OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Yearly Profit Background
Description:
The Yearly Profit Background indicator is a powerful tool designed to help traders quickly visualize the profitability of each calendar year on their charts. By analyzing the annual performance of an asset, this indicator colors the background of each completed year green if the year was profitable (close > open) or red if it resulted in a loss (close < open). This visual representation allows traders to identify long-term trends and historical performance at a glance.
Key Features:
Annual Profit Calculation: Automatically calculates the yearly performance based on the opening price of January 1st and the closing price of December 31st.
Visual Background Coloring: Highlights each completed year with a green (profit) or red (loss) background, making it easy to spot trends.
Customizable Transparency: The background colors are set at 90% transparency, ensuring they don’t obstruct your chart analysis.
Optional Price Plots: Displays the annual opening (blue line) and closing (orange line) prices for additional context.
How to Use:
Add the indicator to your chart.
Observe the background colors for each completed year:
Green: The year was profitable.
Red: The year resulted in a loss.
Use the optional price plots to analyze annual opening and closing levels.
Ideal For:
Long-term investors analyzing historical performance.
Traders looking to identify multi-year trends.
Anyone interested in visualizing annual market cycles.
Why Use This Indicator?
Understanding the annual performance of an asset is crucial for making informed trading decisions. The Yearly Profit Background indicator simplifies this process by providing a clear, visual representation of yearly profitability, helping you spot patterns and trends that might otherwise go unnoticed.
The Yearly Profit Background indicator is a powerful tool designed to help traders quickly visualize the profitability of each calendar year on their charts. By analyzing the annual performance of an asset, this indicator colors the background of each completed year green if the year was profitable (close > open) or red if it resulted in a loss (close < open). This visual representation allows traders to identify long-term trends and historical performance at a glance.
Key Features:
Annual Profit Calculation: Automatically calculates the yearly performance based on the opening price of January 1st and the closing price of December 31st.
Visual Background Coloring: Highlights each completed year with a green (profit) or red (loss) background, making it easy to spot trends.
Customizable Transparency: The background colors are set at 90% transparency, ensuring they don’t obstruct your chart analysis.
Optional Price Plots: Displays the annual opening (blue line) and closing (orange line) prices for additional context.
How to Use:
Add the indicator to your chart.
Observe the background colors for each completed year:
Green: The year was profitable.
Red: The year resulted in a loss.
Use the optional price plots to analyze annual opening and closing levels.
Ideal For:
Long-term investors analyzing historical performance.
Traders looking to identify multi-year trends.
Anyone interested in visualizing annual market cycles.
Why Use This Indicator?
Understanding the annual performance of an asset is crucial for making informed trading decisions. The Yearly Profit Background indicator simplifies this process by providing a clear, visual representation of yearly profitability, helping you spot patterns and trends that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the author of this script has published it open-source, so traders can understand and verify it. Cheers to the author! You may use it for free, but reuse of this code in publication is governed by House rules. You can favorite it to use it on a chart.
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