Timeframes reference

Convert timeframe texts and detect the start of a new period of a timeframe.

Functions#

tf.changed#

tf.changed([tf])

True on the first bar of each new period of the timeframe tf.

• Effects: keeps a state for each place it is written (a call site) and advances it when execution reaches the call.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: one state per call site.
• Examples: Bars in a day, A timeframe text the chart does not know.

tf.from_seconds#

tf.from_seconds([seconds])

The timeframe text of a length in seconds.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.
• Examples: Bars in a day, A timeframe text the chart does not know.

tf.to_seconds#

tf.to_seconds([tf])

The length of a timeframe in seconds.

• Effects: none: the result depends on the arguments only.
• Phase: every bar.
• Cost: a fixed number of operations.
• Examples: Bars in a day, A timeframe text the chart does not know.

Values#

• tf.id — The timeframe of the chart as text.
• tf.is_daily — True when the chart is daily.
• tf.is_daily_or_longer
• tf.is_intraday — True when the chart is made of intraday bars.
• tf.is_minutes
• tf.is_monthly
• tf.is_seconds
• tf.is_weekly
• tf.multiplier