How to plot OHLC candles in ThinkScript (from TDA ThinkorSwim)

[Mkg10]

Hello,

I am new to thinkScript and I would like to know how to display OHLC candles using this scripting language. I have searched over and over and could not find the answer.

The script below does plot OHLC prices, but not as single candles, but as simple lines:

plot price_Open = open;
plot price_High = high;
plot price_Low = low;
plot price_Close = close;

What I need is something like this:

plot (price_Open, price_High, price_Low, price_Close);

Unfortunately, this does not work.

I know there is a 'SetPaintingStrategy' instruction, and lots of styles associated with it, but no style for OHLC candles. Most probably I am not looking in the right direction:

PaintingStrategy:
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/charting/thinkscript/reference/Constants/PaintingStrategy.html
SetPaintingStrategy:
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/...unctions/Look---Feel/SetPaintingStrategy.html

In the TradingView.com scripting language you have the 'plotcandle' instruction that plots OHLC candles:

plotcandle(open, high, low, close, title='My Chart')

Thank you,

Alex

 

[AndreLTorres]

Hello,

I am new to thinkScript and I would like to know how to display OHLC candles using this scripting language. I have searched over and over and could not find the answer.

The script below does plot OHLC prices, but not as single candles, but as simple lines:

plot price_Open = open;
plot price_High = high;
plot price_Low = low;
plot price_Close = close;

What I need is something like this:

plot (price_Open, price_High, price_Low, price_Close);

Unfortunately, this does not work.

I know there is a 'SetPaintingStrategy' instruction, and lots of styles associated with it, but no style for OHLC candles. Most probably I am not looking in the right direction:

PaintingStrategy:
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/charting/thinkscript/reference/Constants/PaintingStrategy.html
SetPaintingStrategy:
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/...unctions/Look---Feel/SetPaintingStrategy.html

In the TradingView.com scripting language you have the 'plotcandle' instruction that plots OHLC candles:

plotcandle(open, high, low, close, title='My Chart')

Thank you,

Alex

This is quite a late reply but maybe it will help people in the future. Look into ohlc4 as a thinkScript fundamental in the future.

Link
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Functions/Fundamentals/ohlc4.html