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Get candlestick data in PineScript v5 when on a different chart type?

I have a script and its code is simple:

theHigh = high
theLow = low
theOpen = open
theClose = close

[PDH,PDL,PDO,PDC] = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, “D”, [theHigh[1], theLow[1], theOpen[1], theClose[1]])

However, if I change my chart type to, let’s say, renko, then PD levels are incorrect.

Is there any way I can calculate the data based off and only off candlesticks no matter what the chart type is?

Solution

  • You can create a new ticker id with ticker.standard and then pass it to the security() function. This way it would always get data from the standard candlestick chart.

    ticker.standard
    Creates a ticker to request data from a standard chart that is unaffected > by modifiers like extended session, dividend adjustment, currency conversion, and the calculations of non-standard chart types: Heikin Ashi, Renko, etc. Among other things, this makes it possible to retrieve standard chart values when the script is running on a non-standard chart.

    ticker.standard(symbol) → simple string

    tick_standard = ticker.standard(syminfo.tickerid)
[PDH,PDL,PDO,PDC] = request.security(tick_standard, “D”, [theHigh[1], theLow[1], theOpen[1], theClose[1]])

    For the non-standard charts you can read this.