//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| EMA-Crossover_Signal.mq5 | //| Copyright © 2005, Jason Robinson (jnrtrading) | //| http://www.jnrtading.co.uk | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ /* +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Allows you to enter two ema periods and it will then show you at | | Which point they crossed over. It is more usful on the shorter | | periods that get obscured by the bars / candlesticks and when | | the zoom level is out. Also allows you then to remove the emas | | from the chart. (emas are initially set at 5 and 6) | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ */ #property copyright "Copyright © 2005, Jason Robinson (jnrtrading)" #property link "http://www.jnrtading.co.uk" #property description "EMA-Crossover_Signal" //---- indicator version number #property version "1.00" //---- drawing the indicator in the main window #property indicator_chart_window //---- two buffers are used for calculation of drawing of the indicator #property indicator_buffers 2 //---- only two plots are used #property indicator_plots 2 //+----------------------------------------------+ //| Bearish indicator drawing parameters | //+----------------------------------------------+ //---- drawing the indicator 1 as a symbol #property indicator_type1 DRAW_ARROW //---- pink color is used as the color of the bearish indicator #property indicator_color1 clrMagenta //---- indicator 1 width is equal to 1 #property indicator_width1 1 //---- bullish indicator label display #property indicator_label1 "EMA-Crossover_Signal Sell" //+----------------------------------------------+ //| Bullish indicator drawing parameters | //+----------------------------------------------+ //---- drawing the indicator 2 as a line #property indicator_type2 DRAW_ARROW //---- blue color is used as the color of the bullish indicator #property indicator_color2 clrBlue //---- indicator 2 width is equal to 1 #property indicator_width2 1 //---- bearish indicator label display #property indicator_label2 "EMA-Crossover_Signal Buy" //+----------------------------------------------+ //| declaring constants | //+----------------------------------------------+ #define RESET 0 // The constant for getting the command for the indicator recalculation back to the terminal //+----------------------------------------------+ //| Indicator input parameters | //+----------------------------------------------+ input uint FasterMA=5; input uint SlowerMA=6; input ENUM_MA_METHOD MAType=MODE_LWMA; input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE MAPrice=PRICE_CLOSE; //+----------------------------------------------+ //---- declaration of dynamic arrays that will further be // used as indicator buffers double SellBuffer[]; double BuyBuffer[]; //---- declaration of the integer variables for the start of data calculation int min_rates_total; //---- Declaration for the indicator handles int FsMA_Handle,SlMA_Handle; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnInit() { //---- initialization of global variables min_rates_total=int(MathMax(FasterMA,SlowerMA)+3); //---- getting the iMA indicator handle FsMA_Handle=iMA(NULL,0,FasterMA,0,MAType,MAPrice); if(FsMA_Handle==INVALID_HANDLE) Print(" Failed to get handle of the iMA indicator"); //---- getting the iMA indicator handle SlMA_Handle=iMA(NULL,0,SlowerMA,0,MAType,MAPrice); if(SlMA_Handle==INVALID_HANDLE) Print(" Failed to get handle of the iMA indicator"); //---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(0,SellBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA); //---- shifting the start of drawing of the indicator 1 PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,min_rates_total); //---- indicator symbol PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_ARROW,119); //---- indexing elements in the buffer as time series ArraySetAsSeries(SellBuffer,true); //---- setting the indicator values that won't be visible on a chart PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,0); //---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(1,BuyBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA); //---- shifting the start of drawing of the indicator 2 PlotIndexSetInteger(1,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,min_rates_total); //---- indicator symbol PlotIndexSetInteger(1,PLOT_ARROW,119); //---- indexing elements in the buffer as time series ArraySetAsSeries(BuyBuffer,true); //---- setting the indicator values that won't be visible on a chart PlotIndexSetDouble(1,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,0); //---- Setting the format of accuracy of displaying the indicator IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits); //---- name for the data window and the label for sub-windows string short_name="EMA-Crossover_Signal"; IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,short_name); //---- } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator iteration function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnCalculate(const int rates_total, const int prev_calculated, const datetime &time[], const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[], const long &tick_volume[], const long &volume[], const int &spread[]) { //---- checking for the sufficiency of bars for the calculation if(BarsCalculated(FsMA_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 calculation of all bars else limit=rates_total-prev_calculated; // starting index for calculation of new bars //---- indexing elements in arrays as time series ArraySetAsSeries(FsMA,true); ArraySetAsSeries(SlMA,true); ArraySetAsSeries(high,true); ArraySetAsSeries(low,true); to_copy=limit+3; //---- copy newly appeared data into the arrays if(CopyBuffer(FsMA_Handle,0,0,to_copy,FsMA)<=0) return(RESET); if(CopyBuffer(SlMA_Handle,0,0,to_copy,SlMA)<=0) return(RESET); //---- main loop of the indicator calculation for(bar=limit; bar>=0 && !IsStopped(); bar--) { AvgRange=0.0; for(int count=bar+9; count>=bar; count--) AvgRange+=MathAbs(high[count]-low[count]); Range=AvgRange/10; //---- SellBuffer[bar]=0.0; BuyBuffer[bar]=0.0; //---- if(FsMA[bar+1]>SlMA[bar+1] && FsMA[bar+2]SlMA[bar]) BuyBuffer[bar]=low[bar]-Range*0.5; else if(FsMA[bar+1]SlMA[bar+2] && FsMA[bar]