[amibroker] Simple plottext format, AmiBroker Email List Archive

I would like to be also be able to use plottext(); in the same simple AFL format that I use for plotshapes.

The plotshapes that I have pasted below works fine, and it is done with AFL that I understand.

PlotShapes(Buy*shapedigit1+shapePositionAbove,shapeNone),colorred)

I have never been able to figure out how to make plottext work because I am not capable of understanding the help manual explanation of plottext();

There may be others like myself who would like to be able to plot text in a chart using the same simple format that I understand, and that I use for plotshapes. I have pasted the Plotshapes() and PlotText() formats below as an example of the simple kind of format that I am looking for. Obviously these formats don't work.

PlotShapes(IIf( Buyb,PlotText("buy one"),0));

PlotText(IIf( Buyb,PlotText("buy one"),0));

This description from the help manual is way beyond my knowledge, and I have no need to spend a lot of time understanding loops because I don't need them, and I don't want to blow one of my brain gaskets trying to learn how.

Unless, of course, someone has previously explained in very detailed english how to understand this help manual explanation of plottext(). Ron D

Plot(C,"Price", colorBlack, styleLine );
Plot(MA(C,20),"MA20", colorRed );

Buy=Cross( C, MA(C,20 ) );
Sell= Cross( MA( C, 20 ), C );

dist = 1.5*ATR(10);

for( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ )
{
if( Buy[i] ) PlotText( "Buy\n@" + C[ i ], i, L[ i ]-dist[i], colorGreen );
if( Sell[i] ) PlotText( "Sell\n@" + C[ i ], i, H[ i ]+dist[i], colorRed, colorYellow );
}

PlotShapes( Buy * shapeUpArrow + Sell * shapeDownArrow, IIf( Buy, colorGreen, colorRed ) );