Adding Custom Columns to a Watchlist in Thinkorswim
Thinkorswim Custom Watch List Columns
Tired of looping through dozens of charts just to find the few stocks that meet your criteria? Wouldn’t you rather just glance at your watch list and instantly see those half dozen stocks all sorted at the top of your list? Looking for the needle in the haystack can be tedious and time consuming. This video demonstrates how to combine the power of a custom watch list column with a custom scan. Running live on an active market, these two tools combine to create a dynamic filtering engine to help you find those little nuggets that take you hours to uncover. The link below is to download the source code for the custom column indicatory demonstrated in the video. Just follow the instructions in the video to create your own custom column in a watch list.
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Click and drag interface to build custom watchlist columns. No code experience required:
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Pete, I have a custom indicator that plots lines above or below price when 4 different time frames of the squeeze histogram are lined up in the same direction (code shared below). I’ve separated the code to use each time frame in it’s own watch list column (code shared below). I then export the watch list columns to excel for use externally. An excel formula watches each of the 4 columns and generates a +1 or -1 when all 4 columns line up. This result is watched by an external program.
So, on the XHB pic there is a cyan line above the last 3 bars. That means the last chart bar s/b generating -1’s for all 4 time frames in the watch list. This is not happening. My question is which is wrong, the indicator code or the watch list code ? Both are displaying squeeze hist direction, both are using the same time frames (5, 10, 15, 20), why are the signals not matching up ? Thank you for your time.
Palmer
[Edit] The code has been removed by the moderator because this is not the correct place to post a question of this complexity.
Thanks for submitting your inquiry. However it is impossible to address a question of this complexity in the comments section of a video. So I have removed your code from your comment. In most cases like this I suggest the question be posted in our Q&A Forum, where we are better able to address questions of this nature. But the question you submitted is light-years beyond the scope of solutions we provide free of charge in our Q&A Forum.
NP. Should I post my question in Q&A or can we go directly to requesting a quote for a solution.
Please let know how to start that process. Thank you, Palmer
Far too complex for a Q&A Forum solution. If you are interested in pursuing a professional solution you will find all the details explained on the following webpage: https://www.hahn-tech.com/about/
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Before considering a professional solution, check the code you are using in the watchlist columns. It is not possible to reference secondary time frames from a watchlist column. So if your watchlist columns are using the same exact code as you have applied to the chart study, that is the problem.
Good afternoon Hahn, can you please code a Think or Swim Watchlist label that tells me the 8 ema crosses the 21 ema, then color that cross as light green and color the opposite cross as pink?
Also, add a cross counter to the watchlist so that I know how many days it has been since the 8 crossed above the 21 or the 21 crosses below the 8. Thank you so much!!
The place to find solutions of this type is in our Q&A Forum and I’m sure you will find this request has already been posted there. Just use the search box at the top of the “Watch Lists” topic: https://www.hahn-tech.com/ans/cat/watchlists/
Does watchlist have preffered stock call date?
Sorry but I don’t have a clue what that means: “preferred stock call date”.
Is it possible to create a custom study watchlist column for the PriceOSC that will change color for the price high and price low?
Possible? Yes. However the bit about “change color for the price high and price low” is the most complex part. Far too complex to try and work that out in the comments section of a video. I suggest you shoot for “above or below the zero line” instead. Then check out the following video that explains how to build solutions such as this using the Condition Wizard: https://www.hahn-tech.com/thinkorswim-condition-wizard-watchlist/
I see how to change the color of text/background for a study, but I would like to color the text/background for one of the built-in columns. I have the column Prob OTM, but would like to have any entry with a value less than a fixed number, say 30, change color so I can immediately see that I need to check on that option to see if is going to expire as expected.
Your videos are really helpful, and I’ve created a couple custom plots that I find very useful. Unfortunately this seems like it should be simple, but I can’t find some key info to make it so…
Sorry but Thinkorswim does not have any options for changing the background color or font properties for any of the built-in columns.