Value Chart [TMC] — Indicator by PoshTrader

*** April 20, 2015 - NEW UPDATE ***
Added classic color scheme and additional lines. Updated source:

April 10, 2015 - Updated version of Value Chart - candles draw correctly now.
Requires cover layer to be set as same color as your background. (white in default)

I hope you will enjoy it. :)

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//Created by TheMightyChicken
//Based on LazyBear's Value Chart
study("Value Chart [TheMightyChicken]", shorttitle="VC")
// Inputs
length = input(5, title="Number of bars")
extTop = input(8, title="Extreme level top")
extBot = input(-8, title="Extreme level bottom")
// Value Chart Calculations
prev(s,i) => 
    y=abs(round(i))
    s[y]
varp = round(length/5)
h_f = length > 7
vara=h_f ? highest(high,varp)-lowest(low,varp) : 0
varr1 = h_f ? iff(vara==0 and varp==1,abs(close-prev(close,-varp)),vara) : 0
varb=h_f ? prev(highest(high,varp),-varp+1)-prev(lowest(low,varp),-varp) : 0
varr2 = h_f ? iff(varb==0 and varp==1,abs( prev(close,-varp)-prev(close,-varp*2) ),varb) : 0
varc=h_f ? prev(highest(high,varp),-varp*2)-prev(lowest(low,varp),-varp*2) : 0
varr3 = h_f ? iff(varc == 0 and varp==1,abs(prev(close,-varp*2)-prev(close,-varp*3)),varc) : 0
vard = h_f ? prev(highest(high,varp),-varp*3)-prev(lowest(low,varp),-varp*3) : 0
varr4 = h_f ? iff(vard == 0 and varp==1,abs(prev(close,-varp*3)-prev(close,-varp*4)),vard)  : 0
vare = h_f ? prev(highest(high,varp),-varp*4)-prev(lowest(low,varp),-varp*4) : 0
varr5 = h_f ? iff(vare == 0 and varp==1,abs(prev(close,-varp*4)-prev(close,-varp*5)),vare) : 0
cdelta = abs(close - prev(close,-1))
var0 = (not h_f) ? iff((cdelta > (high-low)) or (high==low),cdelta,(high-low)) : 0
lrange=h_f ? ((varr1+varr2+varr3+varr4+varr5)/5)*.2 : sma(var0,5)*.2
mba = sma( (high+low)/2,length)
vOpen = (open-mba)/lrange
vClose = (close-mba)/lrange
vHigh = (high-mba)/lrange
vLow = (low-mba)/lrange
// Body Calculations
bodyHigh = vOpen>vClose ? vOpen : vClose
bodyLow = vOpen<vClose ? vOpen : vClose
body0 = (vOpen>0 and vClose>0) or (vOpen>0 and vClose<0) ? bodyHigh : (vOpen<0 and vClose<0) or (vOpen<0 and vClose>0) ? bodyLow : 0
body1 = vOpen<0 and vClose>0 ? bodyHigh : vOpen>0 and vClose<0 ? bodyLow : 0
bodyCover = vOpen>0 and vClose>0 ? bodyLow : vOpen<0 and vClose<0 ? bodyHigh : 0
// Wick Calculations
wick0 = vHigh>0 ? vHigh : vLow
wick1 = vHigh>0 and vLow<0 ? vLow : vHigh
wickCover = vHigh>0 and vLow>0 ? vLow : vHigh<0 and vLow<0 ? vHigh : 0
// Plots
vcolor = vClose>extTop ? lime : vClose<extBot ? red : silver
top_l = plot(extTop, title="Extreme Top Line", color=silver)
bot_l = plot(extBot, title="Extreme Bottom Line", color=silver)
fill(top_l, bot_l, black, transp=95)
plot(body0, linewidth=3, color=vcolor, style=histogram)
plot(body1, linewidth=3, color=vcolor, style=histogram)
plot(bodyCover, linewidth=3, color=white, style=histogram)
plot(wick0, linewidth=1, color=vcolor, style=histogram)
plot(wick1, linewidth=1, color=vcolor, style=histogram)
plot(wickCover, linewidth=1, color=white, style=histogram)