How do you get the Parabolic SAR indicator into the lower window in MT4?

Beginner Questions
1

i can drag other indicators over into the lower window but the parabolic always hops up into the main chart window.

any idea how to get it into the bottom window? thanks.

Bob

2

I’m no expert but is Parabolic SAR only relevant when displayed with the price action so like moving averages, it will always be displayed on the top window of MT4. I may be wrong but it’s my interpretation.

3

+1. it’s SUPPOSED to be on the same pane as the price chart, cuz you read it in combination with the price at every step of the way. you wouldn’t yank a moving average into another chart area, so you also don’t move the ParaSAR elsewhere.

you DO know what the ParaSAR does and how to read it, right???

4

I am not sure why you would want the PSAR in a separate window but its coded to display on the main chart. Here is a modified version. It uses the same calculation based on price as the original. Maybe a PSAR that used the data from an indicator in a separate window it was dropped on would have a use.

Parabolic_separate_window.zip (1.46 KB)

5

indicators that can be applied on a price chart can only be applied to an indicator in the indicator window if the indicator settings shows this option (with a drop down box):
"Apply to: Previous Indicator’s data"
examples of such indicators are Moving Averages

otherwise, you need to have it programmed to work as desired. (Shr1k seemed to have helped in this regard)