Adding Custom Columns to a Watchlist in Thinkorswim
Thinkorswim Custom Watch List Columns
Tired of looping through dozens of charts just to find the few stocks that meet your criteria? Wouldn’t you rather just glance at your watch list and instantly see those half dozen stocks all sorted at the top of your list? Looking for the needle in the haystack can be tedious and time consuming. This video demonstrates how to combine the power of a custom watch list column with a custom scan. Running live on an active market, these two tools combine to create a dynamic filtering engine to help you find those little nuggets that take you hours to uncover. The link below is to download the source code for the custom column indicatory demonstrated in the video. Just follow the instructions in the video to create your own custom column in a watch list.
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I see in this video that the watch list is running and updating all day as price crosses the EMA. Can I get this to operate the same way on say the TTM Squeeze Histogram, as price changes the colors change throughout the day? Is that a function of using the Plot Scan statement? I guess what I am saying is I want every indicator I put in the watch list as it switches from low to high or crosses to update and give me an assigned color in real time as price changes all day.
On this very same page…. did you have look over at the left hand side of the browser, where we have a navigation menu showing a list of all videos in this same topic?
Been a TOS user for 2 yrs… just understanding scripts thanks to your custom watch list video… can I write a code that will allow for a (1) to appear in the custom column when the 10 day MA crosses either above or below the 20 day MA?
Sure thing. Oddly enough this has not been requested in our Q&A forum yet. Go ahead a post this request in the Watchlist topic.
So far I love the Custom Column. Unfortunately, I have to write 3 different scripts and use on different aggregation period namely Monthly, Weekly, and Daily and that used up my limited amount of Customize Columns that I can have. What is the way to add that option so that I can just have one script but I can just select an option to set the timeframe??? Greatly appreciate you for the help and the time.
I hear what you are saying. We have a limited number of custom columns. There is no way that I know of to use the same one for different time frames.
Just wanted to thank you for posting this. I am going to check it out. I am new to TOS but really like the vast array of customization available. Would it be difficult to have the same kind of EMA break study but for breakout on upper Bollinger Bands (of multiple timeframes)? I am not the best programmer, prob could do it if given enough time. Do you offer this kind of customization as a service?
(For example: Price > Upper Bollinger band (20,2 – weighted) on 5 min), (.. 15 min), (.. 30 min), etc with customization allowed for bollinger period, dev, weight). use yellow color when price > 5 min upper bb, price > 15 upper bb.,etc. Going to try to apply your example first as I think you have the basic framework. Thanks again
Hi Doug. Glad you know you found the video helpful. Always great to see when viewers get new ideas after viewing our videos. As to your specific question. We cannot apply more than a single time frame to a column in a watchlist. Each watchlist column is assigned its own time frame. In order to represent more than one time frame in a watchlist requires that you additional custom columns, one for each time frame.
thank you Pete.
TOS has script in the custom column that allows one to dropdown menu to select different time frame. eg. Woodiespivot or ADXCropssover , etc. Once you add to the current set…you have the option to select or choose which time frame. Any help from others is much appreciated.
Yes. And this only applies to the standard columns that Thinkorswim provides. There is no way to do this with custom columns.
Mr Han,
Is it possible to add a custom column which will display when the symbol was added to the watch list for intraday trading ?
thanks.
No this is not possible.