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ZigZag Fibonacci

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ZigZag swings with automatic Fibonacci retracements

TrendPrice overlay CanvasLinesSignals
quascripttrendzigzagfibonacci

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Language
QuaScript
Engine
Native C++, incremental on live ticks
Rendering
Canvas
Placement
Price overlay
Settings
2
Plots
1
Lines of code
39
Source
presets/analysis/trend/zigzag_fib.qs
ZigZag Fibonacciengine result
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quatick-charts · QuaScript engine on synthetic 1-minute bars · drag to pan · scroll to zoom · Run executes the script on the engine (⌘/Ctrl+Enter while editing)

About

ZigZag swings joined by segments; after each new swing the retracement levels of the last leg are redrawn (0.236 .. 0.786 plus 1.0 / 1.618 extensions) with price labels.

1
Plotted series
0
Signal marks
3
Drawings
0
Alert rules
2
Settings
34
Lines of code

What it draws

Price overlay · counted from the engine's plot table and the script's draw calls

Series

  • Dots1
    Swing
Legend
Swing

Signal marks

No bar marks.

Drawings and chart effects

  • Tags1 created
  • Segments2 created

How it runs

From source to the live chart, for this script

  1. 1
    Compile

    The QuaScript compiler checks the 39-line script (34 lines of code) and lowers it for the native C++ engine. Compile errors point at the exact line and column.

  2. 2
    Place

    The header sets overlay = true, so everything is drawn on the price chart, on the same scale as the candles.

  3. 3
    Compute

    The script runs once per bar, oldest to newest. Each bar also runs 3 loops (3 for). 6 persist variables keep state (objects, counters) across bars.

  4. 4
    Stay live

    On the terminal the script keeps one live engine session: a tick rolls the forming bar back to its checkpoint and re-executes only that bar, and new bars are appended, so history is never rerun while the market moves. The live result is identical to a full run.

  5. 5
    Render

    The results are handed to the chart: series on Canvas.

  6. 6
    Tune

    2 settings in 1 group appear in the chart's settings dialog. Changing one reruns the engine with the new value.

Rendering

This script draws on Canvas

WebGPUNot used

The browser's modern GPU API. The chart uploads every line, band and mark of the script as GPU buffers and draws them in one pass, so dense heatmaps and dozens of series stay smooth while you pan and zoom. Without WebGPU support the chart's GPU layer falls back to WebGL 2, then Canvas 2D.

WebGLNot used

GPU drawing through WebGL 2, available in every current browser. Used for chart-native profiles and for series that ask for it with backend = "webgl". Fast for large numbers of bars and wide fills.

CanvasSeries renderer

The browser's 2D drawing API. Text-heavy and object-style output (dashboard tables, zones, tags, segments), candle colors and backgrounds are painted by the QuaScript layer, a Canvas 2D surface over the chart. Series use Canvas when the script's header does not ask for a GPU.

In this script
  • • 1 plotted series
  • • 1 tags (QuaScript layer)
  • • 2 segments (QuaScript layer)

Settings

2 settings, grouped as in the chart's settings dialog

General
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
Deviation (%)Number50.5 – 50, step 0.5deviation
DepthInteger102 – 100depth

Script

packages/quascript/presets/analysis/trend/zigzag_fib.qs

Header

analysis "ZigZag Fibonacci" {
    overlay = true
    max_objects = 500
}
Total lines
39
Code lines
34
Comment lines
3
Helper functions
0
Loops
3
Persistent variables
6
Higher-interval feeds
0
Engine plots
1

Built with

Technical analysis (ta.*)
ta.zigzag
Lists (list.*)
list.clearlist.createlist.getlist.pushlist.size
Math (math.*)
math.is_na

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