Concepts

• Alerts
  • Introduction
    • Background
    • Which type of alert is best?
  • Script alerts
    • `alert()` function events
    • Order fill events
  • `alertcondition()` events
    • Using one condition
    • Using compound conditions
    • Placeholders
  • Avoiding repainting with alerts
• Backgrounds
• Bar coloring
• Bar plotting
  • Introduction
  • Plotting candles with `plotcandle()`
  • Plotting bars with `plotbar()`
• Bar states
  • Introduction
  • Bar state built-in variables
    • `barstate.isfirst`
    • `barstate.islast`
    • `barstate.ishistory`
    • `barstate.isrealtime`
    • `barstate.isnew`
    • `barstate.isconfirmed`
    • `barstate.islastconfirmedhistory`
  • Example
• Chart information
  • Introduction
  • Prices and volume
  • Symbol information
  • Chart timeframe
  • Session information
• Colors
  • Introduction
    • Transparency
    • Z-index
  • Constant colors
  • Conditional coloring
  • Calculated colors
    • color.new()
    • color.rgb()
    • color.from_gradient()
  • Mixing transparencies
  • Tips
    • Designing usable colors schemes
    • Plot crisp lines
    • Customize gradients
    • Color selection through script settings
• Fills
  • Introduction
  • `plot()` and `hline()` fills
  • Line fills
• Inputs
  • Introduction
  • Input functions
  • Input function parameters
  • Input types
    • Simple input
    • Integer input
    • Float input
    • Boolean input
    • Color input
    • Timeframe input
    • Symbol input
    • Session input
    • Source input
    • Time input
  • Other features affecting Inputs
  • Tips
• Levels
  • `hline()` levels
  • Fills between levels
• Libraries
  • Introduction
  • Creating a library
    • Library functions
    • Argument form control
    • User-defined types and objects
  • Publishing a library
    • House Rules
  • Using a library
• Lines and boxes
  • Introduction
  • Lines
    • Creating lines
    • Modifying lines
    • Line styles
    • Getting line properties
    • Cloning lines
    • Deleting lines
  • Boxes
    • Creating boxes
    • Modifying boxes
    • Box styles
    • Getting box properties
    • Cloning boxes
    • Deleting boxes
  • Realtime behavior
  • Limitations
    • Total number of objects
    • Future references with `xloc.bar_index`
    • Additional securities
    • Historical buffer and `max_bars_back`
  • Examples
    • Pivot Points Standard
    • Pivot Points High/Low
    • Linear Regression
    • Zig Zag
• Non-standard charts data
  • Introduction
  • `ticker.heikinashi()`
  • `ticker.renko()`
  • `ticker.linebreak()`
  • `ticker.kagi()`
  • `ticker.pointfigure()`
• Plots
  • Introduction
  • `plot()` parameters
  • Plotting conditionally
    • Value control
    • Color control
  • Levels
  • Offsets
  • Plot count limit
  • Scale
    • Merging two indicators
• Repainting
  • Introduction
    • For script users
    • For Pine Script™ programmers
  • Historical vs realtime calculations
    • Fluid data values
    • Repainting `request.security()` calls
    • Using `request.security()` at lower timeframes
    • Future leak with `request.security()`
    • `varip`
    • Bar state built-ins
    • `timenow`
    • Strategies
  • Plotting in the past
  • Dataset variations
    • Starting points
    • Revision of historical data
• Sessions
  • Introduction
  • Session strings
    • Session string specifications
    • Using session strings
  • Session states
  • Using sessions with `request.security()`
• Strategies
  • A simple strategy example
  • Applying a strategy to a chart
  • Backtesting and forwardtesting
  • Broker emulator
  • Order placement commands
  • Closing market position
  • OCA groups
  • Risk management
  • Currency
  • Margin
• Tables
  • Introduction
  • Creating tables
    • Placing a single value in a fixed position
    • Coloring the chart’s background
    • Creating a display panel
    • Displaying a heatmap
  • Tips
• Text and shapes
  • Introduction
  • `plotchar()`
  • `plotshape()`
  • `plotarrow()`
  • Labels
    • Creating and modifying labels
    • Positioning labels
    • Reading label properties
    • Cloning labels
    • Deleting labels
    • Realtime behavior
• Time
  • Introduction
    • Four references
    • Time built-ins
    • Time zones
  • Time variables
    • `time` and `time_close`
    • `time_tradingday`
    • `timenow`
    • Calendar dates and times
    • `syminfo.timezone()`
  • Time functions
    • `time()` and `time_close()`
    • Calendar dates and times
    • `timestamp()`
  • Formatting dates and time
• Timeframes
  • Introduction
  • Timeframe string specifications
  • Comparing timeframes