Input Field on Scan Study


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Hi Pete,

Thanks for the wealth of knowledge on your site. I’ve been struggling to find a solution for this for some time, so I thought to ask.

When creating a custom study scan, I would like the ability to have input fields accessible to the user without having to edit the code. Similar to how some of the template studies are.

The problem is, trying to reverse engineer a custom study template, any change causes the Wizard to disappear. 2x screenshots supplied below
1) Shows the “Average_Volume” study, where I added the text word “total” onto line 1
2) Shows what the study looks like to the user after I hit “OK”. All fields are now gone and it simply displays the text

 

Intended use would be to have my own scan with an input line (without having to open the script) that reads something like:
• “Run scan for stocks that hit 52W High ____ days ago”

Thanks!

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Asked on August 22, 2020 10:22 am
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Sorry but this is not something we can do with custom study filters. Even if you take the code from one of the built-in studies and paste it to your own custom study filter it breaks whatever it is they do to provide the graphical user interface elements.

I explained this in our master class tutorial on custom scans in Thinkorswim:

https://www.hahn-tech.com/thinkorswim-scans-beginner-to-advanced/

I think everyone who views this post should submit a feature request to TD Ameritrade asking them to make this happen.

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Answered on August 22, 2020 11:03 am
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Thank you very much
( at August 22, 2020 11:28 am)