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Another test post on the new site

Dan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:53:05 +0000

Pretty soon, more charts will be posted. Testing the upload process from MacJournal with an image this time.

This is a chart from stockcharts.com

# Update – so it compressed the image and there’s no option for full size. Need to fix….

MacJournal Test Post

Dan — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:25:16 +0000

Quick test post *to see how well* the export work.

Irish Music

Dan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:10:07 +0000

Whiskey in the Jar
Big Strong Man
Danny Boy Farleigh Tavern Bar
My Wild Irish Rose
Red-Haired Mary
Galway Bay (funny)
Town of Ballybay
Paddy & The Bricks
Whistling Gypsy
Now I’m Easy
The Ferryman

How to Change Candle/Bar Colors on Thinkorswim Charts for Moving Averages

Dan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:33:54 +0000

This quick study allows you to alter the color of your candles (or bars) based upon the candle’s position vs. the Exponential Moving Average you select. See the screenshot example, which uses the 50 EMA. This study should work for all chart types.

To add it to a chart, select and copy the script below. Then on a thinkorswim chart, right click on a chart, choose Studies then Edit Studies. Then in the lower left hand corner, choose New Study. Give the study a name, like My_EMA_Paintbars then paste the code below into the main window. Then click ok. The study should be on your chart now.

# Simple ema price bar painting

# Change the following options as you want

input length = 20;

input price = close;

input displace = 0;

plot ema = ExpAverage(close, length);

plot signal = if(IsNaN(ema), 0, if(close < ema, -1, if(close > ema, 1, 0)));

AssignPriceColor(if signal == 1 then color.dark_GREEN else if signal == -1 then color.red else color.gray);

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How to plot gaps on thinkorswim stock charts

Dan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:51:07 +0000

This is a simple script to visually indicate gaps on a stock chart on thinkorswim. It does not display correctly for 24 hour products or tick charts.

To add it to a chart, select and copy the script below. Then on a thinkorswim chart, right click on a chart, choose Studies then Edit Studies. Then in the lower left hand corner, choose New Study. Give the study a name, like My_Gap then paste the code below into the main window. Then click ok. The study should be on your chart now. See the example.

# My_Gap
# Don’t expect this to work on tick charts
# It doesn’t work correctly on 24 hour products (futures, fx)
# Consider it a quick hack to visually look at gaps on stock charts

input start = 930;
input price= open;

rec my_close = if(secondsTillTime(start) == 0, close[1], my_close[1]);
plot my_prior_close = if(my_close == 0, double.nan, my_close);
my_prior_close.SetDefaultColor(color.red);
rec my_open = if(secondstilltime(start)== 0, price, my_open[1]);
plot my_current_open= if(my_open==0, double.nan, my_open);
my_current_open.SetDefaultColor(color.dark_green);

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Simple Test

Dan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:40:08 +0000

And I posted this via email at 10:39pm

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Test Post

Dan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:03:00 +0000

Written at 10:02 pm on November 2nd, two thousand and nine. That is all.

This is another test post

Dan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:30:25 +0000

More example text:

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Presentation > Themes – maybe change the look of your site?
Manage > Pages – add a Page or two like “About Us” or “Contact Me”
Write > Write Post – start adding content to your site
Writing Posts – step-by-step instructions on writing posts

Take time to explore the WordPress Codex site, the official documentation site for WordPress. You’ll find helpful information by reading WordPress Lessons, and these helpful documents:

Presentation and Themes

With the new WordPress version 1.5, changing the look of your WordPress website is possible with just a few clicks. Here is a list of resources and information about changing the look of your site with WordPress Themes.

At this point, there may be something about your Theme choice that is bothering you, or, you really want to get your hands dirty understanding how your WordPress Theme works. These simple guides to help customize your WordPress Theme:

If you want to create a new WordPress Theme from scratch, or do major renovations, or even design WordPress Themes for public release, you will need to be familiar with HTML, XHMTL, and CSS. The following documents will get you started:

If you want a custom-made WordPress Theme created especially for you by expert web-designers, it is recommended you search for qualified web-designers on the Internet, or look in your local community, or draw from the List of Recommended Web Page Designers by Laughing Squid.

Adding Plugins

There are many “add-on” scripts and programs for WordPress called Plugins that add more capabilities, choices, and options to your WordPress site. WordPress Plugins do many things, including; customizing the results of your site information, adding weather reports, adding spell check capability, and presenting custom lists of posts and acronyms. For more on how to work with Plugins and where to find WordPress Plugins for your site:

This is a Test Post

Dan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:28:30 +0000

Here’s some random text to go with it.

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Hold On a Sec…

Dan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:04:05 +0000

We’ll be right back.