Comments on: Vervoort Crossover

By: ThinkScripter

ThinkScripter — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:07:25 +0000

David,
The alert() command in thinkScript can be used to play an audible alert on an active chart. However, last I looked, you only had a pre-defined set of sounds to choose from.
Eric

By: FORTRANguy

FORTRANguy — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:29:22 +0000

Eric, Thanks a million!

You saved me the huge trouble of converting this from EasyLanguage to thinkscript.

What would be the simplest way to have it test for the crossover pointts from BUY to SELL and announce them with PLOT(“PlaySound.xxxx”) and trigger a popup alert so we don’t have to sit and watch it? Any help greatly appreciated.

ToS platform now lets me add user-defined .WAV files for price alerts , so I could probably be across the room and hear it say “Vervoort Crossover on Crude Oil!” instead of just the built-in telephone RING and having to see which chart it’s on.

By: ThinkScripter

ThinkScripter — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:34:46 +0000

Yes, I changed the white to red/green about a week after I published this…never got around to updating the code here as I posted the updated version in the forum. Fixed now.
Eric

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:56:23 +0000

Hey Eric,

I’ve seen a study elsewhere that threw similar “dot” signals and they originally were white too, but got changed in an update to red or green depending on the intended signal. This can help eliminate confusion when multiple signals are thrown consecutively when price action is choppy… just a thought. As always, great work.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:08:36 +0000

Excellent. Thanks! I have a couple of ideas I may shoot over to you in a day or two for consideration.

By: thinkscripter

thinkscripter — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:41:10 +0000

Steve,
Change the third to last line to:

signal.assignValueColor(if buySignal then color.green else color.red);

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:22:20 +0000

Eric – Thanks again for this! Is there anyway to modify this so that the signal changes color on the tema crossovers up and down? I realize that Heikin-Ashi are generally suggested for longer time frames but this is putting out some good confirm signals this morning along with pattern recognition. However, it is putting out a lot of signals on tick charts and so you have to go back and look at the last several signals to get a sense of direction. Thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:33:29 +0000

This is excellent. I was just looking at the Heikin-Ashi candles tonight for short timeframe trading and this appears to test very well as a confirmation signal with other indicators which you have developed for me, even on shorter timeframes. What is most interesting is that it appears to provide a signal in advance of some pattern recognition. Really cool. Thanks!

By: thinkscripter

thinkscripter — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:53:26 +0000

Coming soon to a theater near you!
-Eric

By: Bill Smith

Bill Smith — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:50:45 +0000

Eric,

I too would appreciate an example of how to bake this into a strategy. I tried doing it with the Multi-stops study and couldn’t seem to make it work. An example of how to call a study from a strategy would really help. I know this is simple for you… sorry for being so dense. I guess I’m a trader, not a programmer… but I’m learning.

Bill