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Discover how to efficiently plot previous week's highs in `Pine Script` and specifically target red candles for better market insights.
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Mastering Pine Script: How to Plot Last Week's Highs Only on Red Candles

In the world of trading, visualizing market trends and price movements is crucial for making informed decisions. One popular platform for technical analysis is TradingView, which utilizes a scripting language called Pine Script. In this guide, we'll tackle a specific challenge: plotting the previous week’s highs, but only on red candles.

Understanding the Problem

You're already using a good starting point with your existing indicator that plots last week's highs. However, you want to refine this by only displaying these highs when they align with red candles (where the closing price is lower than the opening price). Additionally, you're interested in finding a more optimal method to include multiple lines without repetitive code.

Here’s a snippet of your existing code for reference:

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Solution Overview

Let’s break down how to modify your existing script effectively:

Step 1: Requesting Open, Close, and High Prices

To determine if the candles are red or not, you need to obtain the open and close prices alongside the high price. This can be done using the request.security function, which allows you to gather data from previous periods.

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Step 2: Identifying a Red Candle

Next, you can create a condition to check if the candle is red. This is done by comparing the closing price to the opening price. If the closing price is less than the opening price, it confirms a red candle.

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Step 3: Adjusting the Plot Function

Now, the final step is to modify the plot function to conditionally plot the previous week's high based on the pRed condition. This way, the high will only plot when the candle is red, providing clearer insights into market behavior. Here's how your adjusted plot looks:

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Final Thoughts

By implementing this adjustment, you can now effectively visualize only the highs of the previous week that correspond to red candles. This not only helps in keeping your charts uncluttered but also aids in focusing on potential bearish scenarios. Plus, this method enhances efficiency, allowing you to easily scale the code for additional lines without redundancy.

Key Takeaways:

Utilize the request.security function to access multiple price metrics.

Establish conditions to filter data based on your trading strategy (e.g., only plot for red candles).

Optimize your code to improve readability and maintenance.

With these steps, you can harness the power of Pine Script to enhance your trading strategies and market analysis skills. Happy trading and coding!