Doji with cartoon inhancement

Ironbeam Trading Platform
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Doji are useful to be flagged. But as they are currently displayed, they are hard to see, no matter what color user selects.

Suggestion:
When Doji conditions are met in the code, “Candles Unchanged”, have the unchanged price crossbar display in three line width or thickness.

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Hey @name3trades,

I am not sure that I follow. Can you elaborate?

Mike Murphy
[email protected]

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If your Doji candles have a wick that’s 1 pixel wide, their “body” will also be 1 pixel wide. That’s too skinny of a body to be the platform for a contrasting color.

I’m simply suggesting you all make the special case of a Doji body, 3 pixels wide instead, so it will be more visible, and can better call attention to itself.

Sample from old java program code…

/* To make sure Doji bodies are prominent, let any
candles with a body less than 2 ticks tall be colored as if a Doji.
Make any such “Doji” have a minimum body of 3 or more pixels tall.

This was done for Heikin Ashi (HA) candles...

*/

int yTop = yOpHA;
if ( HAs_B[i] >= 2d1tic ) {
if ( HAs_Cl[i] < HAs_Op[i] ) {
yBod = yClHA - yOpHA;
yTop = yOpHA;
} else
if ( HAs_Cl[i] > HAs_Op[i] ) {
yBod = yOpHA - yClHA;
yTop = yClHA;
}
g.setColor( cAshi ); //— green or red
g.fillRect( x0 -ihwidth -1, yTop, 2 * ihwidth +2, yBod );
//— outline body…
g.setColor( Color.black);
g.drawRect( x0 -ihwidth -1, yTop, 2 * ihwidth +2, yBod );
} else
if ( HAs_B[i] < 2d1tic ) {
yBod = yDojiL - yDojiH;
g.setColor( cDoji ); //— yellow
g.fillRect( x0 -ihwidth -1, yDojiH, 2 * ihwidth +2, yBod );
//— outline body…
g.setColor( Color.black);
g.drawRect( x0 -ihwidth -1, yDojiH, 2 * ihwidth +2, yBod );
}

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I hope this input is in alignment with the requested change…

I think if a black border were established for each candle then the doji would be visible regardless of candle color (see doji in image)
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I hate to compare to TOS but that’s what I have so here is there settings for their system that may provide some clarity to this reply

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Even without the ability for the user to set these appearance settings a black border on the candles should resolve the Doji appearance issue.

Thanks for listening.