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Color Bar by Alert Condition - Not Painting Over Bars

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[2023-03-10 17:21:06] #1 [Go To First Post]
stockwet - Posts: 32
Hi, I'm struggling to get the Color Bar by Alert Condition to work properly. It's not painting over the bars. The following screenshot shows that the basic alert condition is working. This is an example with Draw Style set to "Bar". https://www.sierrachart.com/image.php?Image=1678468309215.png However, when I change the Draw Style to "Color Bar", then I end up with just the normal chart: https://www.sierrachart.com/image.php?Image=1678468557707.png Oddly enough, if I shift the main chart area so that bars go into my the MACD zone, those bars are colored. https://www.sierrachart.com/image.php?Image=167846870657.png Here are some of the troubleshooting steps I've followed: - Completely clean (non-duplicated) chart - Moved the study above and below the MACD study I'd welcome any suggestions. I'm sure I'm missing something basic.

[2023-03-10 20:38:48] #2 [Go To First Post]
John - SC Support - Posts: 36350
It sounds like you did not change the Region when you changed it to "Color Bar". Refer to the following: Chart Studies: Settings and Inputs Tab >> Chart Region For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-03-10 20:39:17

[2023-03-10 21:19:35] #3 [Go To First Post]
stockwet - Posts: 32
Hey John, Oh man, I wish it were that easy! No, my MACD region (2) is the same as the Color Bar On Alert region (2). Here's a screenshot of the settings. Best, Taylor


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[2023-03-10 22:40:59] #4 [Go To First Post]
John - SC Support - Posts: 36350
Right, but when you change to "Color Bar", you are wanting to color the bars in the Main Price Graph - correct? As such, you would need to change the "Based On" and the "Region" to be where the Main Price Graph is. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

[2023-03-10 23:29:55] #5 [Go To First Post]
stockwet - Posts: 32
My intended goal is to change the bars in the MACD Histogram. So, if the prior MACD Histogram value is higher than the current MACD Histogram value, color current MACD Histogram bar. I do not want to color the MACD histogram bars based on slope. My use case will be that when the Histogram value is below 0, then there will be two red shades applied. A dark shade for when the current value is lower than the prior value, a lighter shade for when the current value is higher than the prior value, but still below zero. Inverted for the bullish case but with different colors. I know I'll need two Color Bar by Alert studies. Does that make sense? Here's an example from Trading View. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-03-10 23:34:38


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[2023-03-11 07:03:06] #6 [Go To First Post]
User719512 - Posts: 267
You need 4 CBBOAC studies. Set MACD SG3 to Ignore For each CBBOAC study: Based On: MACD ID:1 Chart Region 2 In4: Study Subgraph Reference In8: MACD Diff In15: ID1.SG3 SG1, Draw Style: Bar, Width 8 (or whatever), desired color Alert Formulas (one for each CBBOAC): and( ID1.SG3[0] < 0, ID1.SG3[0] < ID1.SG3[-1] ) and( ID1.SG3[0] < 0, ID1.SG3[0] >= ID1.SG3[-1] ) and( ID1.SG3[0] > 0, ID1.SG3[0] > ID1.SG3[-1] ) and( ID1.SG3[0] > 0, ID1.SG3[0] <= ID1.SG3[-1] )


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[2023-03-11 15:10:43] #7 [Go To First Post]
stockwet - Posts: 32
Thanks @User719512, This is definitely closer to what I want. My scale seems to be hosed. No values on the left and the bars are not being drawn from the 0 line.


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[2023-03-12 00:31:39] #8 [Go To First Post]
User719512 - Posts: 267
Perhaps In:12 draw zero values also.

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