Syntax

Public function IdentifyPattern(ByRef OHLCV As RecordSet, ByVal Periods As Integer) As Note

Overview

Japanese candlesticks were developed in the early 1600s to analyze rice prices. There are many different meaningful candlestick patterns such as Doji stars, Hammers, engulfing lines, etc.

Note

The TA Candlestick class is different from other TA classes. The IdentifyPattern function returns a Note object instead of a Recordset object. The Note object will return a value of 1, 0 or 1 (bullish, neutral or bearish, respectively) by calling the getValue function of the returned Note object and an accompanying string value identifying the Candlestick pattern (if one exists), which can be retrieved by calling the getNote function of the returned Note object.

Class: Candlestick

Parameters

Sample

Public Sub main()        'Variables        Dim _symbolInfo As VTLGeneral.CSymbol=ClientCode.GetSymbolByName("GOLD")        Dim DB As New VTLGeneral.Database()        Dim RecordCount As Integer        Dim m_Recordset As VTLGeneral.RecordSet        Dim _historyData As object()        Dim output As String        Dim Record As Integer        Dim m_Date As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Open As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_High As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Low As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim m_Close As VTLGeneral.Field        Dim j As Integer = 0        Dim i As Integer = 0        Dim _recordCount As Integer =100                m_Recordset = DB.CreateRecord        m_Open = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_High = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Low = New VTLGeneral.Field        m_Close = New VTLGeneral.Field         DB.RecordCount = _recordCount        RecordCount = _recordCount         'Initialize Recordsets        m_Open.initialize(_recordCount, "Open")        m_High.initialize(_recordCount, "High")        m_Low.initialize(_recordCount, "Low")        m_Close.initialize(_recordCount, "Close")        'load high, low ,open and data         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_HIGH, _recordCount)          For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_High.setValue(i,_historyData(i))         Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_LOW, _recordCount)         For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_Low.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_OPEN, _recordCount)         For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_Open.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next         _historyData = ClientCode.GetChartHistory(_symbolInfo.ID, VTLGeneral.ENUM_PERIOD.Day,VTLGeneral.ENUM_HISTORY_TYPE.HIS_CLOSE, _recordCount)         For i  = 1 To _recordCount-1                m_Close.setValue(i,_historyData(i))        Next          m_Recordset.addField(m_Open)        m_Recordset.addField(m_High)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Low)        m_Recordset.addField(m_Close)         'IdentifyPattern indicator        Dim _indNote As New VTLGeneral.Note        Dim _candleStick As New VTLGeneral.CandleStick()        _indNote = _candleStick.IdentifyPattern(m_Recordset,14)        GUI.MsgDialog(_indNote.getValue()) End Sub  

See Also

• Cycles
• Neural Indicator

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