Drawing commands reference

All 26 drawing commands in AlgoBarsX, each with its parameters, defaults, ranges and an example: plot, fill, hline, mark, label, line, box, table, bar_color, background and 16 more.

plot fill hline mark label line box table bar_color background pane polygon polyline curve channel profile heatmap cells candles fib pitchfork arrow icon image tooltip dashboard

`plot <series> [options]`#

Draw a series.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`series`	series<number>	required	Values to draw.

Options

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it is
`style`	string	`line`		line, step, area, histogram, columns, circles or cross.
`color`	color	`blue`		Color.
`width`	int	`1`	1 to 10	Line width in pixels.
`pane`	string	`price`		price, new or a named pane.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

plot ema(close, 20) as fast, color: green, width: 2

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`fill <a> <b> [options]`#

Fill between two plots or levels.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`a`	series<number>	required	First edge.
`b`	series<number>	required	Second edge.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`color`	color	`blue`	Color.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

fill ema(close, 20), ema(close, 50), color: green.fade(80)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`hline <value> [options]`#

Horizontal level.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`value`	price	required	Level.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`style`	string	`dashed`	solid, dashed or dotted.
`color`	color	`gray`	Color.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

hline 70, style: dashed, color: red

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`mark <shape> [options]`#

Marker on bars where a condition is true.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`shape`	string	required	Built-in shape, emoji or SVG path.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`at`	string \| price	`below`	above, below or a price.
`when`	bool	`true`	Where to draw.
`color`	color	`blue`	Color.
`size`	string	`small`	tiny, small, normal or large.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

mark arrow_up, at: below, when: crosses_above(close, ema(close, 20))

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`label <text> [options]`#

Text at a bar and price.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`text`	string	required	Text.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`at`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Bar and price.
`style`	string	`normal`	Label style.
`color`	color	`blue`	Color.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

label "Entry", at: (bar.index, high)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`line [options]`#

Trend line or ray.

Options

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it is
`from`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required		Start point.
`to`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required		End point.
`extend`	string	`none`		none, left, right or both.
`color`	color	`blue`		Color.
`width`	int	`1`	1 to 10	Line width in pixels.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

line from: (bar.index - 20, low), to: (bar.index, low), extend: right

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`box [options]`#

Rectangle or zone.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`id`	string	`automatic`	Id for updating the same box later.
`from`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	One corner.
`to`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Opposite corner.
`color`	color	`blue`	Color.
`border`	color	`none`	Border color.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

box from: (bar.index - 10, high), to: (bar.index, low), color: blue.fade(85)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`table [options]`#

On-chart table.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`position`	string	`top_right`	Corner or edge of the chart.
`rows`	list<list<string>>	required	Cell text by row.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

table position: top_right, rows: [["RSI", "{rsi(close, 14):0}"]]

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`bar_color <color>`#

Recolor price bars.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`color`	color	required	Bar color.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

bar_color if close > open then green else red

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`background <color> [options]`#

Shade the background.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`color`	color	required	Background color.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`when`	bool	`true`	Where to shade.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

background red.fade(90), when: rsi(close, 14) > 70

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`pane <name> [options]`#

Declare a named pane shared by several plots.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`name`	string	required	Pane name.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`height`	percent	`25%`	Share of the chart height.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator.

Example

pane "Oscillators", height: 30%

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`polygon [options]`#

Closed shape.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`points`	list<tuple<bar \| time, price>>	required	Corner points.
`fill`	color	`none`	Fill color.
`border`	color	`blue`	Border color.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

polygon points: [(bar.index - 5, high), (bar.index, low), (bar.index - 5, low)], fill: blue.fade(80)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`polyline [options]`#

Open multi-segment line.

Options

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it is
`points`	list<tuple<bar \| time, price>>	required		Points in order.
`color`	color	`blue`		Color.
`width`	int	`1`	1 to 10	Line width in pixels.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

polyline points: [(bar.index - 10, low), (bar.index - 5, high), (bar.index, low)]

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`curve [options]`#

Smoothed curve through points.

Options

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it is
`points`	list<tuple<bar \| time, price>>	required		Points in order.
`smooth`	number	`0.5`	0 to 1	Smoothing from 0 to 1.
`color`	color	`blue`		Color.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

curve points: [(bar.index - 10, low), (bar.index - 5, high), (bar.index, low)], smooth: 0.5

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`channel [options]`#

Channel between two series with a fill.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`upper`	series<price>	required	Upper edge.
`lower`	series<price>	required	Lower edge.
`fill`	fill	`blue.fade(85)`	Fill color or gradient.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

channel upper: bollinger(close).upper, lower: bollinger(close).lower, fill: blue.fade(85)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`profile [options]`#

Horizontal histogram on the price axis (volume profile, market profile).

Options

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it is
`rows`	int	`24`	2 to 1000	Price rows.
`range`	string	`visible`		visible, session or fixed.
`side`	string	`right`		left or right.
`value_area`	percent	`70%`		Value area share.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator.

Example

profile rows: 24, range: session, side: right

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`heatmap [options]`#

Price-by-time heatmap.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`cells`	list<Cell>	required	Cells with bar, price and value.
`palette`	string	`"thermal"`	Color palette.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator.

Example

heatmap cells: liquidity_cells, palette: "thermal"

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`cells [options]`#

Cell grid inside each bar (footprint style).

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`rows`	list<list<string>>	required	Cell text by row.
`columns`	int	`2`	Columns per bar.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator.

Example

cells rows: footprint_rows, columns: 2

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`candles [options]`#

Custom candles in any pane.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`open`	series<number>	required	Open.
`high`	series<number>	required	High.
`low`	series<number>	required	Low.
`close`	series<number>	required	Close.
`color`	color	`blue`	Color.
`pane`	string	`new`	price, new or a named pane.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator.

Example

candles open: open - close_of(GBPUSD), high: high - close_of(GBPUSD), low: low - close_of(GBPUSD), close: close - close_of(GBPUSD)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`fib [options]`#

Fibonacci retracement or extension.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`from`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Swing start.
`to`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Swing end.
`levels`	list<number>	`[0.236, 0.382, 0.5, 0.618, 0.786]`	Levels to draw.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

fib from: (bar.index - 50, lowest(low, 50)), to: (bar.index, highest(high, 50))

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`pitchfork [options]`#

Andrews pitchfork.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`points`	list<tuple<bar \| time, price>>	required	Three anchor points.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

pitchfork points: [(bar.index - 30, low), (bar.index - 20, high), (bar.index - 10, low)]

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`arrow [options]`#

Arrow between two points.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`from`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Tail.
`to`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Head.
`color`	color	`blue`	Color.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

arrow from: (bar.index - 5, high), to: (bar.index, close)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`icon <name> [options]`#

Icon glyph.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`name`	string	required	Icon name.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`at`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Bar and price.
`color`	color	`blue`	Color.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

icon "flag", at: (bar.index, high)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`image <asset> [options]`#

Small image uploaded with the script.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`asset`	string	required	Asset name.

Options

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it is
`at`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required		Bar and price.
`width`	int	`24`	4 to 512	Width in pixels.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

image "logo", at: (bar.index, high), width: 24

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`tooltip <text> [options]`#

Hover tooltip.

Arguments

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`text`	string	required	Tooltip text.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`at`	tuple<bar \| time, price>	required	Bar and price.

Where it goes Anywhere a drawing statement is allowed.

Example

tooltip "Swing high", at: (bar.index, high)

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

`dashboard [options]`#

Panel pinned to the screen that stays put while the chart scrolls.

Options

Name	Type	Default	What it is
`position`	string	`top_right`	Corner or edge of the screen.
`rows`	list<list<string>>	required	Cell text by row.

Where it goes At the top level of an indicator or strategy.

Example

dashboard position: top_right, rows: [["Trend", "up"]]

strategyindicatorsince 1.0

Drawing commands reference

plot <series> [options]#

Arguments

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fill <a> <b> [options]#

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hline <value> [options]#

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mark <shape> [options]#

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label <text> [options]#

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line [options]#

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box [options]#

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table [options]#

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bar_color <color>#

Arguments

background <color> [options]#

Arguments

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pane <name> [options]#

Arguments

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polygon [options]#

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polyline [options]#

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curve [options]#

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channel [options]#

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profile [options]#

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heatmap [options]#

Options

cells [options]#

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candles [options]#

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fib [options]#

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pitchfork [options]#

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arrow [options]#

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icon <name> [options]#

Arguments

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image <asset> [options]#

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tooltip <text> [options]#

Arguments

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dashboard [options]#

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`plot <series> [options]`#

`fill <a> <b> [options]`#

`hline <value> [options]`#

`mark <shape> [options]`#

`label <text> [options]`#

`line [options]`#

`box [options]`#

`table [options]`#

`bar_color <color>`#

`background <color> [options]`#

`pane <name> [options]`#

`polygon [options]`#

`polyline [options]`#

`curve [options]`#

`channel [options]`#

`profile [options]`#

`heatmap [options]`#

`cells [options]`#

`candles [options]`#

`fib [options]`#

`pitchfork [options]`#

`arrow [options]`#

`icon <name> [options]`#

`image <asset> [options]`#

`tooltip <text> [options]`#

`dashboard [options]`#