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Candle Identification for Amibroker (AFL)

kaiji over 16 years ago Amibroker (AFL)

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Click on any Candle in the price chart and the Title will identify the selected Candle pattern(s). The Candle definitions were gathered from various sources and accuracy is not guaranteed. Add your own patterns to the CandlePattern function.

Created by Herman van den Bergen

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_SECTION_BEGIN("Candle Identification");
Plot(C,"",1,64);
O1 = Ref(O,-1);O2 = Ref(O,-2);
H1 = Ref(H,-1);H2 = Ref(H,-2);
L1 = Ref(L,-1);L2 = Ref(L,-2);
C1 = Ref(C,-1);C2 = Ref(C,-2);
function CandlePattern(P)
{
   global PatternName;
   if(P == 0) { PatternName = "NearDoji"; Pv = (abs(O-C)<= ((H-L)*0.1)); }
   else if(P == 1) { PatternName = "BlackCandle"; Pv = (O>C); }
   else if(P == 2) { PatternName = "LongBlackCandle"; Pv = (O>C AND (O-C)/(.001+H-L)>.6); }
   else if(P == 3) { PatternName = "SmallBlackCandle"; Pv = ((O>C) AND ((H-L)>(3*(O-C)))); }
   else if(P == 4) { PatternName = "WhiteCandle"; Pv = (C>O); }
   else if(P == 5) { PatternName = "LongWhiteCandle"; Pv = ((C>O) AND ((C-O)/(.001+H-L)>.6)); }
   else if(P == 6) { PatternName = "SmallWhiteCandle"; Pv = ((C>O) AND ((H-L)>(3*(C-O)))); }
   else if(P == 7) { PatternName = "BlackMaubozu"; Pv = (O>C AND H==O AND C==L); }
   else if(P == 8) { PatternName = "WhiteMaubozu"; Pv = (C>O AND H==C AND O==L); }
   else if(P == 9) { PatternName = "BlackClosingMarubozu"; Pv = (O>C AND C==L); }
   else if(P == 10) { PatternName = "WhiteClosingMarubozu"; Pv = (C>O AND C==H); }
   else if(P == 11) { PatternName = "BlackOpeningMarubozu"; Pv = (O>C AND O==H); }
   else if(P == 12) { PatternName = "WhiteOpeningMarubozu"; Pv = (C>O AND O==L); }
   else if(P == 13) { PatternName = "HangingMan"; Pv = (((H-L)>4*(O-C)) AND
((C-L)/(.001+H-L)>= 0.75) AND ((O-L)/(.001+H-L)>= 0.75)); }
   else if(P == 14) { PatternName = "Hammer"; Pv = (((H-L)>3*(O-C)) AND
((C-L)/(.001+H-L)>0.6) AND ((O-L)/(.001+H-L)>0.6)); }
   else if(P == 15) { PatternName = "InvertedHammer"; Pv = (((H-L)>3*(O-C))
AND ((H-C)/(.001+H-L)>0.6) AND ((H-O)/(.001+H-L)>0.6)); }
   else if(P == 16) { PatternName = "ShootingStar"; Pv = (((H-L)>4*(O-C))
AND ((H-C)/(.001+H-L)>= 0.75) AND ((H-O)/(.001+H-L)>= 0.75)); }
   else if(P == 17) { PatternName = "BlackSpinningTop"; Pv = ((O>C) AND
((H-L)>(3*(O-C))) AND (((H-O)/(.001+H-L))<.4) AND
(((C-L)/(.001+H-L))<.4)); }
   else if(P == 18) { PatternName = "WhiteSpinningTop"; Pv = ((C>O) AND
((H-L)>(3*(C-O))) AND (((H-C)/(.001+H-L))<.4) AND
(((O-L)/(.001+H-L))<.4)); }
   else if(P == 19) { PatternName = "BearishAbandonedBaby"; Pv = ((C1 == O1)
AND (C2>O2) AND (O>C) AND (L1>H2) AND (L1>H)); }
   else if(P == 20) { PatternName = "BearishEveningDojiStar"; Pv = ((C2>O2)
AND ((C2-O2)/(.001+H2-L2)>.6) AND (C2<O1) AND (C1>O1) AND
((H1-L1)>(3*(C1-O1))) AND (O>C) AND (O<O1)); }
   else if(P == 21) { PatternName = "DarkCloudCover"; Pv = (C1>O1 AND
((C1+O1)/2)>C AND O>C AND O>C1 AND C>O1 AND (O-C)/(.001+(H-L)>0.6)); }
   else if(P == 22) { PatternName = "BearishEngulfing"; Pv = ((C1>O1) AND
(O>C) AND (O>= C1) AND (O1>= C) AND ((O-C)>(C1-O1))); }
   else if(P == 23) { PatternName = "ThreeOutsideDownPattern"; Pv = ((C2>O2)
AND (O1>C1) AND (O1>= C2) AND (O2>= C1) AND ((O1-C1)>(C2-O2)) AND (O>C) AND
(C<C1)); }
   else if(P == 24) { PatternName = "BullishAbandonedBaby"; Pv = ((C1 == O1)
AND (O2>C2) AND (C>O) AND (L2>H1) AND (L>H1)); }
   else if(P == 25) { PatternName = "BullishMorningDojiStar"; Pv = ((O2>C2)
AND ((O2-C2)/(.001+H2-L2)>.6) AND (C2>O1) AND (O1>C1) AND
((H1-L1)>(3*(C1-O1))) AND (C>O) AND (O>O1)); }
   else if(P == 26) { PatternName = "BullishEngulfing"; Pv = ((O1>C1) AND
(C>O) AND (C>= O1) AND (C1>= O) AND ((C-O)>(O1-C1))); }
   else if(P == 27) { PatternName = "ThreeOutsideUpPattern"; Pv = ((O2>C2)
AND (C1>O1) AND (C1>= O2) AND (C2>= O1) AND ((C1-O1)>(O2-C2)) AND (C>O) AND
(C>C1)); }
   else if(P == 28) { PatternName = "BullishHarami"; Pv = ((O1>C1) AND (C>O)
AND (C<= O1) AND (C1<= O) AND ((C-O)<(O1-C1))); }
   else if(P == 29) { PatternName = "ThreeInsideUpPattern"; Pv = ((O2>C2)
AND (C1>O1) AND (C1<= O2) AND (C2<= O1) AND ((C1-O1)<(O2-C2)) AND (C>O) AND
(C>C1) AND (O>O1)); }
   else if(P == 30) { PatternName = "PiercingLine"; Pv = ((C1<O1) AND
(((O1+C1)/2)<C) AND (O<C) AND (O<C1) AND (C<O1) AND
((C-O)/(.001+(H-L))>0.6)); }
   else if(P == 31) { PatternName = "BearishHarami"; Pv = ((C1>O1) AND (O>C)
AND (O<= C1) AND (O1<= C) AND ((O-C)<(C1-O1))); }
   else if(P == 32) { PatternName = "ThreeInsideDownPattern"; Pv = ((C2>O2)
AND (O1>C1) AND (O1<= C2) AND (O2<= C1) AND ((O1-C1)<(C2-O2)) AND (O>C) AND
(C<C1) AND (O<O1)); }
   else if(P == 33) { PatternName = "ThreeWhiteSoldiers"; Pv = (C>O*1.01)
AND (C1>O1*1.01) AND (C2>O2*1.01) AND (C>C1) AND (C1>C2) AND (O<C1) AND
(O>O1) AND (O1<C2) AND (O1>O2) AND (((H-C)/(H-L))<.2) AND
(((H1-C1)/(H1-L1))<.2) AND (((H2-C2)/(H2-L2))<.2); }
   else if(P == 34) { PatternName = "DarkCloudCover"; Pv = (C1>O1*1.01) AND
(O>C) AND (O>H1) AND (C>O1) AND (((C1+O1)/2)>C) AND (C>O1) AND
(MA(C,13)-Ref(MA(C,13),-4)>0); }
   else if(P == 35) { PatternName = "ThreeBlackCrows"; Pv = (O>C*1.01) AND
(O1>C1*1.01) AND (O2>C2*1.01) AND (C<C1) AND (C1<C2) AND (O>C1) AND (O<O1)
AND (O1>C2) AND (O1<O2) AND (((C-L)/(H-L))<.2) AND (((C1-L1)/(H1-L1))<.2)
AND (((C2-L2)/(H2-L2))<.2); }
   else if(P == 36) { PatternName = "doji"; Pv = (O == C); }
   else if(P == 37) { PatternName = "GapUp"; Pv = GapUp(); }
   else if(P == 38) { PatternName = "GapDown"; Pv = GapDown(); }
   else if(P == 39) { PatternName = "BigGapUp"; Pv = L>1.01*H1; }
   else if(P == 40) { PatternName = "BigGapDown"; Pv = H<0.99*L1; }
   else if(P == 41) { PatternName = "HugeGapUp"; Pv = L>1.02*H1; }
   else if(P == 42) { PatternName = "HugeGapDown"; Pv = H<0.98*L1; }
   else if(P == 43) { PatternName = "DoubleGapUp"; Pv = GapUp() AND Ref(GapUp(),-1); }
   else if(P == 44) { PatternName = "DoubleGapDown"; Pv = GapDown() AND Ref(GapDown(),-1); }
   return Pv;
}

PatternNameList = "";
for(Cp=0; Cp<=44; Cp++)
{
	VarSet("Pattern"+NumToStr(Cp,1.0),CandlePattern(cP));
	PatternNameList = PatternNameList +PatternName+","; 
}

BI = BarIndex();
SelectedBar = SelectedValue(BI) -BI[0];
//Selectedbar = Status("lastvisiblebar")-1;
PStr="";
for(Cp=0; Cp<=44; Cp++)
{
	Temp = VarGet("Pattern"+NumToStr(Cp,1.0));
	if(temp[SelectedBar]) Pstr=Pstr+"#"+NumToStr(Cp,1.0)+" - "+StrExtract(PatternNameList,Cp)+"\n";
}

Title = "\nCandle Demostration \n"+ Pstr;
_SECTION_END();

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