thinkScript Archives - PatternSmart.com https://patternsmart.com/wp/tag/thinkscript/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:20:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://patternsmart.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-icon-32x32.png thinkScript Archives - PatternSmart.com https://patternsmart.com/wp/tag/thinkscript/ 32 32 How to Debug Indicator Signal Logic Bar by Bar in Trading Code https://patternsmart.com/wp/how-to-debug-indicator-signal-logic-bar-by-bar-in-trading-code/ https://patternsmart.com/wp/how-to-debug-indicator-signal-logic-bar-by-bar-in-trading-code/#respond Sat, 30 May 2026 15:59:42 +0000 https://patternsmart.com/wp/?p=1118 To debug indicator signals bar by bar, the goal is to see exactly which condition becomes true or false on each candle and why the signal appears or does not appear. A good debugging process is: 1. Break the signal into smaller conditions Instead of debugging one large condition like: Split it into individual variables: […]

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]]> https://patternsmart.com/wp/how-to-debug-indicator-signal-logic-bar-by-bar-in-trading-code/feed/ 0 Alert is not supported in SCAN and custom quote in thinkorswim https://patternsmart.com/wp/alert-is-not-supported-in-scan-and-custom-quote-in-thinkorswim/ https://patternsmart.com/wp/alert-is-not-supported-in-scan-and-custom-quote-in-thinkorswim/#respond Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:46:11 +0000 http://patternsmart.com/wp/?p=498 Alerts can’t be used in SCAN and custom quote. We cannot put an alert script into a custom quote or SCAN and expect it to function.

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]]> https://patternsmart.com/wp/alert-is-not-supported-in-scan-and-custom-quote-in-thinkorswim/feed/ 0 secondary aggregation period cannot be less than the primary aggregation period in thinkscript https://patternsmart.com/wp/secondary-aggregation-period-cannot-be-less-than-the-primary-aggregation-period-in-thinkscript/ https://patternsmart.com/wp/secondary-aggregation-period-cannot-be-less-than-the-primary-aggregation-period-in-thinkscript/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:45:31 +0000 http://patternsmart.com/wp/?p=496 Code: plot weeklyClose = close("IBM", period = AggregationPeriod.WEEK); This code plots weekly Close price for IBM. Interesting thing is that the IBM chart does not have to be opened to plot the Close price: it will be plotted on chart of any symbol you specified in chart settings. There is, however, a restriction in terms […]

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]]> https://patternsmart.com/wp/secondary-aggregation-period-cannot-be-less-than-the-primary-aggregation-period-in-thinkscript/feed/ 5 two different secondary aggregation periods cannot be used within a single variable in thinkscript https://patternsmart.com/wp/two-different-secondary-aggregation-periods-cannot-be-used-within-a-single-variable-in-thinkscript/ https://patternsmart.com/wp/two-different-secondary-aggregation-periods-cannot-be-used-within-a-single-variable-in-thinkscript/#respond Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:45:02 +0000 http://patternsmart.com/wp/?p=494 Another restriction is that two different secondary aggregation periods cannot be used within a single variable: Code: plot Data = close(period = AggregationPeriod.MONTH) + close(period = AggregationPeriod.WEEK); This script will not work on daily charts. In order to make it work, you need to break into two variables: Code: def a = close(period = AggregationPeriod.MONTH); […]

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]]> https://patternsmart.com/wp/two-different-secondary-aggregation-periods-cannot-be-used-within-a-single-variable-in-thinkscript/feed/ 0 three types of aggregation in TOS Charts thinkScript https://patternsmart.com/wp/three-types-of-aggregation-in-tos-charts-thinkscript/ https://patternsmart.com/wp/three-types-of-aggregation-in-tos-charts-thinkscript/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:43:45 +0000 http://patternsmart.com/wp/?p=492 So far, we have learned many things about the bars on charts and values which can be calculated for them. But we never discussed the way they are formed (or, aggregated). In TOS Charts, three types of aggregation are available: time aggregation, tick aggregation, and range aggregation. Time charts represent price action in terms of […]

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