//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| i-BB-Width.mq5 | //| Copyright © 2007, Kim Igor V. aka KimIV. | //| http://www.kimiv.ru/ | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright © 2007, Kim Igor V. aka KimIV." #property link "http://www.kimiv.ru/" #property description "The width of the Bollinger Bands" //---- 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 //+-----------------------------------+ //| Parameters of indicator drawing | //+-----------------------------------+ //---- drawing the indicator as a line #property indicator_type1 DRAW_LINE //---- blue color is used for the indicator line #property indicator_color1 Blue //---- the indicator line is a continuous curve #property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID //---- Indicator line width is equal to 1 #property indicator_width1 2 //---- displaying the indicator label #property indicator_label1 "i-BB-Width" //+-----------------------------------+ //| Declaration of constants | //+-----------------------------------+ #define RESET 0 // the constant for getting the command for the indicator recalculation back to the terminal //+-----------------------------------+ //| Input parameters of the indicator| //+-----------------------------------+ input uint bands_period=20; //smoothing depth input double deviation=2.0; //deviation input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price=PRICE_CLOSE; //type of price or handle input int Shift=0; //horizontal shift of the indicator in bars //+-----------------------------------+ //---- declaration of a dynamic array that further // will be used as an indicator buffer double IndBuffer[]; //---- declaration of integer variables for the indicators handles int BB_Handle; //---- declaration of the integer variables for the start of data calculation uint min_rates_total; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| i-BB-Width indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnInit() { //---- Initialization of variables of the start of data calculation min_rates_total=bands_period; //---- getting handle of the iBearsPower indicator BB_Handle=iBands(NULL,0,int(bands_period),0,deviation,applied_price); if(BB_Handle==INVALID_HANDLE) Print(" Failed to get handle of the iBands indicator"); //---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(0,IndBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA); //---- moving the indicator 1 horizontally 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 in timeseries ArraySetAsSeries(IndBuffer,true); //---- initializations of variable for indicator short name string shortname; StringConcatenate(shortname,"i-BB-Width(", bands_period,", ",deviation,", ",EnumToString(applied_price),", ",Shift,")"); //--- creation of the name to be displayed in a separate sub-window and in a pop up help IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,shortname); //---- determination of accuracy of displaying the indicator values IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,0); //---- end of initialization } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| i-BB-Width 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[], const double &low[], 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(BB_Handle)rates_total || prev_calculated<=0)// checking for the first start of the indicator calculation { limit=int(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 to_copy=limit+1; //---- indexing elements in arrays as time series ArraySetAsSeries(UpBB,true); ArraySetAsSeries(DnBB,true); //---- copy newly appeared data into the arrays if(CopyBuffer(BB_Handle,UPPER_BAND,0,to_copy,UpBB)<=0) return(RESET); if(CopyBuffer(BB_Handle,LOWER_BAND,0,to_copy,DnBB)<=0) return(RESET); //---- Main cycle of calculation of the indicator for(bar=limit; bar>=0 && !IsStopped(); bar--) IndBuffer[bar]=(UpBB[bar]-DnBB[bar])/_Point; //---- return(rates_total); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+