[raven4ns]

Hello,
Does anyone know of an auto trendline AFL they really like? There are a couple in the Amibroker library but they are not what I am looking for. tradestation has an auto trendline indicator that is quite good I hear and so does Ensign. I tried the Ensign and it is excellent.
I would be very grateful if someone knew of such an AFL or would share it with me. Thank you for any and all help.

Kindest regards,

Tim

[lateeda]

Tradestations auto trendline feauture is not worth using for daytrading. It's better in most instances to manually draw trendlines - you'll be much more precise with entries and the practice of manually drawing will keep you in tune with the markets movements/waves.

[ZOSO]

Originally Posted by lateeda »

Tradestations auto trendline feauture is not worth using for daytrading. It's better in most instances to manually draw trendlines - you'll be much more precise with entries and the practice of manually drawing will keep you in tune with the markets movements/waves.

I agree and use the pivot high/low indicator to draw those lines.

[raven4ns]

Thank you for your insights. I wanted the auto trendlines as a guide and/or filter. I use an Ergodic for timing of my entry but the trendlines would help confirm the direction. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness.

kindest regards,

Tim

[indicator-master]

{
This indicator:
(1) INSERTS DnTL's/UpTL's connecting each new SwingHi/SwingLo with the next most
recent higher/lower SwingHi/SwingLo within the last 10 SwingHi's/SwingLo's;
(2) EXTENDS each new TL to the right and SETS it's color and alert type;
(3) TRUNCATES a DnTL/UpTL on the right when the next new DnTL/UpTL is drawn (if the
History input is set to "Yes"), or BarsPast bars after it has been breached,
whichever comes first.
(4) DELETES a DnTL/UpTL when the next new DnTL/UpTL is drawn, if the History input
is set to "No".

NOTE: This indicator may not work well with low-count tick bars, such as 10-tick bars,
etc., because the time resolution of the bars may not be high enough for each bar to
have a distinct time stamp.
}

inputs:
SwHiStrength( 4 ),
SwLoStrength( 4 ),
BarsPast( 10 ),
History( "Yes" ),
DnTLColor( Red ),
UpTLColor( Cyan ),
AlertType( "IntraBar" ) ;

variables:
DnTLRef( -1 ),
DnTLEndBar( 0 ),
DnTLBreak( false ),
DnTLColorNum( DnTLColor ),

UpTLRef( -1 ),
UpTLEndBar( 0 ),
UpTLBreak( false ),
UpTLColorNum( UpTLColor ),

Index( 0 ),
BarNum( 0 ),
HistoryTF( false ),
AlertTypeCAPS( UpperStr( AlertType ) ) ;

arrays:
SwHiDate[10]( 0 ),
SwHiTime[10]( 0 ),
SwHiVal[10]( -1000000 ),
SwLoDate[10]( 0 ),
SwLoTime[10]( 0 ),
SwLoVal[10]( 1000000 ) ;

if CurrentBar = 1 then
HistoryTF = UpperStr( History ) = "YES" or UpperStr( History ) = "Y" ;
{ should also be able to do this via declaration above }

BarNum = BarNumber ;

if SwingHighBar( 1, High, SwHiStrength, SwHiStrength + 1 ) = SwHiStrength then
{ ie, if just confirmed SwHi }
begin

{ push arrays back }
for Value1 = 9 downto 0
begin
SwHiDate[ Value1 + 1 ] = SwHiDate[Value1] ;
SwHiTime[ Value1 + 1 ] = SwHiTime[Value1] ;
SwHiVal[ Value1 + 1 ] = SwHiVal[Value1] ;
end ;

{ read in parameters of new SwHi into 0-elements of arrays }
SwHiDate[0] = Date[SwHiStrength] ;
SwHiTime[0] = Time[SwHiStrength] ;
SwHiVal[0] = High[SwHiStrength] ;

{ find and save the index of the next-most-recent higher SwHi if it exists }
for Value2 = 1 to 10
begin
if SwHiVal[Value2] > SwHiVal[0] then
begin
Index = Value2 ;
Value2 = 11 ; { short circuit the looping with 11 instead of 10; the 11
will become 12 in the final pass }
end ;
end ;

if Value2 = 12 then { ie, if next-most-recent higher SwHi exists }
begin
if DnTLRef >= 0 then { ie, if previous DnTL exists }
begin
if HistoryTF and DnTLBreak = false then
{ if history reqd and most recent DnTL not already truncated
elsewhere, truncate it now }
begin
TL_SetEnd( DnTLRef, Date, Time, TL_GetValue( DnTLRef, Date, Time ) ) ;
TL_SetExtRight( DnTLRef, false ) ;
end
else if HistoryTF = false then
{ if history not reqd, delete most recent DnTL }
TL_Delete( DnTLRef ) ;
end ;
{ draw new DnTL, reset break flag, save endbar, set extents/color/alert }
DnTLRef = TL_New( SwHiDate[Index], SwHiTime[Index], SwHiVal[Index],
SwHiDate[0], SwHiTime[0], SwHiVal[0] ) ;
if DnTLBreak = true then
DnTLBreak = false ;
DnTLEndBar = BarNum - SwHiStrength ;
TL_SetExtLeft( DnTLRef, false ) ;
TL_SetExtRight( DnTLRef, true ) ;
if DnTLColorNum <> 99 then
TL_SetColor( DnTLRef, DnTLColorNum ) ;
if AlertTypeCAPS = "ONCLOSE" then
TL_SetAlert( DnTLRef, 2 )
else if AlertTypeCAPS = "INTRABAR" then
TL_SetAlert( DnTLRef, 1 )
else
TL_SetAlert( DnTLRef, 0 ) ;
end ;
end ;

if SwingLowBar( 1, Low, SwLoStrength, SwLoStrength + 1 ) = SwLoStrength then
{ ie, if just confirmed SwLo }
begin

{ push arrays back }
for Value1 = 9 downto 0
begin
SwLoDate[Value1+1] = SwLoDate[Value1] ;
SwLoTime[Value1+1] = SwLoTime[Value1] ;
SwLoVal[Value1+1] = SwLoVal[Value1] ;
end ;

{ read in parameters of new SwLo into 0-elements of arrays }
SwLoDate[0] = Date[SwLoStrength] ;
SwLoTime[0] = Time[SwLoStrength] ;
SwLoVal[0] = Low[SwLoStrength] ;

{ find and save the index of the next-most-recent lower SwLo if it exists }
for Value2 = 1 to 10
begin
if SwLoVal[Value2] < SwLoVal[0] then
begin
Index = Value2 ;
Value2 = 11 ;{ short circuit the looping with 11 instead of 10; the 11
will become 12 in the final pass }
end ;
end ;

if Value2 = 12 then { ie, if next-most-recent lower SwLo exists }
begin
if UpTLRef >= 0 then { ie, if previous UpTL exists }
begin
if HistoryTF and UpTLBreak = false then
{ if history reqd and most recent UpTL not already truncated
elsewhere, truncate it now }
begin
TL_SetEnd( UpTLRef, Date, Time, TL_GetValue( UpTLRef, Date, Time ) ) ;
TL_SetExtRight( UpTLRef, false ) ;
end
else if HistoryTF = false then
{ if history not reqd, delete most recent UpTL }
TL_Delete( UpTLRef ) ;
end ;
{ draw new UpTL, reset break flag, save endbar, set extents/color/alert }
UpTLRef = TL_New( SwLoDate[Index], SwLoTime[Index], SwLoVal[Index],
SwLoDate[0], SwLoTime[0], SwLoVal[0] ) ;
if UpTLBreak = true then
UpTLBreak = false ;
UpTLEndBar = BarNum - SwLoStrength ;
TL_SetExtLeft( UpTLRef, false ) ;
TL_SetExtRight( UpTLRef, true ) ;
if UpTLColorNum <> 99 then
TL_SetColor( UpTLRef, UpTLColorNum ) ;
if AlertTypeCAPS = "ONCLOSE" then
TL_SetAlert( UpTLRef, 2 )
else if AlertTypeCAPS = "INTRABAR" then
TL_SetAlert( UpTLRef, 1 )
else
TL_SetAlert( UpTLRef, 0 ) ;
end ;
end ;

{ if most recent DnTL/UpTL exists AND has not yet been truncated here AND was drawn
at least BarsPast ago AND was breached BarsPast bars ago THEN truncate it here and
set break flag }

if DnTLRef >= 0
and DnTLBreak = false
and BarNum > DnTLEndBar + SwHiStrength + BarsPast
and ( Close > TL_GetValue( DnTLRef, Date, Time ) )[BarsPast]
then
begin
TL_SetEnd( DnTLRef, Date, Time, TL_GetValue( DnTLRef, Date, Time ) ) ;
TL_SetExtRight( DnTLRef, false ) ;
DnTLBreak = true ;
end ;

if UpTLRef >= 0
and UpTLBreak = false
and BarNum > UpTLEndBar + SwLoStrength + BarsPast
and ( Close < TL_GetValue( UpTLRef, Date, Time ) )[BarsPast]
then
begin
TL_SetEnd( UpTLRef, Date, Time, TL_GetValue( UpTLRef, Date, Time ) ) ;
TL_SetExtRight( UpTLRef, false ) ;
UpTLBreak = true ;
end ;


{ ** Copyright (c) 1991-2003 tradestation Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. **
** tradestation reserves the right to modify or overwrite this analysis technique
with each release. ** }

[raven4ns]

Thank you Indicator-Master for your kindness. I will try the auto trendline code you sent and see how it works. I truly appreciate all the work involved to send it to me, thank you again.

Kindest regards,

Tim

[jurikcoder]

Does anybody know the Amibroker AFL code for the same ?

Thanks & Regards