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Rectangle/Extending Rectangle - Chart Drawing Alerts and Change Colors on Data Cross
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| [2015-08-05 05:28:03] |
| Acro - Posts: 441 |
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I cannot get the alerts or the change color feature to work. Eg on a 3 min chart I have an extending rectangle on the 6E future drawn at say 1.0875 to 1.0890. If price is currently at 1.0870 and then goes up to 1.0876 I would like the rectangle to change color (eg to TC2 as I have set it) and an alert to be fired. For the alert I have used the subgraph value Last and I have tried each of "crossing", "crossing or equal to" and "equal to" but nothing ever happens. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks. PS this looks an incredibly useful feature if I could ever get it to work |
| [2015-08-06 09:10:12] |
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We have tested the Alert settings on the Extending Rectangle and they work properly. Check the Alerts Manager for the alert message to make sure you are getting that: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_AlertsManager.html Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2015-08-06 11:50:06] |
| Acro - Posts: 441 |
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I don't quite understand the answer here. Can I just check per my question above if I have an extending rectangle at 1.98750 to 1.0890 with current price at 1.0870 what type of value alert SYNTAX should I use (the alert is ON - I have enabled it both via right click and alternately by Manage Chart Drawings). - ie should it be "crossing", "crossing or equal" etc etc. The alert is active but is not being triggered. Because it is a rectangle and not a line it is not crystal clear to me the alert formula syntax to be used. If price is currently under the rectangle and I want to notified when it touches or enters the rectangle I had assumed "crossing or equal to" was the correct syntax. However, I get confused because crossing could also mean that price has to cross the entire lower and upper boundary to be triggered. This is not explained clearly in the documentation and I cannot get the alert to trigger. That is the only reason I am asking the question. |
| [2015-08-06 17:20:25] |
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Refer to the attached Chart Drawing Alert settings for this. Here is an example: Chart Drawing Alert: XAUUSD 1 Min #32, Rectangle, Last (1090.76) Crossing from above line #5 (1092.15) | Alert: Alert 1 In the case of a rectangle drawing which has a top and bottom, both the top and bottom of the rectangle are checked separately. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2015-08-06 17:22:44
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| [2015-08-16 01:44:38] |
| Acro - Posts: 441 |
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Thank you. I have finally figured out why my alerts never work. It was simply because by default I had my extending rectangles set as DOUBLE EXTEND. This meant that Sierra believed that the alert criteria had already triggered (in the past) so it would not trigger again. It's a shame as I prefer the visual appearance of the "band" given by double extend but at least I now know how to trigger a rectangle alert |
| [2015-08-16 02:27:16] |
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Not totally sure about this because the way that a Chart Drawing Alert works is that the values of the Chart Drawing are compared to the last bar values. We will check on this. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2015-08-18 03:58:35] |
| Al SC Developer - Posts: 434 |
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This should be resolved in the next version.
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