Candlestick: Evening Star

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File Name: EveningStar.efs


Description:
Evening Star


Formula Parameters:
Font : Arial Narrow
Font Size : 11
Font and Shape Color : Green
Font BgColor : White

Notes:
This is a bearish reversal pattern formed by three candlesticks. The first
candlestick of the pattern is an up candlestick with a long real body, the
second is an up or down candlestick with a small real body which gaps higher
to form a star, the third is a down candlestick which closes below the midpoint
of the first candlestick.

Download File:
EveningStar.efs




EFS Code:






/*********************************Provided By:      eSignal (Copyright c eSignal), a division of Interactive Data     Corporation. 2010. All rights reserved. This sample eSignal     Formula Script (EFS) is for educational purposes only and may be     modified and saved under a new file name.  eSignal is not responsible    for the functionality once modified.  eSignal reserves the right     to modify and overwrite this EFS file with each new release.   Description:            Evening Star  Version:            1.0  01/12/2010Formula Parameters:                     Default:    Font                                Arial Narrow    Font Size                           11    Font and Shape Color                Green    Font BgColor                        White    Notes:    This is a bearish reversal pattern formed by three candlesticks. The first     candlestick of the pattern is an up candlestick with a long real body, the     second is an up or down candlestick with a small real body which gaps higher     to form a star, the third is a down candlestick which closes below the midpoint     of the first candlestick.**********************************/var fpArray = new Array();function preMain() {    setPriceStudy(true);    setStudyTitle("Evening Star");    setShowCursorLabel(false);    setShowTitleParameters(false);    var x=0;    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("nFontSize", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);	with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Font Size")        setLowerLimit(6);		        setDefault(11);    }    fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("cFontColor", FunctionParameter.COLOR);    with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Font and Shape Color");        setDefault(Color.green);    }        fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("cFontBgColor", FunctionParameter.COLOR);    with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Font BgColor");        setDefault(Color.white);    }        fpArray[x] = new FunctionParameter("sFont", FunctionParameter.STRING);    with(fpArray[x++]){        setName("Font");        setDefault("Arial Narrow");    }    }function main(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor) {    Find_EveningStar(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor);    return;}function Find_EveningStar(sFont, nFontSize, cFontColor, cFontBgColor) {var nState = getBarState();var Open = open(0);var Close = close(0)var Open1 = open(-1);var Close1 = close(-1)var Open2 = open(-2);var Close2 = close(-2)var nID = getCurrentBarCount();    if (nState == BARSTATE_ALLBARS) {        if (sFont == null) sFont = "Arial Narrow";        if (nFontSize == null) nFontSize = 11;        if (cFontColor == null) cFontColor = Color.green;        if (cFontBgColor == null) cFontBgColor = Color.white;    }    if (Close2 > Open2 &&        Math.min(Open1, Close1) > Close2 &&        Open < Math.min(Open1,Close1) &&        Close < Open) {        drawTextRelative(-1, AboveBar2, "ES", cFontColor, cFontBgColor, Text.PRESET | Text.CENTER, sFont, nFontSize, "T"+nID);         drawShapeRelative(-1, AboveBar1, Shape.DOWNARROW, null, cFontColor, Shape.PRESET, "S"+nID);             } else {        removeText("T"+nID);        removeShape("S"+nID)    }    return;}