Bottomline

This indicator prints the pertinent information on the bottom of the screen.

You can easily modify this indicator with information of your choice

MultiChart version can adjust the text size.


see also the complementary Masthead:
http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...html#post62946

[Tams]

Originally Posted by sneo »

not too sure if it was brought up before,

if "aihighestdispvalue" or "ailowestdispvalue" is used in code, the chart has to be preloaded before the application of the Info Printout. The implication is that if the user has a habit of switching products (or symbol name as most like to call it), then, the first time the chart is loaded, the Info Printout will not appear. The user will then have to do a refresh to his/her chart to get it appearing...

Most of the charting software are "Event Driven".
ie. the program is sitting idle, not doing anything, not calculating an update... until
...a new trade or barclose occurs.

edit:
after you have loaded the chart, once a tick has come in, the Info Printout will position itself in the right place.

the only time you will see the printout misplaced is when you are offline.
(ie. no ticks coming in.)


:-(

[Tams]

TrackRange = Highest(High,TrackPeriod)-Lowest(Low,TrackPeriod);

will get you the trading range... but is the range inside the screen display?

[sneo]

yes, thats why i mentioned if the user has a habit of switching around symbols (which is what I am guilty of), sometimes the chart does not update fast enough. Alternatively, if the symbol trades at a different timezone, there will be no refresh (e.g. for me, I am in Asian Timezone, SPX does not update).

Both ways (disp and direct formula) provides the same results. I just suggest an alternative way in case of the above 2 scenarios. =)

"TrackRange = Highest(High,TrackPeriod)-Lowest(Low,TrackPeriod)" will provide trading range within the tracking period you specified, typically the number of periods you would place in your chart. I used 500 as an abitrary number.