date show bar

Optuma Scripting
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I’m trying to write a script to show a specific date on a chart. I’ve been using bardate function with no luck. Can you help?

Thanks Peter

2

Hi Peter,

This is how i would mark a specific date on the chart using scripting:

V1 = STRDATE(DATE=2020-02-13) ;
BARDATE() == V1

Green arrow shows the bar that passes the script criteria (in this case the 13th of Feb 2020).

Ex4

3

Is it possible to add multiple dates by using and function.

4

Hi,

You wouldn’t use the AND operator, you’d have to use the OR operator to mark multiple dates. For example…

V1 = STRDATE(DATE=2020-02-13) ;
V2 = STRDATE(DATE=2020-02-27) ;
BARDATE() == V1 or BARDATE() == V2
5

Hi,

is it possible to continue them into the future on the chart? with arrow or vertical lines … I mean specific dates.

Thanks

6

Hi,

Not currently, scripts will stop at the last bar (unless they are referencing Astro based functions). You can manually place a vertical line on a chart and adjust the date in the tools properties to a future date, to place a line past the last bar.

7

Hi,

and e.g. can I get back the info to a variable which was my last used date? Maybe I could use this.

(If I have a list of dates from past and futures and its is changig which is the last actual date.)

Thanks

Edith

8

Hi,

is there a way to “attach” a text note in the script and this text note as well as the arrow is shown on the bar that passes the script criteria?

Thanks

Thomas

9

Hi,

Since v1.5 of Optuma was released the Show Bar tool allows for a number of different display styles, including a Text label. Please refer to the Optuma v1.5 Update section on the following article for more information:

https://help.optuma.com/kb/faq.php?id=719