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PlotType

Summary

The Plot type.

Signature 

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public enum PlotType

Namespace

cAlgo.API

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 using cAlgo.API;
 using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
 namespace cAlgo
 {
     // This sample shows how to use different types of plots for your indicator outputs
     [Indicator(IsOverlay = false, TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
     public class PlotTypeSample : Indicator
     {
         private StandardDeviation _standardDeviation;
         [Output("Discontinuous Line", LineColor = "Red", PlotType = PlotType.DiscontinuousLine)]
         public IndicatorDataSeries DiscontinuousLine { get; set; }
         [Output("Histogram", LineColor = "Green", PlotType = PlotType.Histogram)]
         public IndicatorDataSeries Histogram { get; set; }
         [Output("Line", LineColor = "Blue", PlotType = PlotType.Line)]
         public IndicatorDataSeries Line { get; set; }
         [Output("Points", LineColor = "Yellow", PlotType = PlotType.Points)]
         public IndicatorDataSeries Points { get; set; }
         protected override void Initialize()
         {
             _standardDeviation = Indicators.StandardDeviation(Bars.ClosePrices, 20, MovingAverageType.Simple);
         }
         public override void Calculate(int index)
         {
             DiscontinuousLine[index] = Bars.ClosePrices[index] + _standardDeviation.Result[index];
             Histogram[index] = Bars.ClosePrices[index] + (_standardDeviation.Result[index] * 1.5);
             Line[index] = Bars.ClosePrices[index] + (_standardDeviation.Result[index] * 2);
             Points[index] = Bars.ClosePrices[index] + (_standardDeviation.Result[index] * 2.5);
         }
     }
 }

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 import clr
 clr.AddReference("cAlgo.API")
 from cAlgo.API import *
 class Test():    
     def initialize(self):
         self.standardDeviation = api.Indicators.StandardDeviation(api.Bars.ClosePrices, 20, MovingAverageType.Simple)
     def calculate(self, index):
         # DiscontinuousLine, Histogram, Line, and Points are outputs defined in indicator C# file
         api.DiscontinuousLine[index] = api.Bars.ClosePrices[index] + self.standardDeviation.Result[index]
         api.Histogram[index] = api.Bars.ClosePrices[index] + (self.standardDeviation.Result[index] * 1.5)
         api.Line[index] = api.Bars.ClosePrices[index] + (self.standardDeviation.Result[index] * 2)
         api.Points[index] = api.Bars.ClosePrices[index] + (self.standardDeviation.Result[index] * 2.5)

Fields

Line

Summary

Plot Indicator result as a line.

Signature 

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public static PlotType Line;

Return Value

PlotType

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 [Output("Main", PlotType = PlotType.Line)]
 public IndicatorDataSeries Result { get; set; }

Histogram

Summary

Plot Indicator result as a histogram.

Signature 

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public static PlotType Histogram;

Return Value

PlotType

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 [Output("Main", PlotType = PlotType.Histogram)]
 public IndicatorDataSeries Result { get; set; }

Points

Summary

Plot Indicator result as a sequence of points.

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public static PlotType Points;

Return Value

PlotType

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 [Output("Main", PlotType = PlotType.Points)]
 public IndicatorDataSeries Result { get; set; }

DiscontinuousLine

Summary

Plot Indicator result as a line with breaks where there are no values in the IndicatorDataSeries.

Signature 

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public static PlotType DiscontinuousLine;

Return Value

PlotType

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 [Output("Main", PlotType = PlotType.DiscontinuousLine)]
 public IndicatorDataSeries Result { get; set; }