//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| ChandelExit.mq5 | //| MQLService | //| scripts@mqlservice.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //--- copyright #property copyright "MQLService" #property link "scripts@mqlservice.com" //--- indicator version #property version "1.00" //--- drawing the indicator in the main window #property indicator_chart_window //--- two buffers are used for the indicator calculation and drawing #property indicator_buffers 2 //--- one plot is used #property indicator_plots 1 //+----------------------------------------------+ //| Indicator drawing parameters | //+----------------------------------------------+ //--- drawing indicator 1 as a line #property indicator_type1 DRAW_FILLING //--- the following colors are used for the indicator #property indicator_color1 clrViolet,clrLime //--- the line of the indicator 1 is a continuous curve #property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID //--- indicator 1 line width is equal to 1 #property indicator_width1 1 //--- display of the indicator bullish label #property indicator_label1 "UpLoss Line" //+----------------------------------------------+ //| declaration of constants | //+----------------------------------------------+ #define RESET 0 // The constant for returning the indicator recalculation command to the terminal //+----------------------------------------------+ //| Price constant enumeration | //+----------------------------------------------+ enum ENUM_PRICE_MODE // Constant type { CLOSE_CLOSE= 1, //Close/Close HIGH_LOW //High/low }; //+----------------------------------------------+ //| Indicator input parameters | //+----------------------------------------------+ input int RangePeriod=15; input int Shift=1; input int ATRPeriod=14; input int MultipleATR=4; //+----------------------------------------------+ //--- declaration of dynamic arrays that will be used as indicator buffers double UpBuffer[]; double DnBuffer[]; //--- declaration of integer variables for the indicators handles int ATR_Handle; //--- declaration of integer variables of data starting point int min_rates_total; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnInit() { //--- initialization of variables of the start of data calculation min_rates_total=MathMax(ATRPeriod,RangePeriod+Shift); //--- Getting the handle of the ATR indicator ATR_Handle=iATR(NULL,0,ATRPeriod); if(ATR_Handle==INVALID_HANDLE) { Print(" Failed to get handle of the ATR indicator"); return(INIT_FAILED); } //--- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(0,UpBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA); //--- indexing elements in the buffer as in timeseries ArraySetAsSeries(UpBuffer,true); //--- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(1,DnBuffer,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX); //--- indexing elements in the buffer as in timeseries ArraySetAsSeries(DnBuffer,true); //--- shifting the starting point for drawing indicator by min_rates_total 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,0); //--- initializations of a variable for the indicator short name string shortname; StringConcatenate(shortname,"ChandelExit(",RangePeriod,", ",ATRPeriod,")"); //--- 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 the indicator values IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits); //--- return(INIT_SUCCEEDED); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator iteration function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnCalculate(const int rates_total, // number of bars in history 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 if the number of bars is enough for the calculation if(BarsCalculated(ATR_Handle)rates_total || prev_calculated<=0)// checking for the first start of calculation of an indicator { limit=rates_total-1-min_rates_total; // starting index for the calculation of all bars direction=0; } else limit=rates_total-prev_calculated; // starting index for the calculation of new bars //--- calculation of the necessary amount of data to be copied to_copy=limit+1; //--- copy newly appeared data in the ATR[] array if(CopyBuffer(ATR_Handle,0,0,to_copy,ATR)<=0) return(RESET); //--- apply timeseries indexing to array elements ArraySetAsSeries(ATR,true); ArraySetAsSeries(high,true); ArraySetAsSeries(low,true); ArraySetAsSeries(close,true); //--- main calculation loop of the indicator for(bar=limit; bar>=0 && !IsStopped(); bar--) { ATR[bar]*=MultipleATR; HH0=high[ArrayMaximum(high,bar+Shift,RangePeriod)]-ATR[bar]; LL0=low[ArrayMinimum(low,bar+Shift,RangePeriod)]+ATR[bar]; //--- if(direction>=0) { if(close[bar]LL0) { if(bar) direction=+1; DnBuffer[bar]=LL0; UpBuffer[bar]=HH0; } else { UpBuffer[bar]=LL0; DnBuffer[bar]=HH0; } } } //--- return(rates_total); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+