Chart points reference

The 5 functions and 0 values of chart.point: signature, effects, phase, cost and tested examples.

A point on the chart, made from a time or a bar index and a price, used by lines, labels, boxes and polylines.

Functions#

chart.point.at_index([index], [price])

A point at a bar index and a price, for the drawings that take points.

Effects: builds a new value whose size follows its arguments (counted in the memory ledger).
Phase: every bar.
Cost: allocates: the memory ledger counts what it builds.
Returns: a point.
Examples: Swing high path.

chart.point.at_time([time], [price])

A point at a time and a price, for the drawings that take points.

Effects: builds a new value whose size follows its arguments (counted in the memory ledger).
Phase: every bar.
Cost: allocates: the memory ledger counts what it builds.
Returns: a point.

chart.point.copy([point])

Makes a copy.

Effects: builds a new value whose size follows its arguments (counted in the memory ledger).
Phase: every bar.
Cost: allocates: the memory ledger counts what it builds.

chart.point.new([time], [index], [price])

A point on the chart from a time, a bar index and a price.

Effects: builds a new value whose size follows its arguments (counted in the memory ledger).
Phase: every bar.
Cost: allocates: the memory ledger counts what it builds.

chart.point.now([price])

A point at the current bar with a price.

Effects: builds a new value whose size follows its arguments (counted in the memory ledger).
Phase: every bar.
Cost: allocates: the memory ledger counts what it builds.