//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| BollingerBands%b.mq5 | //| Copyright © 2004, MetaQuotes Software Corp. | //| http://www.metaquotes.net | //| Modified by Alejandro Galindo | //| | //| You are free to use it | //| | //| If you want and if this work/modification is helpful to you | //| you can send me a PayPal donation to ag@elcactus.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright © 2004, MetaQuotes Software Corp." #property link "http://www.metaquotes.net/" //---- indicator version number #property version "1.00" //---- drawing indicator in a separate window #property indicator_separate_window //---- number of indicator buffers #property indicator_buffers 1 //---- only one plot is used #property indicator_plots 1 //+-----------------------------------+ //| Indicator drawing parameters | //+-----------------------------------+ //---- drawing the indicator as a line #property indicator_type1 DRAW_LINE //---- clrMediumSlateBlue color is used as the color of the bullish line of the indicator #property indicator_color1 clrMediumSlateBlue //---- the indicator line is a continuous curve #property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID //---- indicator line width is equal to 1 #property indicator_width1 1 //---- displaying the indicator label #property indicator_label1 "Bollinger Bands% b" //+----------------------------------------------+ //| Parameters of displaying horizontal levels | //+----------------------------------------------+ #property indicator_level1 0.0 #property indicator_levelcolor clrMagenta #property indicator_levelstyle STYLE_DASHDOTDOT //+-----------------------------------+ //| Declaration of constants | //+-----------------------------------+ #define RESET 0 // The constant for getting the command for the indicator recalculation back to the terminal //+-----------------------------------+ //| INDICATOR INPUT PARAMETERS | //+-----------------------------------+ input uint BBPeriod=20; //middle line calculation period input double StdDeviation=2; //deviation input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price=PRICE_CLOSE; //price type input int Shift=0; //horizontal shift of the indicator in bars //+-----------------------------------+ //---- Declaration of integer variables for the indicator handles int Ind_Handle; //---- indicator buffer double IndBuffer[]; //---- Declaration of global variables int min_rates_total; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Bollinger Bands% b indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnInit() { //---- Initialization of variables of the start of data calculation min_rates_total=int(BBPeriod); //---- getting handle of the iBands indicator Ind_Handle=iBands(NULL,0,BBPeriod,0,StdDeviation,applied_price); if(Ind_Handle==INVALID_HANDLE) Print(" Failed to get handle of iBands indicator"); //---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(0,IndBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA); //---- shifting the indicator horizontally by Shift PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_SHIFT,Shift); //---- performing the shift of beginning of indicator drawing PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,min_rates_total); //---- setting the indicator values that won't be visible on a chart PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,EMPTY_VALUE); //---- indexing elements in the buffer as time series ArraySetAsSeries(IndBuffer,true); //---- initializations of variable for indicator short name string shortname; StringConcatenate(shortname,"Bollinger Bands% b",BBPeriod,")"); //--- creation of the name to be displayed in a separate sub-window and in a pop up help IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,shortname); //--- determining the accuracy of displaying the indicator values IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits+1); //---- end of initialization } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Bollinger Bands% b iteration function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnCalculate( const int rates_total, // amount of history in bars at the current tick const int prev_calculated,// amount of history in bars at the previous tick const datetime &time[], const double &open[], const double& high[], // price array of maximums of price for the calculation of indicator const double& low[], // price array of price lows for the indicator calculation const double &close[], const long &tick_volume[], const long &volume[], const int &spread[] ) { //---- checking the number of bars to be enough for calculation if(BarsCalculated(Ind_Handle)rates_total || prev_calculated<=0)// checking for the first start of the indicator calculation { limit=rates_total-min_rates_total-1; // starting index for the calculation of all bars } else { limit=rates_total-prev_calculated; // starting index for the calculation of new bars } to_copy=limit+1; //---- copy newly appeared data into the arrays if(CopyBuffer(Ind_Handle,UPPER_BAND,0,to_copy,UpBB)<=0) return(RESET); if(CopyBuffer(Ind_Handle,LOWER_BAND,0,to_copy,DnBB)<=0) return(RESET); //---- indexing elements in arrays as timeseries ArraySetAsSeries(UpBB,true); ArraySetAsSeries(DnBB,true); ArraySetAsSeries(close,true); //---- main indicator calculation loop for(bar=limit; bar>=0 && !IsStopped(); bar--) IndBuffer[bar]=(close[bar]-UpBB[bar])/(DnBB[bar]-UpBB[bar]); //---- return(rates_total); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+