A value delimiter is a word or abbreviation appended to the an instrument symbol that specifies a price or calculated value. By default, the formula evaluator uses an instruments last price to calculate a value. If you do not use a value delimiter with an instrument constant or an instrument variable, the formula evaluator assumes you want it to calculate the last price. A value delimiter enables you to specify alternative prices and calculated values in a formula. To chart values other than the last price in formulas, you enter the symbol constant or symbol variable, a period, and a value delimiter, i.e., The value delimiters you can use include:Value Delimiters
Delimiter | Meaning |
.AVG | Average of high, low, and close prices for a bar |
.AVGTICK | Average of the ticks included in the bar (usable only in tick-based bars |
.CLOSE | Formulasusing closing price, .CLOSEClosing price of the period |
.HIGH | Formulasusing high price, .HIGHHighest price hit during the period |
.LOW | Formulasusing low price, .LOWLowest price hit during the period |
.MIDPT | Midpoint of the high and low prices for a bar |
.OI | Formulasusing open interest, .OIContract open interest for the period (only available on Futures inter-day) |
.OPEN | Formulasusing opening price, .OPENOpening price for the period |
.PREV | Formulasusing previous price, .PREVClosing price of the previous bar |
.THIGH | True high; max(high,previous close) |
.TLOW | True low; min(low,previous close) |
.TRANGE | True range; THIGH-TLOW |
.VOLUME | Formulasusing volume, .VOLUMETrade volume during the period |