_SECTION_END();

_SECTION_BEGIN("Dots Color");
acc = Param("Acceleration", 0.01, 0, 1, 0.001 );
accm = Param("Max. acceleration", 0.1, 0, 1, 0.001 );
myColor = IIf (C > SAR( acc, accm ) , colorTurquoise , colorRed);
Plot( SAR( acc, accm ), _DEFAULT_NAME(), myColor , ParamStyle("Style", styleDots |styleThick | styleNoLine, maskDefault | styleDots | styleThick | styleNoLine ) );
_SECTION_END();

SetChartBkGradientFill( ParamColor("BgTop", ColorRGB( 172,172,172 )),

ParamColor("BgBottom", ColorRGB( 172,172,172 )),ParamColor("titleblock",ColorRGB( 172,172,172 ))); 

8 comments

over 13 years ago

Plot(BBandBot( P, Period, Width ),"",colorGreen,styleThick+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -1);
Plot(BBandTop( P, Period, Width ),"",colorRed,styleThick+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -1);
Plot(MA,"",colorLime,styleThick+styleNoTitle, Null, Null, Null, -1);

showing error 16 .. to many arguments

please help

over 13 years ago

getting error in Plot as mentioned above.Please help as we are using amibroker 5.10.

4. altzer
almost 13 years ago

i want the indicator color bolinger bants for Amibroker dimitris email n.pateras@yahoo.gr

about 4 years ago

I have problem when I try to run analyze to filter stocks like thisPROBLEM
Please help me to fix it! thanks a lot

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