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Andrews Pitchfork v3.3 for Amibroker (AFL)
kaiji
over 14 years ago
Amibroker (AFL)

Rating:
4 / 5 (Votes 2)
Tags:
amibroker, pattern

Uses Peak() & Trough() to determine 3 pivot points to use in plotting Andrews Pitchfork. Params: zig pct for peak and trough, look back before using peak/trough, no. of bars to extend pitchfork, shift to move pitchfork up/down, angle limit to filter out steep pitchforks, background and pitchfork color. This version replaces an earlier version that had some unused variables and lacked the angle limit and color params.

By Bob Johnson – bjohnson314 [at] kc.rr.com

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// Andrews Pitchfork V3.3
//
// Use Peak() & Trough() to get peaks & troughs.
// This version deals with adjacent peaks and adjacent
// troughs, i.e. two peaks without an intervening trough or vice-versa.
// It goes backwards from the selected bar until it has a set of 
// peak,trough,peak or trough,peak,trough points to use for calulating
// the pitchfork.  When 2 or more peaks or 2 or more troughs are adjacent
// it only uses the last one, i.e. the rightmost one, of the series.
//
// This version only uses the zigzag peak troughs after they have been
// revealed by the subsequent price action.  i.e. the price has to have
// moved off the high/low by the zigzag pct before the peak or trough will
// be used.
//
// This version plots the trendlines as exponential curves that plot as
// straight lines on an semilog chart.
//

SetBarsRequired( 999999,999999);

echng=0;
bi=BarIndex();
sbi=SelectedValue(bi);

// Pct threshhold for peak() & trough()

Zigpct=Param("Zigpct",4.6,1.0,30.0,0.1,0);

// Since the Zig function only works on a single array, to get a true
// High/Low peak/trough have to approximate it by an EMA choosing the 
// High/Low based on the direction the EMA is moving.  Very occasionally
// it misses the correct High/Low.  To just use value, for example the close,
// just change zpr=IIf(ROC(zema,1) > 0,H,L); to zpr=C;
zema=EMA(C,14);
zpr=IIf(ROC(zema,1) > 0,H,L);
zag=Zig(zpr,zigpct);
tr=Ref(zag,-1) > zag AND zag < Ref(zag,1);
pk=Ref(zag,-1) < zag AND zag > Ref(zag,1);
pkprice=ValueWhen(pk,zpr);
trprice=ValueWhen(tr,zpr);

// This bit is still valid at the right edge.  If price moves far enough in 1 Day to show
// a peak or trough on the last bar, the peak or trough won't go away later. The pk_id OR 
// tr_id (below) will appear on the same bar.  Normally peaks & troughs appear in 'the past',
// e.g. the high 10 days ago wasn't a peak yesterday but today it is because the price dropped
// enough to make it a peak. 
pklast=IIf(BarsSince(pk) < BarsSince(tr),1,0);
trlast=IIf(BarsSince(tr) < BarsSince(pk),1,0);

// A peak or trough is defined as the price moving X pct down or up from a high OR Low.
// The identification point is when the price has actually moved that far.  The Peak/Trough
// will appear 'in the past' on the same day as the pk_id or tr_id appears on the rightmost
// bar.
// Use 'OR tr/OR pk' because when the bar that reveals the pk/tr is also a pk/tr the pklast/
// trlast will have flipped.
// Can't use cross of H or L in the 2nd AND because the H or L may not get above OR below the
// trigger price when the pk/tr occurs.
// The NOT conditions eliminate same-day pk/tr pk_id/tr_id cases. i.e. when the Day's price 
// range was >= zpct on the pk/tr day.  
pk_id=((pklast OR tr) AND pkprice*(1-(zigpct*0.01)) > L ) AND NOT ( pk AND (H - L)/L >= 0.01 * zigpct);
tr_id=((trlast OR pk) AND H > trprice*(1+(zigpct*0.01)) ) AND NOT ( tr AND (H - L)/L >= 0.01 * zigpct);

// The pk_id/tr_id conditions can recur before the next pk or tr
pk_id=ExRem(pk_id,tr_id);
tr_id=ExRem(tr_id,pk_id);

pk_idlast=IIf(BarsSince(pk_id) < BarsSince(tr_id),1,0);
tr_idlast=IIf(BarsSince(tr_id) < BarsSince(pk_id),1,0);

Lookbk=IIf(pk_idlast,BarsSince(pk),BarsSince(tr));

// How many bars to extend the pitchfork past the selected bar.
xtsn=Param("Extension",62,1,2500,1);

// Shift to move pitchfork up/down from original position one penny at time.
shift=Param("Shift",0,-2000,2000,0.01);

// Filter out cases when the angle of the median lines is too extreme,
// The loop will continue until it finds a pitchfork whose slope falls 
// between +- the Angle Limit.  Setting the angle limit to 90 effectively
// turns it off.
alimit=Param("Angle Limit",40,1,180,1);

// bkgrndcolor should match your background color.  It's used to mask the 
// parts of the pitchfork arrays outside the calculated pitchfork from view.
bkgrndcolor=ParamColor("Background Color",colorLightGrey);
pitchforkcolor=ParamColor("Pitchfork Color",colorWhite);

// The peak/trough lines will be used to determine the y coordinates
// of the pitchfork's 3 determining points.

//pline1=Peak(H,Zigpct,1);
//tline1=Trough(L,Zigpct,1);
pline1=pkprice;
tline1=trprice;
// Identify the pivots.

pzag1=pline1 != Ref(pline1,-1);
tzag1=tline1 != Ref(tline1,-1);

// Get the x,y coordinates of the pivots skipping adjacent
// peaks and troughs.  Go backwards from the current bar minus the lookback.

// These will hold the x,y coordinates of the pivot points in arrays at the
// sbi index.

zagx1=0;
zagx2=0;
zagx3=0;
zagy1=0;
zagy2=0;
zagy3=0;

for ( i = sbi - Lookbk[sbi], zagfnd = 0, pzagfnd = 0, tzagfnd = 0 ; i >= 0 && zagfnd < 3; i-- ) {
    if ( pzag1[i] || tzag1[i] ) {
        if ( pzag1[i] && NOT pzagfnd ) {
             zagfnd=zagfnd+1;
             pzagfnd=1;
             tzagfnd=0;
             if ( zagfnd == 1 ) {
                 zagx1[sbi]=i;
                 zagy1[sbi]=pline1[i];
             } else if (zagfnd == 2) {
                 zagx2[sbi]=i;
                 zagy2[sbi]=pline1[i];
             } else if (zagfnd == 3) {
                 zagx3[sbi]=i;
                 zagy3[sbi]=pline1[i];
             }
        } else if ( tzag1[i] && NOT tzagfnd ) {
             zagfnd=zagfnd+1;
             tzagfnd=1;
             pzagfnd=0;
             if ( zagfnd == 1 ) {
                 zagx1[sbi]=i;
                 zagy1[sbi]=tline1[i];
             } else if (zagfnd == 2) {
                 zagx2[sbi]=i;
                 zagy2[sbi]=tline1[i];
             } else if (zagfnd == 3) {
                 zagx3[sbi]=i;
                 zagy3[sbi]=tline1[i];
             }
        }
    }

    if ( zagfnd == 3 ) {  // Got 3 candidate peak/trough points

        echng=0;
        midx=0;
        midy=0;
        Handle=0;
        Top=0;
        Bot=0;

        // Determine Midpoint between the rightmost 2 pivots and the slope from the
        // leftmost pivot to the midpoint.

        Midx[sbi]=zagx2[sbi] + (zagx1[sbi]-zagx2[sbi]) / 2;
        Midy[sbi]=exp( log(zagy1[sbi]) - ( log(zagy1[sbi])-log(zagy2[sbi]) ) /2);
        echng=(log(midy[sbi])-log(zagy3[sbi]))/(midx[sbi]-zagx3[sbi]);

        // Apply the Angle Limit filter

        angle_rad = atan(echng);//radians
        angle_deg = 100 * angle_rad * 180/3.1416;//degrees

        if ( angle_deg < -alimit || angle_deg > alimit ) { // Too steep, reset the search
                                                           // to begin from the 2nd pivot found
            if ( tzagfnd == 1 ) {  // was tr,pk,tr so switch to pk,tr,pk
                tzagfnd = 0;
                pzagfnd = 1;
                zagfnd = 1;
                zagx1[sbi]=zagx2[sbi];
                zagy1[sbi]=zagy2[sbi];
                i = zagx1[sbi];
                zagx2=0;
                zagx3=0;
                zagy2=0;
                zagy3=0;
            } else {  // was pk,tr,pk so switch to tr,pk,tr
                tzagfnd = 1;
                pzagfnd = 0;
                zagfnd = 1;
                zagx1[sbi]=zagx2[sbi];
                zagy1[sbi]=zagy2[sbi];
                i = zagx1[sbi];
                zagx2=0;
                zagx3=0;
                zagy2=0;
                zagy3=0;
            } 
       }
    }
}

// Calculate the Pitchfork itself

// Handle first

for ( j=zagx3[sbi],n=0 ; j < Min(sbi+xtsn,BarCount) ; j++,n++ ) {
   Handle[j]=exp(log(zagy3[sbi]) + n*echng) + shift;
}

// High & low median lines.
if ( (exp(log(zagy2[sbi]) + (sbi-zagx2[sbi])*echng)) 
     > (exp(log(zagy1[sbi]) + (sbi-zagx1[sbi])*echng)) ) {  // Which one is top?
   for ( j=zagx2[sbi],n=0 ; j < Min(sbi+xtsn,BarCount) ; j++,n++ ) {
      top[j]=exp(log(zagy2[sbi]) + n*echng) + shift;
   }
   for ( j=zagx1[sbi],n=0 ; j < Min(sbi+xtsn,BarCount) ; j++,n++ ) {
      bot[j]=exp(log(zagy1[sbi]) + n*echng) + shift;
   }
} else {
   for ( j=zagx2[sbi],n=0 ; j < Min(sbi+xtsn,BarCount) ; j++,n++ ) {
      bot[j]=exp(log(zagy2[sbi]) + n*echng) + shift;
   }
   for ( j=zagx1[sbi],n=0 ; j < Min(sbi+xtsn,BarCount) ; j++,n++ ) {
      top[j]=exp(log(zagy1[sbi]) + n*echng) + shift;
   }
}

Hcolor=IIf(Handle==0,bkgrndcolor,IIf(Ref(handle,-1)== 0 AND handle != 0, bkgrndcolor,pitchforkcolor));
Tcolor=IIf(Top==0,bkgrndcolor,IIf(Ref(top,-1)== 0 AND top != 0, bkgrndcolor,pitchforkcolor));
Bcolor=IIf(Bot==0,bkgrndcolor,IIf(Ref(bot,-1)== 0 AND bot != 0, bkgrndcolor,pitchforkcolor));

Htitle=EncodeColor(pitchforkcolor)
      + StrFormat("\nAndrews: pct=%g lkbk=%g shft=%g alimit=%g Angle=%3.2f Handle=",
        Zigpct, Lookbk, shift, alimit, angle_deg);

Plot(Handle,Htitle,Hcolor,styleLine+styleDashed+styleNoRescale);
Plot(Bot,EncodeColor(pitchforkcolor)+"Bot=",Bcolor,styleLine+styleDashed+styleNoRescale);
Plot(Top,EncodeColor(pitchforkcolor)+"Top=",Tcolor,styleLine+styleDashed+styleNoRescale);

4 comments

1. sudhir12192

IT IS NOT WORKING IT SAYS (ENCHG NOT INITIALISED
MODERATOR PL HELP

2. administrator

Ah yes the mysterious problem that happens to others but not me. Try it now sudhir12192 I think its fixed now.

3. behnam53

for use this andicator you should drag an drop it on chart.

4. acchiang

Error on row 229

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