hey metarminator.... thats the way i used to do it also.... however it will leave days where the close did not change as undefined .....

here is roy's code which has the addittional yellow colored bars for the no change days.... just create the indicator using the 'indicator builder' ...... that will create an odd lookin bunch of lines.... right click on the one above an obvious up day and change style to histogram..... then right click on the line for an obvious down day and change to histogram...... in the picture i have left the no change day still as the orignal plot so you can see what it looks like prior.....

it might sound confusing at first but you get it.... the right click and change to histogram will be a technique that comes in handy on many indicators.......

holler back if still unclear.....h

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{roys colored volume}
Red:=(C<Ref(C,-1))*V;
Green:=(C>Ref(C,-1))*V;
Yellow:=(C=Ref(C,-1))*V;
Red;
Green;
Yellow;

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hey metarminator.... sure holler anytime....... much of my time is spent with metatrader but i try to pass thru here daily......

pyradius had responded also and apparently deleted his post..... he made a very good point about troubles arising from attaching a moving average to indicators such as this.... meta will target the last plot, in the roys indicator it's the yellow line, for creating the moving average..... that will not work well.....

we need to change the indicator some to incorporate it's own moving average such as below.... you might have to change that line to 'line' for histogram style.... if you right click and fiddle with the styles you'll see.....h

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{roys colored volume}
pds:=Input("periods",1,200,10);
Red:=(C<Ref(C,-1))*V;
Green:=(C>Ref(C,-1))*V;
Yellow:=(C=Ref(C,-1))*V;

a:=Mov(V,pds,S);
Red;
Green;
Yellow;
a { a will be the moving average plot}

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