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[Programming Help] - Zig zag indicator question

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[2021-05-27 21:39:26] #1 [Go To First Post]
User715828 - Posts: 61
I am currently using the zig zag indicator in as subgraph to display the rotation value of swing high and lows. I have a few items I would like to change. 1) Y axis currently is based on price, can I have it based on rotation amount 2) Currently I can only start the chart for the top or bottom. I would like to have a middle 0 line to start drawing a bar chart. If the rotation is positive I would like to draw a colored bar and display the rotation value if a swing high above the 0 line and if negative draw a colored bar and display the rotation value if a swing low below the 0 line. 3) another nice feature if available is to draw a line above the 0 line indicating the average positive rotation and draw a line below the 0 line indicating the average negative rotation. I'm included two files, the first shows what I currently have and the second is what I would like to do. thanks. sorry if this is a duplicated but I submitted one earlier but it did not display


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[2021-05-27 22:53:51] #2 [Go To First Post]
Sawtooth - Posts: 4176
Here's a spreadsheet study configured to do something similar to what you what: https://www.sawtoothtrade.com/free-stuff-8.html

[2021-05-28 06:33:46] #3 [Go To First Post]
User310645 - Posts: 49
You just need to enable the zig zag oscillator subgraph. This will give you the rotation study like FT71. You can add 2 line studies to the chart region to indicate the average level (or impulse level as FT does). As you don't need to change these very often being manual isn't a big deal.

[2021-05-28 17:16:47] #4 [Go To First Post]
User715828 - Posts: 61
Thank you Tomgilb and User310645. User310645 I turned on the zig zag oscillator but I am not getting the swing rotational values. I've looked through all the inputs and could not find how to turn this on. Is it possible? Thanks

[2021-05-28 18:30:05] #5 [Go To First Post]
User310645 - Posts: 49
Sorry you are correct. I had modified mine. I've attached the source if you are interested. Its the "Display labels on oscillator" input after setting "Display Length of Zig Zag line". You can also add volume and delta and highlight inverse delta conditions.


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