Knowledge Base

BarTypes Function

The BARTYPES() function allows you to easily identify bars that fit the following criteria:

• Higher than previous
• Lower than previous
• Outside the previous
• Inside the previous
• Close Above Open
• Close Below Open
• Close Above Midpoint
• Close Below Midpoint

To highlight or colour a bar that has closed below its midpoint:

BARTYPES().CloseBelowMid

To scan for an Outside bar where the close was below the open:

BARTYPES().Outside and
BARTYPES().CloseBelowOpen

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