I think that you're asking for this:
firstbar = Status("firstvisiblebar");
Plot(Close / Close[firstbar], "Buy & Hold", colorDarkGrey, styleLine);
Mike
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Chris DePuy" <cde...@...> wrote:
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> I'm trying to plot the (close / first visible bar) of the selected ticker so
> that it begins from the left side of the chart at 1.0 and if it were to
> advance 2%, it would show 1.02 on the right side of the chart. I am pretty
> close, but I'm getting some confusing behavior that I think has to do with
> QuickAFL. Can someone cut and paste this code and tell me what is happening,
> please?
>
>
> function GetVisibleBarCount2()
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> {
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> lvb2 = Status("lastvisiblebar");
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> fvb2 = Status("firstvisiblebar");
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> return Min( Lvb2 - fvb2, BarCount - fvb2 );
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> }
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> barcnt2=getvisiblebarcount2();
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> Plot(barcnt2,"barcnt2",colorViolet,styleOwnScale);
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> Lkb2k=barcnt2;
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> normalizedC= C/ ValueWhen(BarIndex()==Lkb2k,C);
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> Plot(normalizedC,"normalizedC",colorBlue,styleOwnScale);
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> ?/*I've tried this with and without SetBarsRequired*/
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> SetBarsRequired(sbrAll, sbrAll );
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