Hi, I believe that you are restricted to the predefined set of shapes built into AmiBroker as found in the User's Knowledge Base here:
http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/2008/03/15/afl-shapes-cheat-sheet/ I don't think that you can use any other shapes/sizes than the predefined ones above. Mike --- In [email protected], "electricwally77" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Edward. Thank you for helping. Please bear with me I am not a > programmer but learning. I simply took two of the lines of code you > sent me which are : > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeUpArrow,shapeNone),colorGreen,0,L,-15); > PlotShapes(IIf(Sell,shapeDownArrow,shapeNone),colorRed,0,H,-15); > > I placed these in my Formula Editor File along with the code to my > system and received an error message which said: > > Variable 'buy' used without having been initialized. > Variable 'sell' used without having been initialized. > > Just curious what I need to accomplish to enlarge the buy and sell > arrows. Thank you. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Edward Pottasch" <empottasch@> > wrote: > > > > electricwally, > > > > you can choose different symbols. However, I like to put a little > circle on the exact price that I buy/sell and an arrow further > below/above. > > > > for example: > > > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeUpArrow,shapeNone),colorGreen,0,L,-15); > > PlotShapes(IIf(Buy,shapeHollowUpArrow,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,L,- 15); > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Buy,shapeHollowSmallCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,BuyPrice,0); > > > > PlotShapes(IIf(Sell,shapeDownArrow,shapeNone),colorRed,0,H,-15); > > PlotShapes(IIf (Sell,shapeHollowDownArrow,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,H,-15); > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Sell,shapeHollowSmallCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,SellPrice,0); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Short,shapeDownTriangle,shapeNone),colorYellow,0,H,IIf(Short > AND Sell,-30,-15)); > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Short,shapeHollowDownTriangle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,H,IIf(Short > AND Sell,-30,-15)); > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Short,shapeHollowCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,ShortPrice,0); > > > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Cover,shapeUpTriangle,shapeNone),colorLightBlue,0,L,IIf(Cover > AND Buy,-30,-15)); > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Cover,shapeHollowUpTriangle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,L,IIf(Cover > AND Buy,-30,-15)); > > > PlotShapes(IIf (Cover,shapeHollowCircle,shapeNone),colorWhite,0,CoverPrice,0); > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: electricwally77 > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:17 PM > > Subject: [amibroker] How to Enlarge BUY and SELL arrows on Chart > > > > > > Hello Members, I am trying to enlarge the buy and sell arrows on my > > chart so they are easier to see. I understand that the larger the > > arrows are (if possible), the harder it is to read the buy and sell > > plots if there are many trades over a specific period. > > > > I would like to know if making the arrows larger is possible and how. > > Thank you. > > >
