polardan, your best source of info is the QT manual and direct email to QT -- they are very quick in their responses, that being said, your questions bring up interesting information to me, they invite me to learn something new, if I don't already know it. Obviously, I may or may not be able to answer your questions, which are not run of the mill-simple questions, which I would choose not to answer anyway.
The manual says paintbars can only be applied to indicators -- Fib Levels per se, are not indicators.
You can set up your fibs, and note the level, that you are interested in attaching a PB to.
You can manually set a horiz line from the indicator window (the hor line can be based on many choices - prev lo/hi, yr hi/lo, any value (say $10)
Make a PB attached to that Hor Line (which is equiv to you chosen fib line)
So, you have indirectly accomplished your task.
Another thought that may interest you, is to set up an alert that is tied to a trend line -- since the trend line can be drawn at any angle, it is more versatile than just a hori line.
Since a trend line is not an indicator, you cannot attach a PB to it.
Draw a trend line, then rt click it to get a drop down menu, setup your trend line alert, you can have various combinations of audio alerts, pop-ups, and highlight rows, flash task bar icons. (EVEN send an eMail alert)
You can record your OWN Custom Alert wav file with windows sound recorder, save it in the proper QT subdir, and use that in your alert.
Another COOL thing about that trend line is that you can drag it to change your trigger point without having to re-program/set-up the alert!! How cool is that???
You can set-up upper and lower trend lines channels, legs of triangles, rising wedges, LOTS of COOL PATTERNS.
THERE IS ONE MONSTROUS ADVANTAGE to using "alerts and PB's" instead of just using PB's.
The PB is visual and ONLY effective in a chart that you are watching. An ALERT, if set to use AUDIO and eMAIL can get your attention when you are looking at a different chart/ticker, OR EVEN away from your computer, as long as the computer and QT are UP and RUNNING!!!
That's EVEN COOLER than the LAST COOL THING...
I use the audio alerts and pop-ups myself (continually)and have used the email alerts in the past when I was at work.
I learned something new today, and so did you. If what I have told you turns out to be inaccurate, please let me know.
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